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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency request to restore a Biden-era regulation that allowed immigration judges to pause certain deportation proceedings. The unsigned, brief order left in place an agreement between the federal government and Texas that ended the regulation. The court gave no explanation, and the reports noted no dissent.

The rule permitted judges to suspend some deportation cases temporarily while immigrants pursued other forms of immigration relief. The challenge followed the government-Texas agreement to eliminate it. The Supreme Court’s action leaves that agreement operative as the challengers continue their legal effort.

Three cities and immigrant organizations sought to block the agreement and preserve the rule. Their emergency request asked the justices to pause the agreement while their challenge proceeded in lower courts. By rejecting that request, the court declined to halt the agreement during the ongoing legal dispute.

The decision therefore keeps the regulation ended for now; it does not reinstate judges’ ability under the rule to suspend the covered proceedings. The order did not explain why the justices rejected the request, leaving the reports without a stated basis for the outcome. No dissent was reported.