Supreme Court Dismisses Title 42 Case Amid COVID Intrusions and Asylum-Seeker Policy Dispute

The US Supreme Court has dismissed an attempt by Republican-led states to maintain the pandemic-era immigration measure known as Title 42, which allowed migrants who might otherwise have qualified for asylum to be swiftly expelled at the border with Mexico. The court's decision was prompted by the end of the health emergency that had been used to justify Title 42. The measure was lifted on May 11. The legal question that the court agreed to address, about the states' intervention, will not be pursued.