State Department Lawyer Quits Calling Biden Administration Policy on Asylum ‘Inhumane’

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
Author: 
Marwah Adhoob
Volume: 
37
Issue: 
10
Abstract: 

Harold Koh, a top legal advisor at the State Department, resigned after the Biden administration’s use of Title 42 to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants, calling it “inhumane” and “illegal.”[1]

In an internal memo, Koh criticized the Biden administration’s use of Title 42 and was displeased with the administration’s use of the policy, especially considering he “strongly supports” the administration.[2]



[1] Unclassified Memo, Harold Hongju Koh Re: Ending Title 42 return flights to countries of origin, particularly Haiti, access here https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017c-4c4a-dddc-a77e-4ddbf3ae0000.

[2]  Id.