美国疾病控制和预防中心宣布正式结束第42条，这是特朗普政府实施的有争议的政策，在公共卫生紧急情况下限制移民进入美国。
该政策最初是在疫情开始时颁布的，并一直保持到现在，尽管有人批评政府继续执行该政策。
CDC主任罗谢尔·瓦伦斯基(Rochelle Walensky)写的终止通知称，第42条的解除将于5月23日发生，以便国土安全部有足够的时间做好准备，包括获得更多的新冠肺炎疫苗剂量和其他措施，以应对预期的移民涌入。本周早些时候，该部门向记者估计，如果第42条被取消，每天可能有多达18，000名移民在边境被逮捕。
“DHS已经表示，在未来几周内，它将采取重要步骤，为全面恢复边境行动做准备，”该命令说。
终止通知说，第42条的实施是为了在一段时间内防止疾病进入美国，并且在终止这一规定时征求了DHS的意见。
“在对新冠肺炎疫情目前的流行病学状况和美国政府正在进行的应对努力进行评估后，我发现8月份的命令和之前根据这些授权发布的命令不再有公共卫生理由，”瓦伦斯基写道。
国土安全部部长亚历杭德罗·马约尔卡斯(Alejandro Mayorkas)在一份声明中说，第42条“不是移民当局，而是疾病控制和预防中心用来防止传染病传播的公共卫生当局。”
“一旦第42条法令不再存在，DHS将根据第8条处理在边境遇到的个人，这是我们用于将个人置于驱逐程序的标准程序，”Mayorkas说。“尽管如此，我们知道走私者会散布错误信息来利用脆弱的移民。让我说清楚:那些无法建立合法基础留在美国的人将被清除。”
国土安全部和国务院官员周五在与记者的电话会议上试图向美国公众保证，已经制定了一项计划，以应对取消第42条将引发的美墨边境移民增加的问题。
政府官员周五表示，推迟实施第42条废除法案的一个主要原因是为了让边境当局加强上个月宣布的疫苗接种计划。
一名DHS高级官员表示:“这将需要一些时间来加速。”。“这段时间是为了确保我们可以安全和人道地进行处理，并符合最佳公共卫生实践。”
一名官员说，本周，CBP每天在11个地点分发约2000份疫苗，并计划在未来几周扩大分发规模，在边境沿线的20多个地点每天分发6000份疫苗。该官员说，移民将获得辉瑞和Moderna疫苗，拒绝的人将被拘留或释放，并接受更严格的监测要求。
官员们表示，他们正在加强边境CBP和ICE官员的力量，以应对预期的移民潮。边境巡逻人员告诉ABC新闻，他们正在尽可能多地雇用代理人来帮助处理潜在的增加。
DHS官员告诉记者，终止第42条的决定是关于西南边境“一系列项目”和趋势的“事实调查”任务的一部分。
虽然5月23日的决定与倡导者要求立即废除该政策的要求背道而驰，但边境代理人仍然担心，如果出现预期的移民潮，他们将没有足够的时间来增加处理能力。
联邦应急管理局正在继续与当地非营利组织和市政府合作，在移民被释放时，将他们纳入处理移民的规划过程。
官员们告诉记者，他们一直在与移民团体合作，以确定在墨西哥的特别弱势的个人，并寻找“简化程序”的方法。
Biden administration says it will lift Title 42 restrictions along the southern border
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is officially ending Title 42, the controversial policy implemented by the Trump administration restricting migrants from coming into the country under the auspices of a public health emergency.
The policy was first enacted at the beginning of the pandemic and has remained in place since then, despite advocates criticizing the administration for keeping the policy in place.
The lifting of Title 42 will occur on May 23 to give the Department of Homeland Security adequate time to prepare, including getting more COVID-19 vaccine doses and other measures to deal with the expected influx of migrants, the CDC termination notice written by Director Rochelle Walensky says. Earlier this week, the department gave reporters an estimate that up to 18,000 migrants could be apprehended at the border each day if Title 42 were to be lifted.
“DHS has represented that over the next several weeks it is taking important steps to implement processes in preparation for the full resumption of border operations,” the order says.
The termination notice says that Title 42 was implemented to prevent diseases from coming into the United States for only a period of time and DHS was consulted in the termination of this rule.
“Following an assessment of the current epidemiologic status of the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S. government’s ongoing response efforts, I find there is no longer a public health justification for the August order and previous orders issued under these authorities,” Walensky writes.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement that Title 42 is "not an immigration authority, but rather a public health authority used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect against the spread of communicable disease."
“Once the Title 42 Order is no longer in place, DHS will process individuals encountered at the border pursuant to Title 8, which is the standard procedure we use to place individuals in removal proceedings," Mayorkas said. "Nonetheless, we know that smugglers will spread misinformation to take advantage of vulnerable migrants. Let me be clear: those unable to establish a legal basis to remain in the United States will be removed."
Homeland Security and State Department officials on a call with reporters Friday sought to reassure the American public that there is a plan in place to deal with the increase in migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border that lifting Title 42 will trigger.
One of the driving reasons behind the delayed implementation of the Title 42 repeal is to allow authorities at the border time to ramp up the vaccination program announced last month, administration officials said Friday.
“That is going to take some time to ramp up,” a senior DHS official said. “The time period is meant to ensure that we can do processing safely and humanely and consistent with best public health practices.”
This week, CBP is distributing about 2,000 vaccines a day at 11 locations and plans to scale up the process in coming weeks to distribute 6,000 vaccines a day at more than two dozen locations along the border, one official said. Migrants will be given Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and those who refuse will either be detained or released with more stringent monitoring requirements, the official said.
Officials said they are beefing up CBP and ICE officials at the border to deal with the expected influx of migrants. Border Patrol sources tell ABC News they are hiring as many agents as they can to help with potential processing increases.
DHS officials told reporters the decision to terminate Title 42 was part of a “fact finding” mission about a “range of items” and trends on the southwest border.
While the May 23 decision runs contrary to demands from advocates to immediately repeal the policy, agents at the border remain concerned that they will not have enough time to ramp up processing capacity in the event of the anticipated migration surge.
FEMA is continuing to work with local nonprofits and municipal governments to fold them into the planning process for handling migrants as they're released.
Officials told reporters they’ve been working with immigration groups to identify the particularly vulnerable individuals who are in Mexico and are looking for ways to “streamline the process.”
