it started as a cdc authority, but has really been challenged by a lot of activity rope groups who say at this point has nothing to do a public health. it is really become more of an immigration enforcement tool. in fact, the biden administration fought lifting it earlier in court when advocacy group sued to lift. it then they agreed to lift it may 23rd on monday, but a job appoint adjudged and louisiana yesterday put a preliminary injunction that will keep this in place indefinitely until we can either have an argument on the merits or there is an appeal. . so we are waiting to see if the biden administration will appeal this. in the meantime they re hundreds of thousands of migrants, at least 170,000 we know of, in northern mexico living in squalid conditions who are waiting to get to the united states. and they might have thought that they had a shot of open monday, now they don t. they are still. there as far as dhs goes, they re planning for this was built around the fact that the
days. what s the rationale behind that strategy? well, certainly you can read a lot into the fact that they didn t immediately appeal, or look for a stay on the order. i mean, that sort of speaks to the moment we re in as mask mandates are going away, and the white house is really trying to signal that we re moving into a new phase of the pandemic. but in terms of the appeal, i think as dr. fauci said, and we ve heard from other officials, they think a couple of things, they do think this is a cdc authority, and that it shouldn t be decided in the courts. they also do want to preserve that ability to be able to put mask mandates in place in the future. so that s kind of what we ll see play out. but i do think the big picture here, what you really are going to hear more about from the white house, especially as we get keep heading into midterms, they really want to signal that we re in a new place now. we have vaccines, we have treatments, mask mandates are going away, that we are m
states. i think there s one policy that gets to the heart of why they re being criticized not just by republicans but also democrats and that s the title xlii expulsions of these haitians back to haiti, this dangerous country, under the cdc authority, saying it s necessary because covid is happening in the united states. well, doctors say it s not necessary, activists say it s not necessary, attorneys say it s not necessary. but the biden administration persists with this policy. and i think that that is in the eyes of the folks advocating on behalf of these migrants, part of the problem, why they re not living up to what they had promised when joe biden was a candidate and so was kamala harris. jacob soboroff, as always, excellent reporting, my friend, great to see you. morgan chesky, thank you to all. ahead, the white house preparing for the possibility of a government shutdown. can congress keep it from handing? spending showdown. after meetings at the white house yesterday, a