Title 42: How Covid pandemic allowed the US to block migrants
Migrants cross Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to El Paso Sector, Texas on May 8, 2023. By lifting the US Covid emergency on May 11, Biden can no longer justify using Title 42 against refugees, asylum-seekers and other migrants.PHOTO | HERIKA MARTINEZ | AFP
The United States on Thursday will officially end its 40-month Covid-19 emergency — also discarding the Title 42 law, a tool that has been used to prevent millions of migrants from entering the country.
Without it, the administration of President Joe Biden faces a tough challenge to prevent a surge in undocumented migrants from around the world entering the country across its southern border with Mexico.
