![]() ![]() ![]() But once the Biden administration announced its intent to end the public health emergency, officials began intensely planning around the May 11 date. Until recently, a series of court challenges, including one that went to the Supreme Court, made the policy’s fate uncertain. What’s happening now at the border?Įarlier this year, the White House announced it would end the public health emergency on May 11, therefore bringing Title 42 to an end. The measure has done little to resolve the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, as a growing number of migrants from Central America continue to flee violence, poverty and economic and political instability. But there was a notable change under this order: Now the policy could end in one of two ways - either via the expiration of the HHS public health emergency or the CDC director’s determination that it was no longer necessary, “whichever occurs first.” He renewed it indefinitely in May.įlash forward to August 2021: The Biden administration - prompting a wave of backlash from immigrant advocates and Democrats - rolled out its own Title 42 order, the one currently in place. Redfield extended the order for another 30 days in April. ![]() ![]() Then-CDC Director Robert Redfield issued the first order on March 20, just days after a national Covid emergency had been declared. ![]()
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