Title 42 Failed. It Should Not Be Extended in Any Form.

David J. BierWith thesunsetting of the public health emergency this week, Border Patrol will lose its ability to expel some immigrants at the border under Title 42. Under Title 42, Border Patrol could quickly remove someone from the United States, sending them back to Mexico or, in some cases, their home country without allowing them the ability to request asylum in the United States. President Biden ’s plan to replace Title 42 involves more legal immigration andan asylum ban for those who cross illegally paired with deportations to Mexico for eight nationalities.Title 42 has failed on its own terms. Crossings have increased. Illegal crossings have increased. Evasions of Border Patrol have increased. The outcomes speak for themselves. Unfortunately, the president ’s plan now involves largely recreating those failed conditions by banning asylum and deporting more people to Mexico where they will have little option but to attempt to cross illegally again.How important was Title 42?From March 2020 to March 2022, the United States Border Patrol carried out 2.7 million expulsions —about half the time the person being expelled was previously expelled. In March 2022, the Border Patrol expelled people 85,466 times at the U.S.-Mexico border. About half of all the people arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border for crossing illegally in March were already not being processed under Ti tle 42 but rather under Title 8 (immigration law). This is higher than the 23 percent in January but lo...
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