黄色视频Disappointed in Biden Administration Decision to Indefinitely Extend Title 42
鈥淭itle 42 does not prevent the spread of COVID-19, but it does prevent children and families from seeking protection"
Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2021) 鈥 黄色视频is deeply distressed by last night鈥檚 announcement that the Biden administration will continue to employ Title 42 for the foreseeable future. Enacted in March of 2020, Title 42 closes the U.S. border to all asylum-seekers on the grounds of protecting public health. However, this policy is not based on scientifically grounded public health evidence, as explained in a sent to the Trump administration by medical and public health experts.
鈥淭itle 42 does not prevent the spread of COVID-19, but it does prevent children and families from seeking protection. To indefinitely continue the use of Title 42 to turn away asylum-seekers is unconscionable, particularly after the Biden administration claimed to be in the process of rescinding this harmful policy.鈥 said Christy Gleason, Vice President of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns at Save the Children. 鈥淚n continuing to expel asylum-seekers 鈥 including some families with young children 鈥 we knowingly and willingly send them back to Mexico or their countries of origin where they are susceptible to extortion, rape, kidnapping and other violent crimes. Now, some families are making the devastating choice to send their children to the U.S. alone so they don鈥檛 have to face these well-reported dangers. Families should never be forced to make that choice. Families must remain together.鈥
黄色视频鈥 together with its political advocacy arm, 黄色视频Action Network 鈥 has advocated against this harmful policy since March 2020. 黄色视频Action Network鈥檚 over 375,000 grassroots advocates have sent more than 84,000 messages to Congress and the Trump and Biden White Houses, urging them to rescind Title 42.
鈥淥ur advocacy efforts will continue until Title 42 is revoked, in full. We urge the Biden administration to reverse this decision immediately, and grant asylum-seekers their internationally guaranteed right to seek refuge,鈥 continued Gleason. 鈥淲e, as a nation, must uphold our long-standing American values and remember our proud history of being a safe-haven for the persecuted. We can 鈥 and must 鈥 do better.鈥
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