Category Archives: March 2022

NILC Statement on the Biden Administration Terminating Title 42 Expulsions for Unaccompanied Children

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 12, 2022

CONTACT
Email: [email protected]
Madison Allman, 202-384-1279
Emily Morris, 213-457-7458

NILC Statement on the Biden Administration Terminating Title 42 Expulsions for Unaccompanied Children

WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced that it will end Title 42 expulsions of unaccompanied children at the border in response to a court ruling:

“While we welcome the Biden administration’s decision to terminate Title 42 expulsions of unaccompanied children, for the millions of voters who rejected the previous administration’s xenophobic policies, it is past due. The administration must now end this cruel Trump-era policy for everyone. For nearly two years, under the guise of public health, this policy has denied people their fundamental right to seek asylum and returned them to dangerous conditions where they face kidnapping, torture, and persecution.

“The truth is undeniable: there never was a public health justification for this racist and xenophobic policy created by Trump and continued by the Biden administration. All people seeking safety and freedom in the United States, whether they are from Ukraine, Haiti, El Salvador, or elsewhere, deserve due process and full access to asylum, including at ports of entry.

“We urge the Biden administration to swiftly bring an end to Title 42 and close this shameful chapter. At a time when we are experiencing record levels of migration across the globe as a result of war, climate disasters, gender-based violence and other push factors, the United States should be leading the way to building a just and humane 21st century immigration system that meets this moment in history.”

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NILC Calls on Biden Administration to End Title 42 Expulsions Without Delay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2022

CONTACT
Email: [email protected]
Emily Morris, 213-457-7458
Madison Allman, 202-384-1279

NILC Calls on Biden Administration to End Title 42 Expulsions Without Delay

WASHINGTON — Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to the recent court decisions on Title 42 from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Texas:

“For nearly two years, the Biden and Trump administrations have used the unlawful Title 42 expulsion policy to categorically deny tens of thousands of people their right to seek asylum and return them to dangerous conditions where they face kidnapping, torture, and persecution.

“Friday’s contrasting rulings underscore the urgency for the Biden administration to fulfill a key campaign promise and end this xenophobic Title 42 policy before it harms even one more person.

“President Biden must heed the repeated calls, including from members of his own party at the highest levels of Congressional leadership, to immediately end Title 42 expulsions for everyone and restore full access to asylum at the border, including at ports of entry. The United States must once again welcome those seeking safety with dignity and humanity.”

On Friday, March 4, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Huisha-Huisha v. DHS that families could no longer be expelled from the U.S. under Title 42 to countries where they may face persecution or torture.

In a separate ruling in Texas v. Biden, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Texas ruled that the administration must resume expulsions of unaccompanied children under the Title 42 policy.

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