Title 42 of the United States Code is the United States Code dealing with public health, social welfare, and civil rights. It is a code that addresses a wide range of topics, including public health, social welfare, and civil rights. Some of the chapters of Title 42 include:
- The Public Health Service
- Sanitation and Quarantine
- Leprosy
- Cancer
- Viruses, Serums, Toxins, Antitoxins, Etc.
- Maternity and Infancy Welfare and Hygiene
- Compensation for Disability or Death to Persons Employed at Military, Air, and Naval Bases Outside United States
- Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of Contractors with United States Outside United States
- School Lunch Programs
Title 42 was a previously rarely-used clause of the 1944 Public Health Services Law until the Trump Administration began using it in 2020 to prevent migrants from entering the United States. Title 42 grants the government the ability to take emergency action to stop the “introduction of communicable diseases.” The misuse of Title 42 has led to the “expulsion” of adults within just a few hours of people entering the country, often with no chance to plead for asylum and with no documentation of any due process.
