Biden Is Helming the Most Radically Anti-Asylum Policy in 70 Years: Title 42
- Biden has maintained and defended a Trump-era policy banning asylum-seekers from entering the US.
- The ban is said to be a public health measure, but scientists argue it is unnecessary and inhumane.
- Biden is acting out of political interest, sending people to their deaths for his own political gain.
- Jack Herrera is an independent reporter writing about immigration, race, and human rights. He is a contributing opinion writer for Insider.
- This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
When President Joe Biden first took office, immigrant advocates across the country told me they felt cautiously optimistic; it was hard to imagine him being worse than his predecessor.
But warning signs appeared early on. While Biden spent his first days in office undoing some parts of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, the new president decided to keep one of the most radical immigration bans from