What is #Title42? Amid backlash, #Biden #administration defends use of #Trump - era order to expel migrants

source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/title-42-amid-backlash-biden-administration-defends-trump/story?id=80149086

Nearly two week ago, thousands of migrants, mostly Haitian nationals, began arriving at the #Texas - #Mexico border in #DelRio. At one point, there were more than 14,000 migrants, with thousands sheltering under an international bridge.

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When asked last Friday what is being done to remediate the situation in Del Rio and what has caused the recent increase of migrants at that port of entry, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro #Mayorkas said #DHS would continue to use Title 42 to its fullest extent to help expel individuals arriving at the #border.

#migration #Humanrights #problem #politics #poverty #refugees #USA #news

What is Title 42? Amid backlash, Biden administration defends use of Trump-era order to expel migrants

The Biden administration is defending its use of Title 42 -- a Trump-era order to rapidly deport thousands of migrants without giving them a chance to apply for asylum.

Gunfighter Nation Meets Haitian Migrants

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/27/gunfighter-nation-meets-haitian-migrants/

'Our response can no longer remain confined to the #fear of #negative #cultural #representation and #denial. Every time #migrants and #refugees are under attack, #humanrights are under #attack. Every time #human #rights are under attack, so is our #morality as a #nation, our #humanity.'

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Gunfighter Nation Meets Haitian Migrants

The image of a White patrol agent with a cowboy hat, on horseback grabbing a Black migrant, carries echoes of the American Old West, invoking the still lasting power and presence of the Myth of the Frontier. In Gunfighter Nation, cultural...