Issued during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Title 42 allowed authorities to swiftly turn away migrants at the US borders, ostensibly to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. ET Thursday, when the public health emergency and Title 42 are set to lapse. But Title 42 also carried almost no legal consequences for migrants crossing, meaning if they were pushed back, they could try to cross again multiple times. By comparison, the processing time under Title 42 hovered around 30 minutes because migrants could be quickly expelled, whereas under Title 8, the process can take over an hour. More than 1.08 million people were expelled under Title 42 at the southern land border during that same period.

Source: CNN May 11, 2023 14:15 UTC