ICE Told to Stand Down in Advance of Post-Title 42 Onslaught
We shouldn't have to choose between criminal aliens on the streets or criminal migrants at the borders
By Andrew R. Arthur on December 14, 2022
On December 12, the Washington Times reported that ICE officers have been directed to limit the number of arrests that they are making, to free up detention beds for an anticipated post-Title 42 onslaught at the Southwest border. The American people — citizens and lawful immigrants alike — should not have to choose between dangerous criminal aliens on their streets or dangerous criminal migrants and terrorists at their borders.
Title 42, in Brief. The phrase “Title 42” refers to a series of orders issued by CDC pursuant to Title 42 of the U.S. Code in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Those Title 42 orders direct the expulsion of illegal migrants at the borders to stem the introduction and spread of the novel coronavirus.
The first of those orders was issued during the Trump administration on March 20, 2020, when the global pandemic was declared, but CDC has reissued those orders several times thereafter (with amendments and modifications), well into the Biden administration.
Although the Title 42 CDC expulsion orders are mandatory, DHS implemented them much more vigorously under Trump than it has under Biden.
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