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Biden Extends Trump’s Policy of Expelling Migrants, Cites Delta Variant
President Joe Biden has elected to support the continued enforcement of former President Donald Trump’s Title 42 policy, which allows border authorities to expel migrants back to Mexico or their home countries without giving them the chance to apply for humanitarian refuge.
News of this order was released yesterday by the CDC. The agency said the migration of non-citizens, “regardless of country of origin,” creates a “serious danger” of the further introduction of COVID-19 into the United States, citing the threat of “emerging variants.”
The duration of this policy remains indefinite, with the statement confirming that the policy will remain in effect until CDC Director Rochelle Walensky determines the migration of non-citizens to no longer be “a serious danger to the public health.”
The announcement comes as a blow to advocates and migrant support groups who have long argued for the end of the policy. These individuals have stated the policy endangers those waiting at the border and violates U.S. refugee law and treaties. Josiah Heyman, director of the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso, spoke with Newsweek about the dangers associated with this policy last April.
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-extends-trumps-policy-expelling-migrants-cites-delta-variant-1615836
...until CDC Director Rochelle Walensky determines the migration of non-citizens to no longer be “a serious danger to the public health.”
So how long until CDC says the pandemic is over?