Title 42: Guards smile as they watch desperate migrants struggle to cross

As America’s controversial immigration policy known as Title 42 expires, chaos and confusion has been unleashed at the county’s border with Mexico.

Brought in by Donald Trump, and continued by Joe Biden, the regulation meant that because of the coronavirus pandemic, the US could quickly expel migrants who had crossed illegally into the States.

Title 42 has been used more than 2.8 million times to expel migrants since its implementation. People sent back under Title 42 faced no further consequences, so some have tried to enter repeatedly.

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