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The United States removes a policy that was recognized during epidemics, allowing expatriates to evacuate quickly and preventing them from entering the border.
This action, supports Donald Trump And extended Joe Biden In both cases, it was justified as a way to control the spread of Covit-19.
The regulation, known as Title 42, will expire on May 23, more than two years later, officials said Friday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
More than 1.7 million people have been evicted under the policy.
Biden was pressured by his party to end the controversial order, and critics argued that its public health benefits outweighed the harm to immigrant rights.
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Passed in March 2020, it allows U.S. officials to expel asylum-seeking immigrants without giving them the opportunity to present their case. Exemptions are available for minors and some families.
Although Biden promised to change Trump’s term immigration policies, the CDC, under his administration, extended Title 42 in August 2021 and January due to variations in Delta and Omigran, respectively.
On Friday, the CDC said it was prepared to repeal the policy in light of the current highly favorable public health outlook and after consultation. Department of Homeland Security (DSH).
“After considering the current public health conditions and tools to combat Govt-19 (such as highly effective vaccines and treatments), the director of the CDC has decided to suspend the right to introduce immigrants to the United States, the agency said in a statement.
Immigration rights lawyers praised the move.
Friday’s announcement was “an important day for immigration rights activists, migrants and refugees everywhere,” said Democrat Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.
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However, Republicans and some Democrats warned that the repeal of Chapter 42 could lead to an uprising of immigrants on the US-Mexico border.
James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, called the move “irresponsible” and said Democratic senators Mark Kelly and Kirsten Cinema, both from the border state of Arizona, were skeptical about the plan to settle applications to cross the border.
Director of DHS, Alexander MariogasHe said Friday that his company has a strategy to “deal with any potential uprising among immigrants”.
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