‘Wrong and shameful’: Critics decry extended US COVID refugee ban
Al Jazeera
The Biden administration has extended Title 42, an order that expels asylum seekers under COVID-19 precautions.
Refugee and immigration advocates in the United States have slammed the administration of President Joe Biden’s decision to extend a controversial health order that permits officials to expel most asylum seekers crossing the southern border with Mexico under COVID-19 precautions. The order, which invokes the public health provision Title 42, was initially put in place by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under former President Donald Trump in March of 2020, and has been regularly challenged by immigration and rights groups who have said it is being used politically and violates the rights of individuals to seek asylum in the US. Those rights groups were quick to condemn the Biden administration’s newest extension of the order on Monday – which included an update that calls for the measure to be reevaluated every 60 days, rather than the previous 30 days.
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