The one Trump era policy, enforcement policy that the administration held on to is the title 42 pandemic emergency restrictions. Title 42 is simply a public health rule that allows border patrol to immediately expel migrants back to Mexico once they have crossed illegally. As the country's pandemic restrictions fall off, this one particular restriction for immigrants stays in place at the border. But Biden starts to expel fewer and fewer lower and lower percentage of people who are coming across.
President Biden promised a more humane approach to immigration when he entered office. After two years and a flurry of activity on asylum policies, the Washington Post’s Nick Miroff explains whether Biden has delivered.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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