Back in the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ordered its lawyers to try to close cases that are considered “low priority” according to the agency’s enforcement guidelines. It’s a move that could potentially clear out hundreds of thousands of deportation and asylum cases pending in immigration courts. There’s currently a backlog of some 1.7 million cases. This comes as three states — Missouri, Arizona and Louisiana — have sued the Biden administration over its plan to terminate the contested Title 42 policy in May. Under the Trump-era measure, asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border are quickly expelled without due process or a review of their asylum claims.