Immigration,
Constitutional Law
May 17, 2023
The end of the Title 42 order – a return to border migration normalcy and due process of law
The exaggerated fears of the end of Title 42 are now behind us. The hard work ahead is improving our under-resourced migration system.
Kevin R. Johnson
Kevin is Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Professor of Chicana/o Studies
UC Davis School of Law
Phone: (530) 752-8047
Harvard Univ Law School
Last week, the Biden administration lifted the Title 42 order put in place by President Trump, which for several years had in effect closed the U.S./Mexico border to migrants. Rather than a feared stampede at the border, the end of Title 42 simply returned the border to the system that has stumbled along for decades. The task before the nation now is how to reform that system so that it responds effectively and efficiently to manage the 21st century of global migrati...
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