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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Santana

What is Title 42 and how has US used it to curb migration?

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This week marks the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants at the southern border for the last three years.

The restrictions are often referred to as Title 42, because the authority comes from Title 42 of a 1944 public health law that allows curbs on migration in the name of protecting public health.

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