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The Biden administration will end the Title 42 public health order that allows border agents to immediately expel illegal border crossers, according to multiple reports.
The order was initially handed down under the Trump administration in the early days of the Covid pandemic, and renewed by the Biden administration in August 2021.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will order an end to the Title 42 policy this week, people familiar with the plans told the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. A draft of the new order reviewed by the Journal states that “there is no longer a serious danger” that migrants could spread Covid in border detention facilities.
The implementation of the new order will be delayed until late May, to give the administration time to prepare for a potential rise in migrants seeking to cross the southern border illegally. --->READ MORE HERE
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The Biden administration plans to finally end the Trump-era policy that allowed the instant expulsion of asylum-seekers and other migrants at the U.S. southern border on May 23.
The White House admitted there will be an 'influx' of border crossers after officials told Reuters the Trump-era COVID restrictions were coming to an end in seven weeks to allow law enforcement and immigration agencies to prepare.
The delayed effective date to end Title 42 would give U.S. border authorities time to plan for its end, the official said.
Immigration groups have been pushing for an end to Title 42, which was enacted by former President Donald Trump but was continued and upheld in court by Biden.
The order was put in place in March 2020 at the onset of the pandemic as the spread of coronavirus ran rampant at crowded border facilities.
Since then, more than a million migrants apprehended at the border have been rapidly expelled to Mexico or other countries, often within hours of being caught under the Title 42.
The sweeping, pandemic-related expulsion policy has effectively closed down the U.S. asylum system at the border with Mexico as officials don't have to hear asylum claims under Title 42. This has led Democrats, medical experts, immigration advocates and the United Nations to urge the U.S. to end the coronavirus-era rule.
Republicans argue ending Title 42 will encourage more migrants to enter the U.S. illegally – especially after reports warn of a massive influx of migration once the policy is dropped. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to related stories:
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