The Biden Administration's Use of Title 42 Expulsion

Since Biden took office, Human Rights First says it's identified more than 13,000 incidents of kidnapping, torture, rape, or other violent attacks. People who are subject to Title 42 expulsion are not given an opportunity to contest their expulsion on the grounds that would face persecution in the country to which they will be expelled. There's a very limited exception to Title 42 for people who quote unquote spontaneously inform CBP officers that they fear being tortured there. From March 2020 through September 2021, just 272 people were granted the right to seek asylum under this exception. The use of Title 42 has been, despite the relative lack of outrage since the Biden administration took office, bipartisan.