President Biden on Feb. 2 issued an executive order calling for the CDC and Homeland Security to review Title 42. In court filings and statements in recent days, Biden officials have doubled down on the Trump administration’s defense of Title 42. But under Title 42, “USCIS defers to CBP on their determination whether to place someone into Title 42 or Title 8,” USCIS spokeswoman Victoria Palmer told The Times. Still, the default under Title 42 is expulsion — CBP spokesman Justin Long told The Times that exemptions require a supervisor’s approval. The irony of the Title 42 policy is that it appears to be incentivizing what border officials call “recidivism,” or repeat crossings.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 20, 2021 00:14 UTC