Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Biden preserves Trump’s Title 42, which makes migrants easy prey for organized crime
The Biden administration came in with a promise to undo the harsh immigration policies of the Trump era. But it’s still using one of the most controversial ones: Title 42 , which was put in place around the start of the pandemic.
By Madeleine Brand • • 8m ListenThe Biden administration came in with a promise to undo the harsh immigration policies of the Trump era. But it’s still using one of the most controversial ones: Title 42, which was put in place around the start of the pandemic.
Title 42 closed the border to all nonessential travel and authorized the expulsion of asylum seekers without due process. It’s left migrants and their families vulnerable to kidnapping and extortion by criminal gangs.
