US keeps COVID rules used against migrants

By Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg
Updated May 21 2022 - 12:21pm, first published 12:15pm
A judge has retained COVID orders that have prevented many migrants crossing the US/Mexican border.
A judge has retained COVID orders that have prevented many migrants crossing the US/Mexican border.

A federal judge has blocked US authorities from lifting COVID-19 restrictions that empower agents at the US-Mexico border to turn back migrants without giving them a chance to seek asylum.

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