U.S. CDC exempts unaccompanied migrant children from deportation
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The order confirmed a temporary exception made in February to the total asylum ban.
Unaccompanied migrant children will be exempt from a ban on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S. border, federal health officials have ordered. The order by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a from a total asylum ban issued in October. The Trump administration had cited concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic to justify the October ban. But with COVID-19 vaccination rates climbing, the change suggests that the Biden administration is considering a gradual lifting of the asylum ban.More Related News
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