SERVICE ACT SIGNED BY FDR IN 1944. TOWARD THE END OF WORLD. >> IF THE END OF TITLE, 42
FEELS LIKE DEJA VU. THERE’S A
REASON FOR THAT ONE YEAR AGO,
IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS AND
BORDER CITIES WERE PREPARING
FOR THAT POLICY TO BE LIFTED
NEARLY A YEAR TO THE DAY.
BUT THEN A JUDGE STEPPED IN AT
THE 11TH HOUR AND RULE TO KEEP
TITLE 42 IN PLACE. WE DID.
A KSAT EXPLAINS THEM.
>> FOCUSED ON WHERE TITLE 42
CAME FROM ITS REAL WORLD
IMPACT. AND WE’RE BRINGING IT
BACK TODAY.
>> IT STARTED AT THE HEIGHT OF
THE PANDEMIC MARCH OF 2020 WHEN
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
ENACTED TITLE 42. BUT IT’S
ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE BOOKS IN
AMERICA FOR NEARLY 80 YEARS.
IT’S PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE ACT SIGNED BY FDR IN
1944. TOWARD THE END OF WORLD
WAR 2, THE INTENT OF TITLE.
42 WAS TO SUSPEND ENTRIES AND
IMPORTS FROM DESIGNATED PLACES
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
TUBERCULOSIS WAS A BIG PUBLIC
HEALTH, CONCERN THEM TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT ALSO
CREATED THE NATIONAL CANCER BUT
OVERALL NOT LEGISLATION THAT
WAS CONSIDERED MAJOR. IT REALLY
HAD RARELY BEEN USED AND HAD
NEVER, EVER BEEN USED IN THE
IMMIGRATION CONTEXT UNTIL 2020.
THAT’S WHEN TITLE 42 WAS
INVOKED TO ESSENTIALLY SUSPEND
IMMIGRATION AT U.S. LAND
BORDERS. IT MEANT THE CUSTOMS
AND BORDER PROTECTION DID NOT
HAVE TO PROCESS PEOPLE WHO
PRESENTED THEMSELVES UP THE
BORDER WANTING TO SEEK ASYLUM.
INSTEAD, THEY’RE FINGERPRINTED
AND EXPELLED FROM THE WEST.
THAT’S NOT THE SAME AS
DEPORTATION. WHAT SOMEONE IS
DEPORTED, THEY’RE BARRED FROM
RE-ENTERING THE COUNTRY FOR
CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS.
EXPULSION DOESN’T CARRY THAT
PENALTY. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
SOMEONE IS EXPELLED? DEPENDS ON
WHERE THEY’RE FROM. IF THEY’RE
FROM MEXICO OR CENTRAL AMERICA,
THEY’RE TYPICALLY JUST SENT
RIGHT BACK TO MEXICO WITHIN A
MATTER OF HOURS, IF THEY’RE
FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE
MEXICAN IMMIGRATION IS NOT
GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO SIMPLY
BE PUT BACK, THEN THEY’RE
TEMPORARILY HELD CBP CUSTODY.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING
HELD IN HOTELS UNTIL
ESSENTIALLY A PLANE IS FILLED
UP AND PEOPLE ARE FLOWN OUT.
THAT’S WHAT WE SAW PLAY OUT IN
DEL RIO IN SEPTEMBER 2021,
NEARLY 16,000 MIGRANTS FROM
HAITI CROSSED INTO THE U.S.
HOPING TO SEEK ASYLUM, FLEEING
A COUNTRY AND A PEOPLE AFTER
THE ASSASSINATION OF THE
HAITIAN PRESIDENT AND THE
DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE, IT
BECAME A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN
DEL RIO. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
LIVING IN MAKESHIFT SHELTERS
UNDER A BRIDGE WITH THE EU
SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES TO MAKE
AN ASYLUM CLAIM. YOU MUST BE
PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE U.S..
YOU CAN START THE PROCESS
ONLINE OR EVEN AT A U.S.
EMBASSY. ONCE A MIGRANT CLAIMS
ASYLUM. THE NEXT STEP IS WHAT’S
CALLED A CREDIBLE FEAR
INTERVIEW. THAT’S WHAT ASYLUM
OFFICER DECIDES WHETHER A
PERSON MERITS GOING THROUGH THE
FULL ASYLUM PROCESS.
FEAR IS SOMETHING JAIME SOLIS
IS FLEEING. WE MET JAMIE AND
HER 3 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AT THE
CATHOLIC CHARITIES RESPITE
CENTER IN MCALLEN. LAST MAY.
>> THEY CAME TO THE U.S. FROM
NICARAGUA TO ESCAPE POLITICAL
OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE.
YEAH, THAT EVEN A FAT MAN,
OPINION OF WOULD THIS EVEN NOW.
BUT AT THE TIME THAT THE TIME
AND I’M NOT GOING TO SEE A
>> NOW PLAYING, THEY PUT IT OUT
OF A BEING THAT KIND OF STAMP
MICKELSON KNEW SHE WAS ONE OF
THE LUCKY ONES WHO WASN’T
TURNED AWAY AND THEN THERE’S
YOUNG MIGRANTS ON THIS VAST
KIDS FROM CUBA. WHAT HE FEARS
HE SAYS IS HUNGER IN HIS HOME
COUNTRY SEAT. THAT WILL BE ON
THE SCENE IN FLORIDA. THAT ALL.
LITTLE PUT UP A LITTLE IT.
>> AND ALSO THE MEME OF THEM IN
GETTING A LITTLE TOO GOOD TO
GO ON IN A WAY THAT AND THAT IS
ALL THAT WE’VE BEEN ADVOCATING
FOR, RIGHT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO
APPLY FOR AND BY THE TIME THEY
GET TO STAY JUST MEANS GIVEN
THE TIME TO APPLY AND THEY
QUALIFY, THEY GET TO SAY THAT
THEY DON’T QUALIFY. THEY MAY
BE DEPORTED AND TITLE 42 TO GET
RID OF ALL OF THAT. BUT THERE
ARE THOSE WHO ENTERED THE U.S.
ILLEGALLY WHO DON’T SEEK
ASYLUM, WHETHER FRUSTRATED WITH
TO SLOW A PROCESS AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER OR SIMPLY
HOPING TO EVADE IMMIGRATION
AUTHORITIES. I DO FIND PEOPLE.
>> THAT ARE LOST, OK, RICHARD,
GET OUT, OWNS LA, NOT COOL
RANCH IN STARK COUNTY OUTSIDE
ROME UP SEVERAL 1000 ACRES JUST
NORTH OF THE BORDER.
>> HE’S SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT
MIGRANTS OFTEN GO THROUGH
TRYING TO MAKE THE DANGEROUS
JOURNEY INTO THE U.S.. THEY
HAVE BEEN UP AND THAT WERE
BROUGHT THEM ACROSS, ABANDONED
THEM. AND THEY TOLD THEM, WELL,
IT’S A SHORT.
>> JUST A SHORT DISTANCE AND
YOU’RE GOING TO BE IN HOUSTON
RIGHT? BUT OF COURSE, THAT’S
THAT’S NOT TRUE. IT’S SO HARD
TO
SEE PEOPLE IN DURING THINGS
LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, HIS FENCES
HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY MIGRANTS
WHO CROSS IS LANCE, EVEN HIS
LIVELIHOOD. HIS CATTLE HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED, BUT A CONCERN
THAT SPREADS BEYOND HIS RANCH,
SHE SAYS, IS DRUG SMUGGLING.
AND THERE’S A LOT OF NARCOTICS
AND ACROSS NATIONAL GUARD TO
SUPPLEMENT THE BORDER PATROL
AND EVEN SO THEY CAN’T.
>> I CAN’T CONTROL IT. WHAT
I HAVE.
BY REMOVING TITLE. 42, YOU’RE
GOING TO ADD TO THE MIX.
JUST BIRD. YEP. SOME ARGUE THE
ANTICIPATED WAVE OF MIGRANTS IS
A PROBLEM THAT U.S. POLICY
CREATED BECAUSE OF TITLE 42.
THAT’S THE REASON WHY WE THE
LEVELS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE
SEE RIGHT NOW.
>> THE NUMBERS.
>> OUR
ARGUABLY HIGHER RIGHT NOW
PRECISELY BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN
PUSHING PEOPLE BACK FOR MORE
THAN 2 YEARS.
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>> AND AGAIN, TITLE 42 IS SET
TO END TOMORROW NIGHT. WE’LL
CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE ON WHAT
HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF THAT.
YOU CAN FIND ALL OUR KSAT