The Biden administration plans to end a pandemic-era emergency rule known as Title 42 that allows U.S. immigration authorities to quickly expel migrants and asylum seekers in late May, several people familiar with the plans told CBS News, describing what would be a major policy change US border.
The preliminary decision to phase out the restriction comes after two federal court rulings in early March dealt a major blow to the Biden administration’s plan to maintain the expulsions, which began in March 2020 under former President Donald Trump.
Citing Title I guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. immigration officials have carried out more than 1.7 million deportations of migrants in the past two years. 70% of them under President Biden, who maintained politics despite reversing other Trump borders. initiatives. Named after a public health law in the 1940s, the authority allows U.S. border officials to quickly expel migrants without allowing them to seek asylum.
Since August 2021, the CDC has been reviewing Title 42 every 60 days to determine its continuing need. The last re-evaluation took place on Wednesday. CDC spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund said the agency was still working on the review and would “publish more information later this week.”
High-profile Democratic allies of the president, including a majority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, had called on the administration to halt Title 42 expulsions, citing relaxation of other pandemic-related restrictions.
Republican lawmakers and some centrist Democrats, however, had urged the administration to continue with expulsions, saying the repeal of Title 42 could lead to a sharp increase in migrant arrivals that would overwhelm U.S. border authorities and processing.
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