De Coto family poses for a portrait aboard a freight train known as “The Beast” on their way to Ciudad Juarez before the end of Title 42 in Samalayuca, Mexico, May 8, 2023.
Title 42 expulsions were removals of people by the United States government who have recently been in a country where a contagious disease was present. In reality, it was a measure used to expressly deny asylum applications and deport the applicants back to Mexico.
