TITLE 42 / ASYLUM
HISTORY OF TITLE 42
Key facts about Title 42, the pandemic policy that has reshaped immigration enforcement at U.S.-Mexico border
By John Gramlich, Pew Research Center | April 27, 2022 |
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"Title 42 refers to a rarely used section of the U.S. Code that dates to 1944. The law empowers federal health authorities to prohibit migrants from entering the country if it is determined that doing so could prevent the spread of contagious diseases.
The CDC invoked Title 42 at the beginning of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, giving Border Patrol agents the authority to swiftly expel migrants trying to enter the U.S. instead of allowing them to seek asylum within the country, as had long been the policy before the pandemic."
CURRENT CDC POLICY
SECOND QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE
"The CDC already ended the use of Title 42 for one group of migrants – unaccompanied minors – in March. It is currently seeking to end the policy for two other groups of migrants: single adults and people traveling in families."
SUPREME COURT RULING
U.S. Supreme Court rules to keep Title 42, the pandemic-era policy to quickly turn away migrants, for now The court ordered the Biden administration to continue enforcing the policy while Texas and other states that want to keep the Trump-era rule in place prepare their legal arguments.
By Uriel J. Garcia and Alexa Ura, Texas Tribune.org | December 27, 2022 |
QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
"Title 42 will remain in place for at least two more months. In its Tuesday order, the high court agreed to hear arguments in February on whether an Arizona-led coalition of 19 states, including Texas, can challenge a lower-court ruling that ordered the Biden administration to lift Title 42."
President Biden's attempt to overturn former President Trump's Remain in Mexico policy requiring immigrants with asylum claims to remain in Mexico rather than longstanding U.S. policy of release into the United States while awaiting their day in court
Supreme Court rules Biden administration can end "remain in Mexico" policy, sending case back to a Texas court: The Trump administration created the Migrant Protection Protocols, also called "remain in Mexico," in 2019 before the Biden administration canceled it in 2021. The ruling sends the case back to a Texas federal court.
By Uriel J. Garcia, Texas Tribune.org | June 30, 2022 Updated 6 PM |
Divided court allows Biden to end Trump’s "remain in Mexico" asylum policy
By Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog.com | Jun 30, 2022 at 1:13 pm |
Biden v. Texas: Holding: The government’s rescission of Migrant Protection Protocols did not violate Section 1225 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the then-Secretary of Homeland Security's Oct. 29 memoranda constituted valid final agency action. (SCOTUSblog.com)
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