The border

Biden has left in place a Trump-era, COVID-19 order called Title 42 that allows US authorities to rapidly expel to Mexico migrants caught crossing the border illegally.

Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, which filed a new lawsuit over the policy on Monday, said it uses a “guise” of public health to undermine legal protections for asylum seekers.

“Our fight for these families continues, until and unless the Biden administration ends this cruel practice once and for all,” Rose said in a statement.

This is not the first time that officials in the Biden administration have stressed that the US will continue to maintain tight control over its southern border.

Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the immediate suspension of agreements with Central American nations that allowed the Trump administration to send asylum seekers back to those countries.

In a statement, Blinken said, however, that the suspension of the agreements with Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala does “not mean that the U.S. border is open”.

“While we are committed to expanding legal pathways for protection and opportunity here and in the region, the United States is a country with borders and laws that must be enforced,” he said.

  alJazeera

Then maybe we should be offering Mexico assistance patroling its border towns to protect refugees crowded into dangerous conditions where they're subject to violent attacks.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.