PHOENIX – Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed an emergency stay application today, asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to keep Title 42 in place. This comes after the D.C. Circuit denied a similar request last week.
“Getting rid of Title 42 will recklessly and needlessly endanger more Americans and migrants by exacerbating the catastrophe that is occurring at our southern border,” said Attorney General Mark Brnovich. “Unlawful crossings are estimated to surge from 7,000 per day to as many as 18,000.”
In November, General Brnovich asked the United States District of Columbia District Court to permit a group of states led by Arizona and Louisiana to intervene in Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas, a case in which a judge terminated the Title 42 policy. The states tried to intervene but were denied, so now they are asking for an emergency stay pending review from SCOTUS.
Read the filing here.
General Brnovich is a national leader when it comes to challenging the federal government’s disastrous and illegal policies that are fueling the border crisis. Since last year, he has filed numerous lawsuits to hold the Biden administration accountable, including:
- Arizona et al. v. Garland, et al. (Challenging DHS Fast-Track Asylum System)
- Arizona et al. v. Biden (Challenging DHS Final Guidance)
- Arizona v. San Francisco (Defending Public Charge Rule)
- Arizona v. Mayorkas, et al. (Challenging Biden administration’s illegal violation relating to cancellation of border wall construction and the Remain in Mexico program)
- Arizona, et al. v. USDHS, et al. (Challenging Interim Guidance)