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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

BIZARRE: Arguments set on whether pandemic asylum restriction can end - What They Never Told You

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A federal judge hears arguments Friday on whether the Biden administration can lift pandemic-related restrictions on immigrants requesting asylum later this month.

Migrants have been expelled more than 1.8 million times since March 2020 under federal Title 42 authority, which has denied migrants a chance to request asylum under U.S. law and international treaty on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.

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