Exemplified by GOP attorneys general persuading a federal court to block the planned termination of Title 42 last month, Republican state officials are shackling the Biden administration’s immigration policies with an aggressive legal campaign that’s racking up big victories, reports Bloomberg News. State AGs have targeted the Biden administration’s 100-day deportation pause, its decision to halt most border wall construction, the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement priorities and the agency’s revocation of several Trump-era policies, among other moves.
The Supreme Court is also weighing state Attorney Generals’ fight for the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program, which requires asylum-seekers to wait across the border for months while their claims are reviewed in makeshift tent courts. Republican AGs’ lawsuits have been “even more aggressive than what we saw previously: more quantity and, in many ways, more quality,” said Marquette University political science professor Paul Nolette, who tracks litigation by state officials. Immigration policy is a natural top target for Republicans attuned to the political dynamics