CDC Decides to Keep Trump-Era Immigration Policy Due to Omicron

A U.S. border agent looks on near a gate on the U.S.–Mexico border wall, in Abram-Perezville, Texas, in this file photo. Julio Cortez/AP Photo

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) decided Friday to keep the Trump-era policy of expelling illegal immigrants due to the spread of COVID-19.

The rule, known as Title 42, allows the administration to expel illegal immigrants who recently were in a country where a communicable disease was present. Data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that at least one million people have been expelled since it was initiated in early 2020.