Title 42 is about to expire in US. Here’s what you need to know
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 is about to expire in US. Here’s what you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Expiry of contentious US policy will bring little relief to asylum seekers facing many other border curbs, experts say. Title 42 has allowed US authorities to rapidly turn away most migrants and refugees who arrive at the country’s southern border, without giving them an opportunity to apply for protection. Meanwhile, Texas Governor Greg Abbott – a staunch critic of the Biden administration’s immigration policies – said on Monday that he was deploying a special border force to target “hot spots” along the border. The administration recently announced that it would set up processing centres in Latin American countries, and on Wednesday it unveiled a new rule that rights advocates said will make most migrants and refugees arriving at the Mexico border ineligible to seek asylum in the US. The two leaders “discussed continued close coordination between border authorities and strong enforcement measures” ahead of the end of Title 42, the White House said.

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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 …

Title 42 expires in HOURS: Migrants keep heading to the border in Texas, Arizona and California
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 expires in HOURS: Migrants keep heading to the border in Texas, Arizona and California

Daily Mail  

The end of Title 42 immigration authority that the administration has been anticipating for a year has finally arrived, with border agents and officials bracing for uncertain after affects and migrants still rushing to the border. That included about 1,000 arrivals a day in Yuma, Arizona Tuesday, with migrants gathered in Ciudad Juárez hoping to cross border checkpoints when Title …

Title 42 has expired. Here’s what happens next
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 has expired. Here’s what happens next

CNN  

CNN — The expiration of a pandemic-era public health restriction that will significantly alter several years of US immigration policy has arrived, threatening chaos as an estimated tens of thousands of migrants mass near the US-Mexico border in anticipation. Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Redux Migrants waiting to apply for asylum near San Diego reach through a border wall for clothing …

What is Title 42, why is it ending and what’s happening now at the border?
1 year, 7 months ago

What is Title 42, why is it ending and what’s happening now at the border?

CNN  

CNN — The end of a controversial border policy is looming. Title 42, the Trump-era pandemic public health restrictions that became a key tool officials used to turn back migrants at the US-Mexico border, is set to expire on May 11. The Department of Homeland Security previously released a six-pillar plan that outlined the department’s operations post-Title 42, including setting …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Since the pandemic began, the United States has been using a public health rule designed to limit the spread of disease to expel asylum-seekers on the southern border. While many Democrats pushed President Joe Biden to overturn Trump’s anti-immigration measures, some — especially in border states — have advocated to keep Title 42, saying the U.S. is unprepared …

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 …

US quietly expands asylum limits while preparing to end them
2 years, 7 months ago

US quietly expands asylum limits while preparing to end them

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule even as it publicly says it has been trying to unwind it, officials said Wednesday. Another Mexican official, also not authorized to comment publicly, confirmed that up to 100 Cubans …

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 …

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, …

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 …

US announces end to Title 42 expulsions at Mexico border
2 years, 8 months ago

US announces end to Title 42 expulsions at Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says Title 42 will be rescinded by May 23, but expulsions will continue until then. Washington, DC – The Biden administration has announced that the United States will end its use of Title 42, the contentious policy that prevented most asylum seekers from applying for protection at the country’s southern border with Mexico. In a statement …

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 …

Title 42 explained: The obscure public health policy at the center of a U.S. border fight
3 years, 2 months ago

Title 42 explained: The obscure public health policy at the center of a U.S. border fight

LA Times  

A U.S.-bound caravan of more than 500 migrants, including many Haitians and Central Americans, and including many families, embarked on foot from southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Sept. 4. Under Title 42, the vast majority of the migrants would have been turned away from the U.S. At the center of today’s most heated immigration debate is a decades-old health …

Why is the Biden administration still keeping migrant kids locked up? The saga of Title 42
3 years, 4 months ago

Why is the Biden administration still keeping migrant kids locked up? The saga of Title 42

Salon  

"A lot of girls cry. In a recent letter to the White House, more than 100 advocacy and human rights groups urged the president to rescind Title 42 expulsions, charging that the practice violates both U.S. refugee law and international treaties, and endangers people seeking protection at the U.S.-Mexico border According to Border Report in Texas, the expulsions have no …

Title 42 Foes Go Back To Court To Try To End COVID Measure Blocking Asylum-Seekers
3 years, 4 months ago

Title 42 Foes Go Back To Court To Try To End COVID Measure Blocking Asylum-Seekers

NPR  

Title 42 Foes Go Back To Court To Try To End COVID Measure Blocking Asylum-Seekers Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Jacquelyn Martin/AP Immigration advocates who had been negotiating with the Biden administration to end a Trump-era rule that blocks most migrants from entering the United States have given up waiting. The Trump administration first invoked Title 42, a …

U.S. border closure cracks under pressure from lawsuits, advocates and the easing pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

U.S. border closure cracks under pressure from lawsuits, advocates and the easing pandemic

LA Times  

Asylum seekers arrive in Reynosa, Mexico, after they were sent back from McAllen, Texas. Now, after months of pressure from advocates and a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the use of Title 42 against families, as well as an easing pandemic and indications of a leveling-off in border crossings, Biden administration officials have quietly agreed to …

The Trump-era order Biden is using to turn away most migrants
3 years, 8 months ago

The Trump-era order Biden is using to turn away most migrants

Al Jazeera  

Title 42, invoked last year amid COVID pandemic, allows US to immediately return adults and families at the border. We are expelling single adults.” In February alone, US authorities sent more than 72,000 people back across the southern border. The Trump administration in March of last year invoked Title 42 – a public health provision in the US Code that …

Biden promised change at the border. He’s kept Trump’s Title 42 policy to close it and cut off asylum
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden promised change at the border. He’s kept Trump’s Title 42 policy to close it and cut off asylum

LA Times  

In March 2020, the Trump administration put into place one of the most controversial and restrictive immigration policies ever implemented at the U.S. border — and in January, President Biden quietly continued it. “The Biden administration’s use of Title 42 is flatly illegal,” said Lee Gelernt of the American Civil Liberties Union, who sued the Trump administration over the policy, …

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