As reported here on Wednesday, a federal district judge–Emmet Sullivan of the District of Columbia by name–struck down the CDC Title 42 program. That program, first initiated by President Trump, had permitted U.S. officials to immediately deport illegal migrants from Mexico and many of those from Central America, Haiti, and, most recently, from Venezuela.
The Biden administration, which had been actively seeking Title 42’s discontinuance, nevertheless seemed taken by surprise by the move and immediately requested a stay. On Thursday, the judge relented “with great reluctance” and gave the administration until December 21 to prepare.
Since taking office, the administration has seemed to have a love/hate relationship with Title 42, alternately pushing for its abolition then suing to allow its continuance. With the courts until now ruling to keep the program, the DHS had even expanded it, such as when just last month it negotiated a deal with Mexico to accept Venezuelan nationals. Now that the judiciary has rendered its apparently final opinion, DHS Secretary Mayorkas has been caught flat-footed and forced to request time to “prepare for an orderly transition to new policies at the border” and, of course, to “address the root causes of irregular migration.”
Dealing with those chimerical “root causes,” you will remember, was to be the province of Biden’s VP, Kamala Harris, but that notion seems to have been completely forgotten by the White House. Instead, Mayorkas expects to “address” them in the next five weeks.
As for the CBP minions along the border who will have to deal with the consequences of the DC judge’s decision, an unnamed official told the media, “the nightmare is just beginning for us.”
In five more weeks, that is. Just in time for Christmas.
For more, see Breitbart News.