Under the pretense of protecting public health, the Trump administration in March 2020 initiated use of the CDC’s Title 42 public health order to expel asylum seekers to grave dangers without allowing them to apply for asylum at the southwestern border of the United States.
The Biden administration’s initial efforts to end the use of Title 42 were blocked by court orders; the current administration then expanded the policy’s use.
In advocating for its end, Human Rights First and partners documented Title 42’s public health, border management, and human rights harms. Our research, recommendations, press releases, and blogs are compiled here.
Our Response
2022
Human Rights Stain, Public Health Farce
Extending Title 42 Would Escalate Dangers, Exacerbate Disorder, and Magnify Discrimination; written with Haitian Bridge Alliance and Al Otro Lado
The Opposite of Orderly and Humane
Restarting Orderly Process Critical to Managing Arrival of Asylum Seekers at Arizona Border
2021
Border Restrictions Lift but Biden Administration Blocks Protection for Asylum Seekers and Children
Biden Administration Continues Embrace of Trump Title 42 Policy as Attacks on People Seeking Refuge
Biden Administration’s Dangerous Haitian Expulsion Strategy Escalates the U.S. History of Illegal and Discriminatory Mistreatment of Haitians Seeking Safety in the United States; written with Haitian Bridge Alliance
Disorderly and Inhumane; written with Hope Border Institute
Biden Administration Title 42 Expulsions of Families and Adults to Nuevo Laredo Fuel Kidnappings and Endanger Lives; written with RAICES and Interfaith Welcome Coalition
Failure to Protect; written with Haitian Bridge Alliance and Al Otro Lado
2020
2023
End of Title 42 Brings New Barriers for Asylum Seekers
62 Organizations File Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court on Title 42’s Deadly Impact
2022
Title 42: “Human Rights Stain, Public Health Farce”
Federal Court Forces Continuation of Title 42
Human Rights First Opposes Attempts to Codify Inhumane Title 42 Expulsion Policy
Human Rights First Welcomes Decision to End Title 42 Policy, Calls for Halt to Expulsions to Danger
Human Rights First Calls on CDC to Rescind Title 42 Order After Easing COVID-19 Mask Mandates
Human Rights First Opposes CDC’s Extension of Title 42
Human Rights First Urges Senators to Reject Anti-Refugee and Immigrant Poison Pills
Human Rights First Celebrates Block of Title 42 Ban
Over 100 groups decry linking Venezuelan parole plan to Title 42
Rights of Asylum Seekers Put on Hold Again
2021
Human Rights First Calls on Biden Administration to Uphold the Law & End Title 42 Expulsions
New Report Finds Continued Use of Illegal Trump Border Policy Endangers Asylum Seekers
Biden Administration’s One Year Anniversary: Suffering Inflicted by Border Policy Hits New Record
2020
2022
LGBTQ Asylum Seekers Still Facing Grave Dangers Due to Title 42
2021
To Protect the Lives of LGBTQ Asylum Seekers, the Biden Administration Must Fully End Title 42
Title 42: The Cruel Trump Policy Continuing Under Biden
“Nothing Humane About This Process”
“They Lied to Us”: Biden Administration Continues to Expel, Mistreat Families Seeking Asylum
