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April 06, 2022

TODAY: Hearing on Examining Title 42 and Restoring Asylum at the Border

(WASHINGTON) – Today, April 6th at 1:30pm, the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations, chaired by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), will hold a hearing to examine the necessity of ending Title 42 and reinstating access to asylum at the border, including how Title 42 is an unsustainable and ineffective border management tool with a disproportionate impact on Black and Brown migrants, the negative consequences on asylum-seeking migrants, the lack of a public health rationale for the policy, and potential solutions that could help the Department of Homeland Security restore our nation’s asylum process in a just, humane, and orderly manner.

This hearing will be streamed live on YouTube and on our website.

Event details:

WHAT: Subcommittee Hearing: Examining Title 42 and the Need to Restore Asylum at the Border

WHEN: Wednesday, April 6 @ 1:30pm (note new time)

WHERE: 310 Cannon House Office Building

WITNESSES:

  • Mr. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Senior Policy Counsel, American Immigration Council
  • Mr. Kennji Kizuka, Associate Director, Research and Analysis for Refugee Protection, Human Rights First
  • Adam Richards, MD, PhD, MPH, DTM&H, Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, (testifying on behalf of Physicians for Human Rights)
  • Hon. Mark Dannels, Sheriff, Cochise County, Arizona (minority witness)

Updated info and livestream available here.

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