Biden expected to end Title 42 border expulsion policy in late May
CBSN
The Biden administration is planning 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 shift in U.S. border policy.
The preliminary decision to gradually discontinue the restriction comes after two federal court rulings in early March dealt a major blow to the Biden administration's plan to retain the expulsions, which began in March 2020 under former President Donald Trump.
Citing the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Title 42 directives, U.S. immigration officials have carried out over 1.7 million expulsions of migrants in the past two years, 70% of them under President Biden, who retained the policy despite reversing other Trump border initiatives. Named for a 1940s public health law, the authority allows U.S. border officials to quickly expel migrants without allowing them to apply for asylum.
