USA Title 42 prohibits the entry of persons who have health risks like infectious diseases. It requires border officials to turn away those determined to have health risks like infectious diseases.
It is a US federal law that prohibits entry into the United States by people with health-related conditions. These conditions include contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable disease, and more serious infectious diseases.
This law protects America from the introduction of communicable diseases. These diseases include Chancroid, Gonorrhea, Granuloma Inguinale, Hansen Disease (Leprosy), Herpes Simplex Infection, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Molluscum Contagiosum, Parasites – intestinal, Pediculosis, Syphilis, and Veneral Disease.
Under this law, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has guidance on what constitutes a communicable disease of public health significance. This list includes Anthrax, Botulism, Cholera, Dengue Fever, Ebola Virus Disease, Plague, Psittacosis (Ornithosis), Rabies, Smallpox, Yellow Fever, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers.
The CDC also identifies other diseases which are not reported as frequently but can be a public health concern like Arenaviruses, Diseases caused by Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia, Hantavirus, Plague, Poliomyelitis caused by wild-type poliovirus (non-vaccine related), Rift Valley Fever Virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – SARS – CoV, Zika Virus Disease. Border agents are given a list of people to whom they should not admit entry.
Most recently, the law has added a new disease to those that are health concerns; COVID-19. However, immigration officers say including COVID-19 in the Title 42 crossing law will not stop the spread of the disease but will only endanger refugees.
The Trump-era rule has seen immigration advocates negotiating with Biden administration to end it, but it seems it might take a while. The main reason why Biden’s administration emphasizes the continuation of the crossing law is because of the explosion of cases of coronavirus’ contagious delta variant.
US Title 42 prohibits the entry of persons who have health risks like infectious diseases. It requires border officials to turn away those determined to have health risks like infectious diseases.
It is a federal law that prohibits entry into the United States by people with health-related conditions. These conditions include contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable disease, and more serious infectious diseases.
This law protects America from the introduction of communicable diseases. These diseases include Chancroid, Gonorrhea, Granuloma Inguinale, Hansen Disease (Leprosy), Herpes Simplex Infection, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Molluscum Contagiosum, Parasites – intestinal, Pediculosis, Syphilis, and Veneral Disease.
Under this law, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has guidance on what constitutes a communicable disease of public health significance. This list includes Anthrax, Botulism, Cholera, Dengue Fever, Ebola Virus Disease, Plague, Psittacosis (Ornithosis), Rabies, Smallpox, Yellow Fever, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers.
The CDC also identifies other diseases which are not reported as frequently but can be a public health concern like Arenaviruses, Diseases caused by Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia, Hantavirus, Plague, Poliomyelitis caused by wild-type poliovirus (non-vaccine related), Rift Valley Fever Virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – SARS – CoV, Zika Virus Disease. Border agents are given a list of people to whom they should not admit entry.
Most recently, the law has added a new disease to those that are health concerns; COVID-19. However, immigration officers say including COVID-19 in the Title 42 crossing law will not stop the spread of the disease but will only endanger refugees.
The Trump-era rule has seen immigration advocates negotiating with Biden administration to end it, but it seems it might take a while. The main reason why Biden’s administration emphasizes the continuation of the crossing law is because of the explosion of cases of coronavirus’ contagious delta variant.
This explosion has made the administration impose new vaccine requirements for federal workers and extend restrictions to international tourists.
