{"id":104809,"date":"2023-05-30T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=104809"},"modified":"2023-06-09T14:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T18:20:28","slug":"title-42-expiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/title-42-expiration\/","title":{"rendered":"What Title 42’s Expiration Means for Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What was Title 42? Without Title 42, what will the US-Mexico<\/a> border look like? Will the border be overrun with migrants?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title 42 was a controversial, pandemic-era public health order that banned migrants from claiming asylum at the US-Mexico border. It also allowed US agents to rapidly expel them from the country, claiming a risk to public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading to learn how effective Title 42 was and what its expiration means for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The End of Title 42<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On May 11, Title 42 expired. The controversial, pandemic-era public health order, established by former president Donald Trump and extended by President Joe Biden, barred migrants from claiming asylum<\/a> at the US-Mexico border and allowed US agents to rapidly expel them from the country, claiming risks to public health.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some object to letting the law lapse, saying that without it, our borders will be overrun with immigrants seeking asylum. But others say this is unlikely\u2014Title 42 wasn\u2019t very effective at stopping immigration in the first place, and now that it\u2019s gone, the US can implement more effective policies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economists and business leaders take a different tack: They say we shouldn\u2019t be so focused on keeping immigrants out in the first place, and that attention given to the efficacy of Title 42 distracts from the larger issue of how to better integrate migrants into the labor force. They argue that immigrants play a crucial role in keeping the American economy growing, and a better use of our government\u2019s time would be to figure out how to allow willing workers to legally work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Title 42 Gone, Will Immigration Rates Soar? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Though many are concerned that immigration will surge now that Title 42 has ended, others note that the law didn\u2019t have much of an effect<\/a> on immigration rates anyway: Border-crossing attempts were already at a near-record high\u2014in part because the US economy has been strong, thus tempting people in search of work, and in part because Title 42 established no penalties for unauthorized crossings, so people who were deported often turned around and immediately tried again<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, the expiration of Title 42 doesn\u2019t necessarily mean easier entry into the country<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n