What is Title 42 and what happens at the border when the immigration policy goes away?
Title 42, a decades-old public health statute used during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep asylum seekers out of the U.S., will lift at 8:59 p.m. PST on Thursday, ushering in a new era for U.S. border control.
Orders under Title 42 were first implemented by the Trump administration in March 2020 and met with legal and political challenges, but remained in place through President Biden's first years in office.
Citing the threat of COVID-19, the U.S. government has over the last three years carried out nearly 2.8 million expulsions of migrants at the border without offering them the opportunity to request asylum. Title 42 drove border crossings up to record levels, in part because the nature of rapid expulsions made it easier for people to immediately attempt crossing again.
Title 42 , with restrictions never before seen at the border and uncertainty about the weeks to come.
