Advocacy Committee Statement on Title 42

From our uniquely informed perspective, IWC-SA expresses support for the current administration’s decision to terminate Title 42 which has created extraordinary hardship for people made vulnerable along our border during the pandemic. That said, terminating this discriminatory practice that has disproportionately burdened people of color seeking refuge is not sufficient.  The previous administration’s efforts to dismantle existing resources to facilitate the processing of asylum seekers have left our Southern border incapacitated. Reopening the border to asylum seekers is a moral obligation, but it will likely overwhelm existing resources.  Read the full statement here