Title 42 is a regulation that caused the expulsion of millions of undocumented migrants, in which Venezuelans were added last October using the covid-19 pandemic as a pretext. The rule is expected to be repealed on December 21
A federal court granted this November 16 to the United States government (USA) five weeks to prepare before the suspension of Title 42, a regulation that caused the expulsion of millions of undocumented migrants using the covid-19 pandemic as a pretext.
“This transition period is critical to ensuring that DHS can continue its mission of keeping the border secure and conducting border operations in an orderly manner,” the judge wrote in the order.
During this five-week period, the DHS stated in a statement that the regulations will remain in place and that the US government will continue to “report adults who go alone and families who are arrested at the southern border.”
The court decision comes a day after Sullivan blocked Title 42, calling it “arbitrary and capricious.” Tuesday’s ruling was the result of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which alleges that Title 42 puts migrants in danger and violates US asylum law.
Title 42 originates from a 19th century law designed to stop the “introduction” of contagious diseases into the United States.
hope that was short lived
This Wednesday morning had started with hope among the thousands of Venezuelan migrants stranded in northern Mexico after a United States federal judge block Title 42a measure that implied his immediate deportation.
Venezuelans knew the verdict of federal judge Emmet Sullivanwho this Tuesday, November 15, described as “arbitrary and capricious” Title 42which began to be applied in 2020 during the presidency of Donald Trump (2017-2021) and which has been maintained during the current Government of Joe Biden.
The South Americans, who have been included in Title 42 for a month after Washington’s new restrictions against Venezuelan migration, remain in tents on the banks of the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juárez as a way of putting pressure on the US government.
Hundreds of migrants left their provisional homes with the expectation that the United States authorities will tell them if the measure promoted by the judge enters into force.
The mobilization has been such that, a few meters from the river, US authorities are alert, protecting the place.
«I have been here for more than eleven months, I have passed through the most dangerous jungle. This that they remove the title 42, is hope, “he declared to EFE the Venezuelan Edixon Ritz Meza.
“Since October 12 there was a humanitarian mechanism so that Venezuelans could cross, but one of the most important requirements and that has us stranded here is that we must have a relative in the United States,” he explained.
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light after uncertainty
María Mejía arrived in Ciudad Juárez accompanied by her two children, ages 4 and 6, but her trip was interrupted by the announcement of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on October 12, when she ordered the immediate deportation of Venezuelans that arrive by land.
Now a door opens with the judge’s ruling.
“You have to wait 48 hours to see if the law is fulfilled, we have hope and faith in God. It has been difficult to be here with the cold and we have gotten sick, the churches have supported us with food,” he recounted.
While Eduardo Villanueva has been “waiting for a blessing for more than a month and a half.”
“And thank God they removed the decree, the United States put its hand on its heart and helped us, thanks to Mexico that helped us too,” he said.
“We are happy because we have been waiting a long time, because we will be able to help our families that we left behind in Venezuela, thanks to God and the Mexican people who have helped us a lot,” agreed Venezuelan Jorma Enrique Sanz.
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Migratory flow does not stop
The region is experiencing a record migratory flow to the United States, whose Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office detained an unprecedented number of more than 2.76 million undocumented immigrants in fiscal year 2022, a figure that includes substantial increases in the captures of Cubans and Venezuelans.
But, despite the restrictions implemented by the United States, Venezuelans like María Alejandra Rivas gain new momentum with rulings like Tuesday’s.
“The desire that we all have is to pass, the cold is quite strong and we have to endure. When you leave your home, you risk anything for a better future for your children. I am not going to cross until it is official, my family and I have faith that God will not abandon us,” he said.
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