Biden Administration Officially Ends Title 42 Expulsion of Illegal Immigrant Children

Unaccompanied illegal immigrant children wait to be transported by the U.S. Border Patrols after crossing the Rio Grande River into the United States from Mexico in La Joya, Texas, on April 7, 2021. Go Nakamura/Reuters

President Joe Biden’s administration said on March 12 that it was formally ending the expulsion of illegal immigrant children through the use of a pandemic-era rule.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), terminated the public health order known as Title 42 with respect to youths who arrive at the border without a responsible adult. Those youths are referred to as unaccompanied children.