Both the Trump and Biden administrations have said the Title 42 border policy is necessary to control the spread of COVID-19 inside migrant holding facilities.
Highlights
- A federal appellate court on Friday upheld the government’s authority to expel migrants under a Trump-era pandemic-related order retained by the Biden administration.
- But the court barred U.S.
- border officials from expelling families to countries where they could be harmed.
- The D.C.
- Circuit Court of Appeals partially affirmed a lower court order against government’s expulsion of migrant families under a public health authority known as Title 42.
- Both the Trump and Biden administrations have said the Title 42 policy is needed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 inside border facilities.