White House Will End Covid Emergency, Border Measure in May

The White House will end a pair of Covid-19 emergency declarations on May 11, spelling the elimination of the controversial Title 42 restrictions and expulsion measures at the US-Mexico border.

The Covid-19 national emergency and public health emergency will be extended to that date and then lifted, the administration said Monday in a statement of policy on bills related to the measures.

The step is a milestone in a coronavirus response that dominated much of the early weeks of President Joe Biden’s administration. The White House released the statement of administration policy in response to a pair of measures ...