UNACCEPTABLE: Biden administration announces plan to continue inhumane and racist Trump-era policy (add your name)

Friend, on Monday, the Biden administration [announced]( an extension of Title 42 — a racist and cruel Trump-era policy that denies asylum seekers basic legal rights under the guise of public health. It is part of a long, disgusting history of blaming immigrants for the spread of disease. [Sign the petition: Urge President Biden to immediately end the Trump-era Title 42 policy.]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( When Donald Trump was president, CDC experts at first refused to endorse Title 42, saying there was no public health reason to do so. But white nationalist Stephen Miller pressured DHS and CDC to push this forward. Its impact has already been horrific. An estimated 875,000 people seeking asylum in the United States have been blocked from entering since March 2020. Under the policy, more Haitians have been [deported]( in the first months of the Biden administration than the Trump administration carried out in a whole year. Families are forced into dangerous conditions where they’re often targeted by gangs and have less access to medical care and protective measures from COVID. [Sign the petition: Urge President Biden to immediately end the Trump-era Title 42 policy.]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( The Biden administration claims that this is about public health. However, as advocates like Families Belong Together have pointed out, they could instead expand COVID-19 testing for families and children at the southern border or provide immediate vaccinations. Instead, by keeping families in unsafe conditions as they wait for legal entry, the administration is increasing the risks of transmission for all of us. Title 42 is no longer a Stephen Miller special. It's now Biden's policy. It violates our domestic and international legal obligations to refugees, is a moral failure, and an abdication of leadership. We've successfully helped redirect Biden's immigration policies before — we have the power to do it again. This policy should have never been implemented and now it's on us to end it immediately. [Sign the petition: Urge President Biden to immediately end the Trump-era Title 42 policy.]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Keep fighting, Monique Teal, Daily Kos Daily Kos Relies on Readers Like You We don't have billionaire backers like some right-wing media outlets. Half our revenue comes from readers like you, meaning we literally couldn't do this work without you. Can you chip in $5 right now to help Daily Kos keep fighting? [Chip in $5]( If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.