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11/01/23 08:49 AM IST

U.S. ‘Title 42’ immigration policy

In News
  • The United States announced recently that it will extend COVID-19 pandemic-era restrictions, known as Title 42, to expel migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border back to Mexico.
Title 42 Policy
  • It is an immigration policy that was implemented by the U.S. health authorities in March 2020, during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The policy was implemented to allow border agents to rapidly send migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border back to Mexico or other countries.
Supreme court Rulings
  • The CDC announced in April 2022 that it would end Title 42, stating that it was no longer needed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in light of vaccines and other medical advances.
  • But a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the termination after a legal challenge brought by a group of two dozen U.S. states with Republican attorneys general who argued that increased migration would saddle their states with costs.
  • After the Supreme court intervened and ruled to keep the policy in place as they consider the case, the Biden administration announced that it would be expanding Title 42 to include Nicaragua, Cuba, and Haiti.
  • The expanding of the Title 42 policy will have significant consequences on migrants from these countries who will be blocked from seeking asylum in the United States.
  • The legality of this policy expansion is also questionable and will likely be challenged in the courts.
Source- Indian Express

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