More Democrats Push Back Against Biden’s Plan to End Title 42

Migrants seeking asylum in the United States rest near the International Bridge between Mexico and the United States in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 16, 2021. Go Nakamura/Reuters

A growing number of Democrats are distancing themselves from President Joe Biden’s plans to drop a Trump-era immigration policy in late May.

The pandemic-era border restrictions, known as Title 42, were implemented during the Trump administration in March 2020 and resulted in the quick deportations of over 1.7 million asylum seekers at the U.S.–Mexico border in the past two years. The Biden administration has decided to terminate the expulsions policy from May 23, given that public health conditions have changed.