A federal judge in Louisiana paralyzed the This Friday, the decision of the Joe Biden government to rescind Title 42, the regulation used by the United States to expressly expel undocumented immigrants during the covid-19 pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced weeks ago the end of Title 42 for May 23, but Louisiana Judge Robert Summerhays suspended it. preparations to rescind it and this Friday annulled it. definitely your lifting.
Title 42 is a rapid deportation measure for undocumented immigrants protected by the pandemic that the CDC imposed in 2020, during the term of Donald Trump (2017-2021), and which remained in effect. This measure is in force under the Biden Administration.
This measure means that the United States automatically deports most undocumented migrants who arrive at its southern border, without giving them the opportunity to apply for asylum. .
Early last month, the CDC announced that on May 23 they would lift that rule as there was no health risk at the border, which eased the situation. She spoke to the human rights organizations that had criticized her, but she provoked concern in some border communities that many migrants could arrive at once.
Trump-appointed Judge Summerhays suspended the trial. The end of Title 42 in response to the demand presented by the Republican leaders of several states, such as Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri, to stop the White House plan on that rule.
Summerhays agreed with these states in his argument that lifting the regulations would lead to an increase in the arrival of migrants, with an impact on their health systems.
The organization Migrant advocate Families Belong Together condemned this Friday the judicial decision, warned which “will cause irreparable damage” and demanded “a fair asylum system”.
Since the beginning of the Due to be implemented in March 2020, the United States has used Title 42 more than 1.8 million times to expel undocumented migrants to Mexico or their countries of origin without allowing them to apply for asylum, according to government data.
It is not the first legal setback against Biden’s immigration policy, since a judge has already suspended the law. his attempt to end the “Remain in Mexico” program, established by Trump to force asylum seekers to wait their turn in Mexican territory.