Biden expected to end Title 42 border expulsion policy in late May
U.S. immigration officials have carried out over 1.7 million expulsions of migrants in the past two years under the policy.
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U.S. immigration officials have carried out over 1.7 million expulsions of migrants in the past two years under the policy.
The Biden administration is building migrant holding facilities, soliciting contracts for transportation services and deploying additional immigration agents.
The measures announced by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) include allowing more applicants to pay extra fees to have their applications processed more quickly.
The policy change comes as officials wait for a CDC announcement on the future of Title 42, which has allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants during the pandemic.
As of earlier this month, ICE was holding just over 20,000 immigrants in its detention system, which consists mainly of county jails and for-profit prisons.
Inna Kozyar was able to escape Ukraine with her daughters. But her elderly parents are stuck in Poland and can't join them in the U.S. because they don't have visas.
The expulsions have been carried out under Title 42, a pandemic border restriction first implemented by the Trump administration.
The announcement comes as President Biden is in Brussels meeting with NATO and EU allies.
The administration hopes the changes will drastically reduce the amount of time asylum-seekers wait for their claims to be decided while cutting down the backlog of cases.
The Biden administration directive instructed ICE officers to prioritize certain groups of immigrants for arrest and deportation, including those with serious criminal convictions.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered the swiftest refugee displacement crisis in Europe since World War II, prompting more than 3 million people to flee the country.
The Biden administration instructed border officials to consider exempting Ukrainians from Title 42, a pandemic restriction that prevents other migrants from seeking asylum.
Temporary Protected Status will allow eligible Afghans to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation.
Expulsions of migrants under a pandemic-era restriction put in place in 2020 rose by 17% to 91,513, representing 55% of all border encounters in February.
A federal court last week had ruled that the administration could not exempt unaccompanied children from a Trump-era border restriction.
Current rules instruct ICE officers to detain immigrants convicted of serious crimes, migrants who recently crossed a U.S. border illegally, and those deemed to pose a national security risk, such as suspected terrorists.
A Ukrainian mother and her children fleeing the Russian invasion were turned back at the U.S. border by officials who cited a Trump-era restriction, according to the family's lawyer.
It's unclear if the administration will start to expel unaccompanied minors in light of Friday's court order.
Both the Trump and Biden administrations have said the Title 42 border policy is necessary to control the spread of COVID-19 inside migrant holding facilities.
Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, will allow eligible Ukrainians already living in the U.S. to apply for deportation protections and work permits.
The deportation pause comes as the Biden administration faces intensifying pressure to allow Ukranians living in the U.S. to apply for deportation protections and work permits.
Citing Russia's military offensive in Ukraine, a bipartisan group of senators said the Biden administration should grant Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainians in the U.S.
The deportation protections would only apply to Ukrainians already in the U.S., not new arrivals.
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The following is the transcript of the interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian airing on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sept. 27, 2026.
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The White House said the two leaders agreed on using the term "super intelligence" rather than "artificial intelligence" to describe the technology.
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The following is the transcript of the interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian airing on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sept. 27, 2026.
Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, who is also a physician, says he has visited Iran's supreme leader twice and talked with CBS News' Margaret Brennan about Mojtaba Khamenei's health.
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The White House said the two leaders agreed on using the term "super intelligence" rather than "artificial intelligence" to describe the technology.
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Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan with the first CIA officers sent into the country after 9/11, the opening move in what would later become America's longest war.
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New York City native Karina Rykman has earned accolades for her unmissable live act. The singer-songwriter and bassist recently celebrated the release of her new studio album, "Late Checkout," at Zabar's, becoming the first band to play at the iconic Upper West Side delicatessen. Here's Karina Rykman with "Easy, Rider."
New York City native Karina Rykman has earned accolades for her unmissable live act. The singer-songwriter and bassist recently celebrated the release of her new studio album, "Late Checkout," at Zabar's, becoming the first band to play at the iconic Upper West Side delicatessen. Here's Karina Rykman with title track "Late Checkout."
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