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Title 42 Expulsions Under Biden Administration

The use of Title 42 by the Biden administration to expel migrants at the border, and the surrounding political and logistical responses.

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Jan 11, 2026
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What role did Title 42 expulsions play in Biden‑era repatriation totals and how are they counted in DHS statistics?

Title 42 expulsions — pandemic-era rapid expulsions at the border — accounted for the bulk of border departures recorded during March 2020–May 2023 and therefore are a large component of DHS’s “repatr...

Feb 3, 2026

What role did Title 42 and pandemic-era policies play in increasing expulsions during the Biden administration?

— a public‑health provision dating to 1944 that the invoked during COVID‑19 — created a legal basis for rapid expulsions at the border and was used throughout to remove migrants without normal . The p...