The Biden administration plans to end contentious COVID-19 border restrictions created by the Trump administration. Title 42, launched at the beginning of the COVID–19 epidemic, allows US Customs and Border Protection to expel migrants back to their home countries or to Mexico, in the name of infection control, without allowing them to seek legal protection to stay in the US. Host Marco Werman speaks to Julia Preston, who covers immigration for The Marshall Project.
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