Biden ends Trump-era asylum curbs amid border-region Democrat backlash
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5XRRC)
Administration signals end of Title 42 immigration restrictions - ostensibly to fight Covid - but some fear electoral consequences
Joe Biden will next month end a controversial pandemic-related expulsion policy that effectively closed America's asylum system at its border with Mexico, it was announced on Friday.
The decision to lift the Title 42 public health order, which will take effect on 23 May, is seen as long overdue by immigration advocates who regard the order as inhumane. But it was seized on by Republicans and some electorally vulnerable Democrats, who warned of chaos at the border.
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