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Dear John, 
After two years, the Biden administration announced it would end Title
42

at the border, a public health authority that was never really about

preventing the spread of COVID-19. Instead, Title 42 has been used over
1.7 million times to rapidly expel arriving migrants without offering
them the chance to seek humanitarian protection - principally asylum
- under U.S. law. The policy was slated to end on May 23, but both an
ongoing court challenge

and pending legislation

in Congress risk delaying the entire process. 

Tell your representatives it's time to replace this outdated and
inhumane policy with a safe and orderly process at the border that
honors human dignity and respects U.S. and international law.
 

Some have argued that while Title 42 may not be a long-term solution, it
is necessary right now to help respond to increases in migration. But
use of the policy is actually responsible

for many of the problems at our border. Title 42 has inflated

the number of attempted border crossings, enabled cartels and smugglers
,
and brought about dangerous and dehumanizing consequences for migrants:
including almost 10,000 documented cases of kidnappings, rapes, and
violent assaults perpetrated against those expelled to Mexico. It is an
ineffective and cruel policy that has only made the border less
secure. 

**It's time to end Title 42.**

We can do so much better. Our new resource

highlights 42 distinct border solutions that are not Title 42. These
sustainable, practical policies would create a more orderly, secure, and
humane border by improving asylum processes, addressing the root causes
of migration, and implementing needed border security reforms. Read the
full list of 42 potential border solutions here.  

Keeping a failed policy that forces migrants into life-threatening
conditions is not the answer. But we do need a proactive and sustainable
plan to replace Title 42. Without reform, our border infrastructure will
continue to be strained by security, logistical, and humanitarian
complications.  

Take action now: Urge your members of Congress to come to the table and
consider common-sense border solutions that aren't Title 42.

Thank you,  

Danilo Zak
Policy & Advocacy Manager
National Immigration Forum

 

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