19 GOP-led states ask court to delay end of Title 42 border restrictions
Title 42, which has allowed U.S. border officials to swiftly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants on public health grounds, is set to end on Dec. 21.
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Title 42, which has allowed U.S. border officials to swiftly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants on public health grounds, is set to end on Dec. 21.
Expulsions of migrants under a public health authority known as Title 42 are set to end on Dec. 21 because of a court order.
The number of adult immigrants who became U.S. citizens was only greater in 1996 and 2008, when 1,040,991 and 1,046,539 adults were naturalized.
The Biden administration cited the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the destitute Caribbean nation, which has been beset by an outbreak of violence.
Title 42, a policy that allows U.S. border officials to expel some migrants on public health grounds, is set to end on Dec. 21 because of a court order.
A Venezuelan amputee braved a 23-day journey across seven countries, including a deadly jungle, to reach the U.S., where he has since joined a soccer league for amputees.
The rules instruct ICE agents to prioritize the arrest of immigrants with serious criminal records, those deemed to pose a national security risk and migrants who recently entered the U.S. illegally.
Republican lawmakers have faulted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the record number of migrant apprehensions reported along the southern border.
A court has given U.S. border officials until Dec. 21 to stop expelling migrants under the Title 42 pandemic-era order.
New York City public schools have enrolled more than 7,200 children this year who were placed in repurposed hotels or homeless shelters with their parents.
U.S. officials said three agents exchanged gunfire with individuals in a suspected smuggling vessel.
Before Tuesday's announcement, Texas officials had already bused more than 13,000 migrants to Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago.
The CDC-authorized policy, first enacted under the Trump administration, has allowed U.S. border officials to swiftly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants.
A congressional subcommittee concluded that "female detainees appear to have undergone excessive, invasive, and often unnecessary gynecological procedures."
The drop in border apprehensions comes after the U.S. began expelling thousands of Venezuelans to Mexico under a Trump-era public health order.