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Title 42 Expulsions 2020-2022

The use of Title 42 for expulsions at the U.S.-Mexico border from 2020 to 2022, its impact on immigration and asylum processes, and the differences in how expulsions and deportations are counted.

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Jan 28, 2026

How did Title 42 and COVID-era policies affect U.S. deportation totals in 2020–2021?

— a public‑health authority pressed into service at the in March 2020 — transformed how removals were counted and carried out in 2020–2021 by converting rapid, summary expulsions into the dominant for...