According to a report from CBS News, the Biden Administration is planning to reinstate a Trump-era border policy as it prepares to sunset Title 42, internal documents reveal.
From CBS News:
Hundreds of U.S. asylum officers were trained on how to enforce the restriction on Tuesday and the regulation was published on Wednesday, less than 48 hours before Title 42 is set to expire. CBS News first reported the regulation’s finalization on Tuesday, as well as the guidance issued to asylum officers charged with implementing it.
The regulation, which is expected to be challenged in federal court, will be a dramatic shift in asylum policy, disqualifying migrants from U.S. protection if they fail to request refugee status in another country, such as Mexico, on their journey to the southern border.
The rule also represents a major pivot by President Biden, a Democrat who campaigned on restoring access to the U.S. asylum system after numerous Trump administration rules made it more difficult for migrants to secure refuge on American soil. In fact, the regulation published Wednesday resembles a Trump-era policy struck down in federal court that Mr. Biden decried in 2020.
This story is developing…
BREAKING — The Biden administration has finalized a sweeping asylum restriction it plans to use to ramp up border deportations of migrants after the Title 42 pandemic-era policy expires on Thursday, according to internal documents obtained by @CBSNews.https://t.co/hOcdP8qP5J
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez (@camiloreports) May 10, 2023
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