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Today, Explained

The new border crisis

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Title 42, a Covid-era policy that included strict limits on migration into the US from Mexico, has expired. El Paso Times reporter Lauren Villagran explains what that means for both the border communities and the far-flung cities feeling the brunt of border politics. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Up until just a few days ago, Title 42 was the law of the land on the US-Mexico border.

0:08.1

Yeah, so Title 42 was the pandemic era rule, started during the Trump administration in March 2020,

0:14.9

when COVID-19 had just sort of begun hitting the US, that prevented border authorities from

0:20.8

holding migrants in quote-unquote congregant settings.

0:23.7

Tonight, again, at midnight, we will execute the CDC order by immediately returning individuals

0:28.9

arriving without documentation to Canada, Mexico, as well as a number of other countries without delay.

0:34.7

Title 42 was divisive as hell. Immigration advocates hated it.

0:39.0

Lawmakers who wanted to circumvent the US asylum policies loved it,

0:43.4

but Title 42 was a pandemic era rule. It was never going to last forever and an expired on Thursday.

0:52.9

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2:15.8

Lauren Veeagran has been reporting on the US Mexico border for the better part of two decades,

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