NEW: The Biden administration will end a Trump administration policy that had allowed U.S. border officials to turn away immediately any noncitizen who illegally came across the land borders amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The policy, known as Title 42, will end May 23, the administration announced Friday. Its ending has been long sought by immigrant advocates allied with the White House but raises the prospect of further chaos at the border before the midterm elections.
"We are grateful that this long and shameful chapter in our nation's history is coming to end," Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, wrote in posts on Twitter."The decision is an overdue recognition that all people fleeing violence and persecution have the right to seek protection."
Since Biden took office in January 2021, the number of illegal immigrants encountered at the southern border has hit record highs, jumping from monthly averages of fewer than 50,000 encounters in a month over the past decade to staying between 150,000 and 215,000 every month since March 2021. "We are coordinating across the whole of the government to ensure that we are prepared for any potential increase in border encounters that result as a result of the termination," the same official said.
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