As the nationwide eviction order expires at midnight on Saturday, millions of people across the United States may be forced to leave their homes Coronavirus infections surge.

With billions of government funds designed to help renters remain unspent, President Joe Biden this week urged Congress this week to extend the 11-month relocation ban, because a recent Supreme Court ruling means that the White House cannot do so.

But Republicans hesitated to the Democrats’ efforts to extend the ban on deportation until mid-October, and the House of Representatives took summer vacation on Friday without renewing their visas.

Progressive Democratic congresswomen Corey Bush, Aiana Presley, and Ilhan Omar slept outside the Capitol from Friday to Saturday, demanding an extension.

“US [Democrats] Control the House of Representatives, Senate and White House.We have to keep people at home,” Bush wrote On Twitter, urged Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to recall the House of Representatives to vote, and urged Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to extend the ban.

It is 1 o’clock in the morning. Our unity is strong, and our numbers are growing.

Millions of people are at risk of being driven out of their homes, and the Democratic-controlled government has the right to stop it.

The ban on expulsion is now extended. pic.twitter.com/Rt0LFgViAN

-Corey Bush (@CoriBush) July 31, 2021

“There are many people in our district who are at risk of becoming homeless. Many people have already experienced it. We are here to serve them,” Omar also said. Tweet.

The expiration of the moratorium may put millions of Americans at risk of being forced to move out of their rental homes and apartments.

More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk of being deported, and some of them will be deported within a few days because the nearly $47 billion in federal housing assistance provided to states during the pandemic has not been delivered to renters and landlords. The expulsion may begin as early as Monday.

Landlord groups opposed the eviction ban, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) implemented the ban for the first time in September 2020 to combat the spread of COVID-19 and prevent homelessness during the pandemic.

According to a study by the Aspen Institute and the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, more than 15 million of the 6.5 million American households currently default on rent, and they owe more than $20 billion to their landlords.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided to retain the CDC’s suspension order last month with a result of 5 to 4. The CDC said last month that it would not extend the ban beyond July 31.

Tensions intensified late Friday, because it was clear that no solution was in sight. A few hours before the expiration of the ban, Biden called on local governments to “take all possible measures” to allocate funds immediately.

Taking a summer vacation when your voter is facing deportation is not only an “outrage”, it is also a renunciation of responsibility.

I canceled my flight home and stayed in Washington, hoping that my colleagues would do the same, but we had to adjourn the meeting because some people are rushing for the summer vacation. https://t.co/8A048JVc5I

-Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) July 30, 2021

Biden said in a statement: “There is no excuse in any state or place not to expedite the provision of funds to landlords and tenants who have been harmed by this pandemic.” statement“Every state and local government must come up with these funds to ensure that we prevent every eviction as much as possible.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency respectively on Friday extended the suspension of foreclosure-related evictions to September 30, the last day of the current fiscal year.

Some states have chosen to extend the ban on deportation beyond July 31, including New York (suspended until August 31) and California (extended the ban until September 30).

The potential evictions happen as the U.S. is seeing Coronavirus infections surge, Driven by more contagious transmission Delta variant.

“We are in the wrong direction,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser of the White House. Said last week, Warned that most new cases, hospitalizations and deaths occurred in unvaccinated people across the country.

Diane Yentel, executive director of the National Low-Income Housing Coalition, told The Associated Press: “The proliferation of Delta variants and 6.5 million families are in arrears in rent and face the risk of eviction when the moratorium expires. It requires immediate Take action.”

“The public health need for extended protection for renters is obvious. If the federal court case cannot be extended widely, the Biden administration should implement all possible alternatives, including a more limited suspension of federally supported property.”