A federal judge in Louisiana on Monday said he would grant a motion to bar the Biden administration from carrying out its planned May 23 termination of an emergency pandemic-related border restriction that has allowed U.S. immigration officials to quickly expel migrants.

U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays, an appointee of former President Donald Trump who is overseeing the suit brought by 21 Republican-led states, said in a notice that he had agreed to issue a temporary restraining order {snip}

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Since its inception in March 2020, the Title 42 authority has allowed U.S. authorities along the Mexican border to expel migrants over 1.8 million times {snip}