The United States Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will uphold a measure taken during the Covid-19 pandemic that allows the deportation of migrants at the border.
The lifting of this policy, called “Title 42”, was challenged by 19 US states, which feared an influx of migrants at the border with Mexico.
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In March 2020, the government of former President Donald Trump activated this health system to be able to expel migrants without a residence permit detained at land borders without delay.
This measure is immediate, does not allow legal recourse and does not provide for automatic return to the country of origin.
Rare exceptions are provided for certain nationalities, such as Ukrainians since the invasion of their country by Russia, or for unaccompanied minors.
Activists and human rights experts consider it a violation of international law. In particular, they consider it “inhumane” to prevent a potential asylum seeker from making his request in this regard.
For them, the current system only encourages migrants to cross the border illegally and take ever greater risks to get there by crossing hostile deserts or rivers conducive to drowning.
Source: BFM TV
