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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Biden ends Trump-era Covid policy used to expel child migrants from border

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The Biden administration has partially ended its reliance on a Trump-era coronavirus directive used to expel thousands of migrant children and their families from the southern border before they could seek asylum.

Border officials will no longer deport unaccompanied non-citizen children covered by the so-called Title 42 policy, which has led to more than 1.6 million expulsions since its introduction in 2020, the CDC announced on Saturday.

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