SAN ANTONIO – There’s a lot of mention of “Title 42″ lately. With it comes images of crowds of people crossing or on the banks of the Rio Grande, which divides the U.S. and Mexico. As it nears a potential end next Thursday, it might be a good time to understand what it’s all about.
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What is Title 42?
Title 42 is a part of U.S. law that deals with public health, social welfare and civil rights. It gives the federal government the authority to take emergency action to keep communicable diseases out of the country. Before President Donald Trump used it in 2020, it had been used only in 1929 to keep ships from China and the Philippines from entering U.S. ports during a meningitis outbreak.
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Trump invoked the law when the coronavirus pandemic broke out, ostensibly to prevent the spread of Covid, but its implementation allowed the Trump administration to expel migrants more quickly without having to consider them for asylum, and it has continued under the Biden administration.
Read the full report from NBC News.
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