Migrants who had been sent across the border to Ciudad Juárez, across from El Paso, waited at the Juarez Migrant Assistance Center in 2021. Credit: Paul Ratje for The Texas Tribune
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What you need to know about Title 42
The public health order that quickly expels migrants to Mexico was launched early in the pandemic. The Biden administration plans to end its use May 11.
For more than three years, the federal government has turned away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including those who are seeking asylum, using a public emergency health order known as Title 42. It was launched by the Trump administration at the start of the pandemic and continued under the Biden administration.
