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Title 42 may be ending and the US immigration system isn’t ready.
Editor’s note, December 20, 2022: On Monday, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stay on the executive branch’s plan to end Title 42. As Roberts considers whether to refer the matter to the full court, Title 42 will remain in effect. Title 42, the pandemic-era protocol that prevented millions of migrants from entering the US to claim asylum, is slated to end on December 21. The policy, initially enacted under former President Donald Trump, allegedly to slow the inflow of coronavirus into the US, has become a a tool for Republicans to continue imposing immigration restrictions. Title 42 is a public health authority, not an immigration policy; however,…
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Biden Isn’t Enforcing the Immigration Law Because He Thinks It’s Inherently ‘Inequitable’
In a recent post, I explained that Biden isn’t trying and failing to secure the border. Rather, his administration says the border’s secure because it’s as secure as it wants it — meaning not secure at all. That border inaction is similar to the administration’s efforts to waste DHS resources not enforcing the immigration laws generally. Those facts are the “what”. The bigger question is why the White House refuses to enforce the immigration laws it’s sworn to uphold. Based upon administration statements, it’s apparently because the president believes that the laws as written are inequitable. Background on Biden’s Immigration Non-Enforcement at the Interior. Before I begin, however, I should…
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