FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 14, 2022
WASHINGTON DC — The UndocuBlack Network, issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced that it will only partially end Title 42 expulsions for unaccompanied children at the border in response to a Texas court ruling:
“The Biden administration’s decision to terminate Title 42 expulsions of unaccompanied children is a baseline step towards the moral choice to fully terminate the policy. While unaccompanied children are now exempt from experiencing the cruelty of Title 42, the policy will continue to harm children, pregnant women, and other vulnerable populations as long as it is in place. Just last week the 207th Title 42 expulsion flight left for Haiti, carrying seventeen children to imminent danger and underscoring the disproportionate impact of the policy on Black migrants. This policy, while cloaked as a public health directive, has denied people their right to seek asylum for nearly 2 years in violation of both domestic and international law. Several public health experts have affirmed that there is no substantive public health justification for this anti-Black policy created by the Trump administration and perpetuated by the Biden administration. Nothing less than ending this cruel Trump-era policy for everyone will serve as a remedy for the harm that the Biden-Harris Administration has caused to so many.”
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