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A public health law used by the US government to expel migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Official counts of “” vary wildly depending on definitions—formal removals, returns/voluntary departures, or —and that variability shapes any four‑year comparison; data compiled by analysts and outlet...
The record shows that authorities under all three administrations used fenced enclosures and detention facilities for children, but the administration’s “” policies produced a markedly larger, more vi...
, a public‑health order invoked during the , and the (known as “Remain in ” or MPP) reshaped asylum processing by turning expedited expulsions and mandatory waits in Mexico into primary tools for cont...
The phrase "open border" as applied to the Biden administration is a political label, not a single written policy; Republicans and some congressional reports use it to describe a set of Biden-era move...
The labels—expulsion, removal, return, voluntary departure, and self‑deportation—refer to distinct legal mechanisms and political practices that administrations invoke differently: some prioritize for...
Across modern presidents the headline totals depend heavily on what is counted: formal “removals” (deportations) versus voluntary “returns” or expulsions, and whether border expulsions under public-he...
and shifts in enforcement were central levers in effort to reshape who entered and how, with parole creating limited legal channels for certain nationalities while an expanded or retained Title 42 ser...
and other COVID-era border measures reshaped not only how and whom expelled at the southern border but also the bookkeeping of removals: expulsions under Title 42 were counted differently from traditi...
Title 42’s expansion to Venezuelans in October 2022 was paired with a new humanitarian parole pathway that allowed tens of thousands to enter with U.S. sponsors, creating a “carrot-and-stick” policy t...
Under the Biden administration ICE shifted from a broad, interior-focused enforcement posture toward stated prioritization of national-security and serious-crime cases while simultaneously pursuing po...
Two sets of policies — public‑health expulsions under Title 42 and courtroom-wait rules like Remain in Mexico (MPP) — plus the creation and rollback of large parole programs (CBP One and CHNV) were th...
U.S. border enforcement has swung between aggressive restriction and calibrated pauses as administrations and Congress reshaped tools, funding, and legal authorities—resulting in cycles of expulsions,...