CDC poised to lift emergency order keeping asylum seekers across the border; Cruz and Cornyn object
WASHINGTON — The practice of expelling migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in the name of COVID-19 protection could end in late May.
The Biden administration has drafted a plan to end pandemic-related border restrictions known as Title 42 by May 23, according to multiple news outlets.
Those restrictions have been used more than 1.7 million times for expulsions since the public health order was enacted on March 20, 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
First implemented by the Trump administration, the policy has continued under President Joe Biden, with the most recent extension set to expire by the end of this week.
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