Even as he promised a more compassionate approach to immigration, President Joe Biden has kept in place one of the most contentious policies of the Trump era, known as Title 42.
Now his administration plans to phase it out by May - a win for liberal immigration activists, a number of Democrats in Congress and even some critics of the policy in Biden's own administration.
Previously, these migrants would be held in detention facilities and charged with immigration offenses. Many hoped to request asylum proceedings to plead their case that they be allowed to stay. And given the backlog of asylum cases, they could be allowed to live in the country legally for several years while they waited for their case to go through the courts.
In September, the U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest over this practice. "I will not be associated with the United States' inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and illegal immigrants to Haiti, a country where American officials are confined to secure compounds because of the dangers posed by armed gangs in control of daily life," Daniel Foote wrote.
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