Biden’s Self-Induced Border Disaster

This week, Axios reported that the Biden administration is gearing up for a “mass migration event,” according to anonymous administration officials. Border officials could experience a swell of over 170,000 migrants if the administration repeals Title 42, a Trump-era policy that automatically expelled migrants seeking asylum because of public-health risks from Covid. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have already warned Mexican officials that there could be an influx of migration in the coming months.

Title 42 was issued by the Centers for Disease Control on March 21, 2020. The order stated that migrants traveling through Canada and Mexico into the United States posed “a serious danger of the introduction of COVID-19” into the country and that “temporary suspension is necessary to protect the public health.”

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Carine Hajjar

Carine Hajjar, a former National Review intern, is a Joseph Rago Fellow at the Wall Street Journal.

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This week, Axios reported that the Biden administration is gearing up for a “mass migration event,” according to anonymous administration officials. Border officials could experience a swell of over 170,000 migrants if the administration repeals Title 42, a Trump-era policy that automatically expelled migrants seeking asylum because of public-health risks from Covid. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have already warned Mexican officials that there could be an influx of migration in the coming months.

Title 42 was issued by the Centers for Disease Control on March 21, 2020. The order stated that migrants traveling through Canada and Mexico into the United States posed “a serious danger of the introduction of COVID-19” into the country and that “temporary suspension is necessary to protect the public health.”