Migrants seeking asylum march through the streets of Nogales, Sonora to protest Title 42, Border Patrol abuse against migrants, and lack of access to healthcare in Nogales.Officials are bracing for an initial influx of thousands of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border when the Trump-era Title 42 restriction is scheduled to end Dec. 21.
The number of asylum seekers from countries that have long been subject to Title 42 expulsions — including Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti and Venezuela — are expected especially to increase, experts say. The Biden administration on Wednesday appealed Sullivan's order, focusing on the authority of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue orders regulating migration. It appeared the government was still planning to meet the Dec. 21 deadline to end use of Title 42.
Migrant shelter directors in cities along the Arizona-Mexico border remain uncertain on what may happen on Dec. 21. Until the restriction is actually lifted, they said they will continue to operate as they have since the policy was established.will “likely be double or greater” once Title 42 is lifted, placing further strain on the agency, according to a September U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report.
If migrants are deemed inadmissible at a port of entry or are apprehended between ports of entry, they are subject to expedited removal under Title 8. Border officials have used both Title 8 and Title 42 to process migrants since the border restriction was enacted in 2020. For nearly three years, the policy has been used to rapidly expel migrants and asylum seekers to Mexico or their home countries. Only migrants from Mexico, Venezuela and the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador can be returned to Mexico under Title 42.
Since January 2021, Human Rights First has documented at least 10,318 reports of “kidnapping, murder, torture, rape, and other violent attacks” against migrants expelled to Mexico under Title 42. After Judge Sullivan’s decision to vacate Title 42, Arizona, alongside 14 other states, filed a motion in federal court seeking to prevent the end of the restriction.Immigration advocates have celebrated the decision to lift Title 42 as Arizona’s senators have voiced concerns over its scheduled end. In November, Sinema and Kelly sent a
the 2.7 million illegals just this year, an all time record, will spike even further, along w crime, child trafficking, drugs… its disgusting, now we know why democrats supported “no ID for mail in votes”