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US to stop blocking asylum seekers at border with Mexico
Reuters, WASHINGTON
The US is to end a sweeping expulsion policy related to COVID-19 that has effectively closed down the US asylum system at the border with Mexico, as it is no longer needed to protect public health, US health officials said on Friday.
The Title 42 order would remain in effect until May 23 to allow border officials time to prepare for its termination and ramp up COVID-19 vaccines for arriving migrants, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a 30-page order.
“After considering current public health conditions and an increased availability of tools to fight COVID-19 (such as highly effective vaccines and therapeutics), the CDC Director has determined that an Order suspending the right to introduce migrants into the United States is no longer necessary,” the CDC wrote in a separate statement.
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