Reforming immigration amid the end of Title 42

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🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The controversial policy to turn away asylum seekers from crossing the country’s southern border, Title 42, is getting another life. At least for now.

First invoked during the Trump administration in March 2020, Title 42 is a portion of the U.S. Public Health code that allows immigration officials to stop asylum seekers from entering America in the name of public health.

The policy was set to end on Wednesday after a federal judge said in November the rule was unlawful. But Republican attorneys general from 19 states argued the Center for Disease Control didn’t follow the proper procedure to end the policy last April.

The Biden administration continued to use the policy with some changes, though the president has tried to end the policy this year. U.S. Customs and Border Protection estimates Title 42 allowed officials to turn away more than 2.4 million migrants, many of whom would have had the right to apply for asylum under normal circumstances.

Now, the Biden administration is furiously trying to finalize its plan for when the policy is likely struck down as tens of thousands of migrants have arrived near the southern border.

How can Biden reform the troubled immigration system? And what kind of system reimagining could both parties get behind?

Host David Greene discusses with Mo Elleithee, executive director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, on the left; and Sarah Isgur, staff writer at The Dispatch, on the right.

Plus, special guest Evelyn Farkas, executive director at the McCain Institute and former deputy assistant secretary of defense, weighs in on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s powerful speech to Congress this week.

Is support for Ukraine in its war against Russia investing in a better world for all? And will America’s financial support be enough for Ukraine to get the upper hand?

Plus, Elon Musk is back in the news for suspending more than half a dozen journalists’ Twitter accounts, bringing into question his support of free speech. How do you balance free speech with public safety?

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0:46.8	This is the show where we take on all the political issues, even the complicated ones
0:51.2	that might be dividing your own family these days.
0:54.1	A controversial public health policy started under the Trump administration to turn away
0:58.4	asylum seekers at the southern border during the pandemic is getting another life.
1:03.3	The Supreme Court granted a last-minute request from a group of Republican attorneys general
1:07.7	from 19 states to continue enforcing Title 42, at least for now.
1:13.6	Title 42 was set to end Wednesday after a federal district judge said last month that the
1:18.2	rule is unlawful.
1:20.2	The Republican attorneys general, however, argued in a separate case that the Centers for
1:24.0	Disease Control did not follow the proper procedures to end this policy last April.
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