Judge blocks Trump-era rule. A California federal judge issued a nationwide injunction barring a Trump-era rule – which would speed up immigration removal proceedings – from taking effect. The injunction ruled in favor of four immigration nonprofits which challenged EOIR and the DOJ earlier this year. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. government can no longer use a Covid-era policy that allowed authorities to severely limit asylum-seekers from crossing the border into the country. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan vacated the controversial rule, known as Title 42, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection has used to turn back migrants at the border before they could make asylum claims. In May, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to end the policy. What makes you removable.