After 2 years, ‘Title 42’ is still in effect at US borders

When Joe Biden ran for president, he made a promise: cancel Title 42, the Trump-era policy that activated a health code from 1944 that allows officials to turn away asylum-seekers at land border crossings into the US. As Max Rivlin-Nadler reports, there’s a growing chorus of voices calling on President Biden to live up to his promise.

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