Title 42 Has Expired...But What Does That Really Mean?

Title 42 of the United States Code is the code that addresses public health, social welfare, and civil rights. Previously, Title 42 was a rarely-used clause of the 1944 Public Health Services Law until the Trump Administration began using it in 2020 to prevent migrants from entering the United States.

In other words, Title 42 grants the government the ability to take emergency action to stop the “introduction of communicable diseases.” The Trump Administration used Title 42 to designate hundreds of thousands of migrants for “expulsion,” stating that allowing these migrants to enter the U.S. may increase the spread of COVID-19. 

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