All eyes are on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after he became the final blockade against the end of the Title 42 immigration policy following the deadline passing for its termination on Wednesday.
The Trump-era pandemic policy, which has deterred nearly 2.5 million immigrants since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented it in March 2020, was slated to end on Dec. 21 after lower courts called for it to be dissolved. But Roberts issued a temporary administrative stay on Dec. 19 that remains in effect for now, keeping the policy in place after 19 Republican-led states warned of a sharp influx of immigrants at the U.S.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the $1.7 trillion omnibus to avoid a government shutdown passed the Senate after it was briefly met with contention by Sen. Mike Lee , who insisted on an amendment to the spending bill that would keep the pandemic-era Title 42 policy in place. Schumer said Thursday a deal was made with Republicans to vote on a block of 15 amendments, including Lee’s proposal and Sinema’s side-by-side amendment, but both failed to gain majority support and were not tethered to the omnibus package.
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