<span style="color: #222222;">In the United States, the Biden Administration said yesterday that it has begun phasing out use of a pandemic-related rule that allows migrants to be expelled without an opportunity to seek asylum as 22 states fight in court to preserve the policy.<br />''<br />''Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for border and immigration policy, Blas Nuñez-Neto said, U.S. authorities have processed more single adults from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in recent weeks under immigration laws, which include a right to seek asylum.<br />''<br />''The pandemic-related rule is set to expire on 23rd of May. However, it was unclear how quickly the judge in the case,  would rule on the states' request for a restraining order.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the state of Texas yesterday filed its own challenge to the termination of the rule in federal court in Victoria. The case had not been assigned to a judge as of Friday afternoon. The Justice Department declined to comment on the Texas suit.</span><br />''<br />