How many Title 42 expulsions are there?

Title 42 are removals by the US government of persons who have recently been in a country where a communicable disease was present.

The extent of authority for contagion-related expulsions is set out by law in 42 U.S.C. § 265. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the trump administration used this provision (section 265) to generally block land entry for many migrants.

The program has not been continued by the Biden administration.

How many Title 42 expulsions are there?

There are $1.7 million in expulsions. Since Title 42 was put in place, more than $1.7 million in expulsions were carried out, with the vast majority of asylum seekers quickly expelled back to Mexico or their countries of origin without the chance of applying for asylum in the US.