Opinion: Good riddance to this terrible Trump-era policy decision
2 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: Good riddance to this terrible Trump-era policy decision

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and a member of the USA Today board of contributors. CNN — The Biden administration announced on Friday that it will soon end a Trump-era immigration policy, known as Title 42, that allowed US officials to bar entry to migrants and asylum seekers at the US border on the grounds that they could pose a health risk because of Covid-19. Title 42 is part of a 1944 health law that prohibits the entry of people into the US when there is a “serious danger to the introduction of disease into the United States.” The Trump administration invoked the policy in March 2020, when the Covid-19 virus was rapidly spreading throughout the country and around the world, and when there was no vaccine in sight. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said that expelling migrants “is not the solution to an outbreak.” Meanwhile, an article in last month’s New England Journal of Medicine found that there “is no public health evidence that singling out asylum seekers or other migrants …is effective in stemming the spread of Covid-19.” In addition to being immoral and ineffective, the use of Title 42 as a border control measure is also probably illegal. In 2021, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Washington to lift Title 42, so that migrants could access the asylum process, “in line with international legal and human rights obligations.” Part of what made Title 42 so morally reprehensible is that it placed thousands of migrants in harm’s way.

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Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with …

‘We want to be Americans’: Migrants flow through Mexico’s southern border after Title 42’s end
1 year, 7 months ago

‘We want to be Americans’: Migrants flow through Mexico’s southern border after Title 42’s end

LA Times  

Migrants cross the Suchiate River, which marks the border between Guatemala and Mexico, on May 9. But here, some 1,000 miles from the Rio Grande, the chaotic scene is business as usual: Huge numbers of U.S.-bound migrants — mostly South and Central Americans, but also a mix of people from Africa, Asia and Europe — are making illegal crossings of …

Immigration policy is uncertain now that Title 42 has been lifted
1 year, 7 months ago

Immigration policy is uncertain now that Title 42 has been lifted

NPR  

Immigration policy is uncertain now that Title 42 has been lifted Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images For the last three years, a previously obscure emergency public health order allowed politicians to temporarily sidestep one of the most complicated issues in American politics — migration at the United States' southern border. Sponsor Message The Biden …

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire

Hindustan Times  

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire The US ended a three-year-old asylum restriction, Title 42, stirring fear among migrants that the changes would make it more. The US ended a three-year-old asylum restriction, Title 42, stirring fear among migrants that the changes would make it more difficult for them to stay on. On the …

Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how US immigration policy is changing
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how US immigration policy is changing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is putting new restrictions into place at its southern border to try to to stop migrants from crossing illegally and encourage them instead to apply for asylum online through a new process. The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico …

Title 42 ends: U.S. sees a record migration influx of more than 10,000 people a DAY
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 ends: U.S. sees a record migration influx of more than 10,000 people a DAY

Daily Mail  

Migrants gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday hours before immigration restrictions known as Title 42 expired, with some rushing to cross ahead of tough new asylum rules that will replace the COVID-era order. Here immigrants lined up to be processed to make asylum claims at a makeshift migrant camp in El Paso Migrants cross the Rio …

As Title 42 ends in US, asylum seekers wait for relief on border
1 year, 7 months ago

As Title 42 ends in US, asylum seekers wait for relief on border

Al Jazeera  

Advocates fear the US-Mexico border will become a ‘deportation mill’ as new policies narrow avenues for seeking asylum. That is the limbo many asylum seekers face at the US’s southern border, now that the controversial migrant expulsion policy Title 42 has expired — and uncertainty has taken its place. After taking four different flights to arrive in Tijuana, he found …

Expert: Immigration policies don’t deter migrants – Title 42 and new rules only make things worse
1 year, 7 months ago

Expert: Immigration policies don’t deter migrants – Title 42 and new rules only make things worse

Salon  

Politicians have been saying there's an immigration crisis at the border for decades and have been trying to fix it for nearly as long. And under Title 8, people who enter the country illegally could face a five-year ban from the U.S. From my work as a scholar of migration studies, I believe the new set of rules may make …

Editorial: With Title 42 ending, Biden relies on the same failed immigration policies
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: With Title 42 ending, Biden relies on the same failed immigration policies

LA Times  

Dozens of immigrants from as far away as India and Africa wait to be processed by Customs and Border Protection officers Friday along the border wall in Somerton, Ariz. The border management strategy known as Title 42 has allowed the United States to expel asylum-seeking migrants en masse for the past three years using a public health pretext. Operation Hold …

Biden Will Never Get Us Out of the Trump Era Like This
54 years, 11 months ago

Biden Will Never Get Us Out of the Trump Era Like This

Slate  

In March 2020, the Trump administration invoked its authority under Title 42 of the U.S. Code, a public health law, to close the southwest border to virtually anyone crossing in from Mexico. When the COVID-19 public health emergency expires on May 11, the Title 42 immigration restrictions will finally end, leaving it to the Biden administration to craft a new …

Explained: Title 42 and how its expiration will affect immigration at the US-Mexico border
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained: Title 42 and how its expiration will affect immigration at the US-Mexico border

Firstpost  

The United States is getting ready to lift COVID-19 restrictions that have blocked migrants caught at the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, a major policy shift with humanitarian and political implications. In April, the US Border Patrol apprehended some 183,000 migrants, according to preliminary data provided by Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a 13 …

Bipartisan team introduces narrow immigration bill ahead of expiration of Covid-era border policy
1 year, 7 months ago

Bipartisan team introduces narrow immigration bill ahead of expiration of Covid-era border policy

CNN  

CNN — A bipartisan group of senators led by Republican Thom Tillis of North Carolina and independent Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona introduced immigration legislation Thursday intended to counter an influx of migrants expected at the border when a Covid-era border restriction ends next week. The legislation is not a true extension of Title 42, which allowed border authorities to quickly …

Plans set in motion as Biden administration eyes end of Covid-era border restriction
1 year, 7 months ago

Plans set in motion as Biden administration eyes end of Covid-era border restriction

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration, already facing an increase in border crossings, is setting plans in motion to manage an anticipated influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border when a Covid-era border restriction ends next week, sources tell CNN. The Department of Homeland Security previously released a six-pillar plan that outlined the department’s operations post-Title 42, including setting up additional …

President Joe Biden ends US Covid emergency status
1 year, 8 months ago

President Joe Biden ends US Covid emergency status

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden on Monday officially ended the Covid national health emergency that for more than three years underpinned extraordinary efforts to provide care for a country where more than a million people died from the disease. Read here: US gov appeals court to halt abortion pill order The White House said Biden signed a law passed earlier by Congress …

How Biden asylum rule affects immigration, compares to Trump
1 year, 10 months ago

How Biden asylum rule affects immigration, compares to Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden’s administration prepares for the end of regulations tied to the coronavirus pandemic that have severely limited the ability of asylum seekers to enter the U.S., it has proposed a rule that could dramatically alter who’s allowed to claim asylum at the southern border. Melissa Crow, a lawyer with the Center for Gender & Refugee …

Supreme Court won’t hear arguments Title 42 case as planned
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court won’t hear arguments Title 42 case as planned

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will not hear arguments as planned March 1 in a case involving a Trump-era immigration policy used several millions of times over the past three years to quickly turn away migrants at the border. The justices on Thursday removed from their calendar the case involving Title 42, which justified the quick expulsion of …

Daily border encounters have dropped by more than half in January, DHS official says
1 year, 11 months ago

Daily border encounters have dropped by more than half in January, DHS official says

CNN  

Washington CNN — Daily migrant encounters along the US-Mexico border have dropped by more than half in January compared to last month, a Homeland Security official tells CNN, citing the expansion of a Trump-era Covid restriction and recently launched programs to legally migrate to the US. Last month, border authorities wrestled with a spike in border encounters, averaging around 7,000 …

Joe Biden Tells Illegal Migrants to Stay Away From US Border
1 year, 11 months ago

Joe Biden Tells Illegal Migrants to Stay Away From US Border

News 18  

President Joe Biden on Thursday warned undocumented migrants to stay away from the US border while opening the door to limited legal arrivals from four impoverished countries, in a delicate balancing act on one of the country’s most explosive political issues. Wendy Young, head of Kids in Need of Defense, which advocates for unaccompanied refugee and migrant children, said the …

Biden announces major border strategy shift, expands Trump policy
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden announces major border strategy shift, expands Trump policy

LA Times  

A migrant family climbs the northern bank of the Rio Grande in December after crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in their attempt to enter El Paso. The Biden administration announced a major shift to its immigration strategy Thursday, expanding the use of a Trump-era policy that gives border agents the power to quickly turn back migrants at the border while …

The Biden administration keeps shifting its stance on a controversial policy
1 year, 11 months ago

The Biden administration keeps shifting its stance on a controversial policy

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden just made a point that’s surprising to those of us who’ve been closely following his administration’s approach to migration at the southern border. “But the solution to that immigration problem cannot be to extend indefinitely a public-health measure that all now acknowledge has outlived its public-health justification.” The Biden administration asks the Supreme Court to …

US Supreme Court allows Trump-era border policy to remain for now: What is Title 42 and how does it affect immigration?
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court allows Trump-era border policy to remain for now: What is Title 42 and how does it affect immigration?

Firstpost  

The US Supreme Court has voted to keep in place Title 42, a Donald Trump-era policy that blocks thousands of people from crossing the US-Mexico border. The policy was introduced in March 2020 when COVID-19 broke out and the Joe Biden administration continues to use it The ‘American Dream’ will remain just that for many migrants who are fleeing violence …

US Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for now
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for now

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on asylum in place for now, dashing hopes of migrants who have been fleeing violence and inequality in Latin America and elsewhere to reach the United States. The Supreme Court’s decision said that the court will review the issue of whether the states have the right to intervene in the legal …

Supreme Court refuses to lift Trump-era rule at the southern border
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to lift Trump-era rule at the southern border

LA Times  

Venezuelan migrants prepare to walk along the U.S. border fence after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico to seek asylum with the U.S. Border Patrol on Sept. 22 in El Paso. A divided Supreme Court refused Tuesday to lift the Trump-era rule that has turned away migrants at the border as a public health threat. The court agreed to hear …

US Supreme Court upholds controversial Title 42 border policy
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court upholds controversial Title 42 border policy

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has temporarily kept in place Title 42, a controversial immigration policy that has been criticised for denying refugees the ability to seek asylum in the US. But US President Joe Biden has met fierce pushback to his efforts to roll back the policy, with conservative judges and officials warning that the end of Title 42 …

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike
2 years ago

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The drawn-out saga of Title 42, the set of emergency powers that allows border officials to quickly turn away migrants, has been chaotic at the U.S.-Mexico border. Title 42 allows border officials to deny people the right to seek asylum, and they have done so 2.5 million times since March 2020. “I don’t know why it’s taking them …

High court temporarily blocks lifting of asylum restrictions
2 years ago

High court temporarily blocks lifting of asylum restrictions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is temporarily blocking an order that would lift pandemic-era restrictions on asylum seekers but the brief order leaves open the prospect that the restrictions in place since the coronavirus pandemic began and have been used to turn back hundreds of thousands of prospective asylum seekers could still expire on Wednesday. But as they’re set to …

Biden lawyers tell Supreme Court it’s time to end Trump policy at the border
2 years ago

Biden lawyers tell Supreme Court it’s time to end Trump policy at the border

LA Times  

President Biden’s lawyers urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject an emergency appeal from Republican-led states and end the Trump-era COVID-19 policy that turned away migrants at the border who were seeking asylum. The Title 42 policy, based on a long-standing public health emergency law, was imposed by the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent infected people …

As US debates Title 42 policy, asylum seekers left in limbo
2 years ago

As US debates Title 42 policy, asylum seekers left in limbo

Al Jazeera  

The Supreme Court intervened on Monday to block the controversial immigration policy’s scheduled expiration this week. In November, a US District Court judge declared the policy “arbitrary and capricious”, ruling to end Title 42. “The only real solution,” the document states, “is for Congress to fix our broken and outdated immigration system.” The Biden administration, meanwhile, has signalled it wants …

Venezuelans stranded in Mexico hold out hope Biden will shift border policy: ‘I want to have faith’
2 years ago

Venezuelans stranded in Mexico hold out hope Biden will shift border policy: ‘I want to have faith’

LA Times  

Rosa Maria Trejo got to the Mexican capital thanks to a brother residing in Arizona who sent money to help finance the difficult trip from their native Venezuela. “My brother tells me it’s best to wait here until the situation in the United States changes.” Tens of thousands of Venezuelans who are stuck in Mexico appear to be making the …

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy
2 years, 1 month ago

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border. Late Monday, the 15 states filed what’s known as a motion to intervene — meaning they want to become part of the legal proceedings surrounding …

US judge gives Biden administration five weeks to end Title 42
2 years, 1 month ago

US judge gives Biden administration five weeks to end Title 42

Al Jazeera  

The judge earlier said ‘arbitrary and capricious’ border expulsion policy was unlawful in a ruling welcomed by rights groups. A judge in the United States has given President Joe Biden’s administration five weeks to end a contentious policy that allowed authorities to expel hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers arriving at the southern border with Mexico. The administration had filed …

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge
2 years, 1 month ago

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge

LA Times  

Migrants walk by the shore after crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, in May 2022. A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday vacated a controversial border policy known as Title 42, a public health law invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic that had allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants. Previously, thousands of immigrants were …

Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border
2 years, 7 months ago

Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border must continue, a judge ruled Friday in an order blocking the Biden administration’s plan to lift them early next week. The judge cited what he said were the government’s own predictions that ending the restrictions would likely increase border crossings threefold, to as many as 18,000 daily. …

US judge blocks Biden’s plan to end Title 42 border expulsions
2 years, 7 months ago

US judge blocks Biden’s plan to end Title 42 border expulsions

Al Jazeera  

A judge in the United States has blocked the Biden administration’s plan to end a contentious immigration policy that allows US authorities to turn away most asylum seekers arriving at the country’s southern border with Mexico. “That means Title 42 will not end anytime soon,” tweeted Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, about the federal judge’s …

Federal judge extends the blocking of Biden administration’s plans to lift Title 42
2 years, 7 months ago

Federal judge extends the blocking of Biden administration’s plans to lift Title 42

LA Times  

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande into the U.S. wait to be processed by Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas. In a ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays in Lafayette wrote that lawyers for 24 plaintiff states had established that a “significant threat of injury” would arise if Title 42, a 1944 federal public health statute invoked …

US states argue to keep contentious border policy in place
2 years, 7 months ago

US states argue to keep contentious border policy in place

Al Jazeera  

US court is hearing challenge to Biden administration’s plan to end Title 42 restriction at US-Mexico border this month. A group of 21 US states have argued that the Biden administration’s plan to lift a contentious border restriction that barred most asylum seekers from seeking protection at the US-Mexico border was made without sufficient consideration of the effects it would …

Biden says he will comply with courts if judge says they cannot lift Title 42
2 years, 7 months ago

Biden says he will comply with courts if judge says they cannot lift Title 42

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden on Thursday said his administration would comply with the courts on Title 42, the public health order being used to turn away migrants at the border. President Joe Biden said he would comply with the courts on Title 42 Asylum-seekers gather at the Plaza Las Americas migrant tent camp in Reynosa, Mexico - experts expect a surge …

Migrant crossings spike as US plans to lift curb on asylum
2 years, 8 months ago

Migrant crossings spike as US plans to lift curb on asylum

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Migrants attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the highest level in two decades as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers. Immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border in March, a 33% increase from a month earlier, according to U.S. Customs …

Clash over immigration policy derails Senate COVID aid bill
2 years, 8 months ago

Clash over immigration policy derails Senate COVID aid bill

NPR  

Clash over immigration policy derails Senate COVID aid bill Enlarge this image toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Quick passage of a bipartisan $10 billion COVID aid bill is unlikely now that Senate Republicans — with the support of some Democrats — are trying to use the legislation as a way to extend Trump-era immigration restrictions. Senate Minority …

As Title 42 winds down, aid groups prepare for shift at US border
2 years, 8 months ago

As Title 42 winds down, aid groups prepare for shift at US border

Al Jazeera  

Migrant advocates and lawyers expect more people to arrive at US-Mexico border ahead of restrictive policy’s end in May. Now, as the Biden administration moves ahead with its plan to end Title 42, a health order invoked due to COVID-19 that effectively barred most asylum seekers from entering the US, aid groups at the border are preparing for a shift …

Federal lawsuit seeks to block end to sweeping asylum limits
2 years, 8 months ago

Federal lawsuit seeks to block end to sweeping asylum limits

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Conservative-led governments in Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri have sued President Joe Biden’s administration to prevent federal officials from ending a public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border. “The Biden administration’s dangerous and unlawful immigration policy encourages illegal border crossings and poses a threat to law-abiding citizens across our …

Three states sue Biden administration over ending Title 42 policy
2 years, 8 months ago

Three states sue Biden administration over ending Title 42 policy

Al Jazeera  

Missouri, Arizona and Louisiana say the move would lead to a ‘crisis’ at the US-Mexico border. Washington, DC – Three states have sued the Biden administration over its plans to lift Title 42, a contentious border policy that has led to the expulsion of the vast majority of people trying to file asylum claims in the United States. “Today, Missouri, …

Border asylum limits ending, but not Biden’s migrant woes
2 years, 8 months ago

Border asylum limits ending, but not Biden’s migrant woes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The ban on asylum-seekers at the U.S-Mexico border on public health grounds was imposed by a president who wanted to restrict immigration entirely. Greg Abbott of Texas said Biden was refusing to listen to Americans and had “chosen to jeopardize the safety and security of those very Americans he swore to protect and defend by ending Title 42 …

COVID-19 Asylum Limits At US-Mexico Border To End May 23
2 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 Asylum Limits At US-Mexico Border To End May 23

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control announced Friday that it is ending a policy that limited asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The use of public health powers had been widely criticized by Democrats and immigration advocates as an excuse for the United States to shirk its obligations to provide haven to people fleeing …

Joe Manchin speaks out against Biden's lifting of Trump-era border policy
2 years, 8 months ago

Joe Manchin speaks out against Biden's lifting of Trump-era border policy

Salon  

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin expressed his disdain for the Biden administration's plan to scrap the Trump-era border restrictions put in place as an emergency measure during the pandemic. Title 42 is a measure put in place by the Trump administration in March 2020 which allows U.S. immigration authorities to quickly expel migrants and asylum-seekers. "With encounters along our southern border …

The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration
2 years, 8 months ago

The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration

NPR  

The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration Enlarge this image toggle caption Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images The Biden administration is moving to end sweeping pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 on May 23. Since March 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has used the …

Title 42 and the border: Why what we’re seeing now is different
2 years, 8 months ago

Title 42 and the border: Why what we’re seeing now is different

CNN  

CNN — More migrants are coming to the US-Mexico border, and officials say they expect the number to grow. “We have every expectation that when the CDC ultimately decides it’s appropriate to lift Title 42, there will be an influx of people to the border,” White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said on Wednesday. Asked whether she was ready for …

US to end ‘Title 42’ border restriction in May: Reports
2 years, 8 months ago

US to end ‘Title 42’ border restriction in May: Reports

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration expected to revoke contentious policy by May 23 but decision not yet finalised, AP and Reuters say. US President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to lift a contentious border policy that prevents most asylum seekers from applying for protection in the United States, after calls to end “Title 42” have grown louder in recent weeks. “We are near …

COVID-19 rates plunge as decision nears on US asylum limits
2 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 rates plunge as decision nears on US asylum limits

Associated Press  

SOMERTON, Ariz. — One by one, a voice called out the names of 169 people just released by U.S. Border Patrol. They were quarantined to motel rooms, while other migrants boarded chartered buses to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport for flights across the U.S. Theirs were among just seven of 5,301 tests the Regional Center for Border Health near Yuma, …

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