US quietly expands asylum limits while preparing to end them
2 years, 7 months ago

US quietly expands asylum limits while preparing to end them

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule even as it publicly says it has been trying to unwind it, officials said Wednesday. Another Mexican official, also not authorized to comment publicly, confirmed that up to 100 Cubans and 20 Nicaraguans were being expelled from San Diego under Title 42 under an agreement that runs through May 22. Lifting Title 42 has proven controversial as midterm elections near, even for Biden’s Democratic Party, amid concerns that the U.S. is unprepared for an anticipated increase in migrants seeking asylum. The U.S. has expelled migrants more than 1.8 million times under Title 42 authority since March 2020, effectively overriding rights to seek asylum under U.S. law and international treaty.

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Border encounters remain low nearly a month after Title 42 lifted, DHS says
1 year, 6 months ago

Border encounters remain low nearly a month after Title 42 lifted, DHS says

CNN  

CNN — The number of daily encounters along the US-Mexico border has remained low nearly a month after a pandemic-era restriction used by authorities to swiftly turn away migrants was lifted, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. Authorities had been bracing for a surge in illegal crossings following the expiration of Title 42 last month, and while officials caution …

Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules
1 year, 6 months ago

Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — The day that President Joe Biden’s administration ended a public health measure blocking many asylum-seekers at the Mexican border during the coronavirus pandemic, Teodoso Vargas was ready to show U.S. officials his scars and photos of his bullet-riddled body. If I can just show the proof I have, I believe the U.S. will let me in.” Asylum-seekers …

The US-Mexico border in a post-Title 42 world
1 year, 7 months ago

The US-Mexico border in a post-Title 42 world

Al Jazeera  

The Take looks at what the end of the controversial border policy means for migration across the US southern border. It allowed border authorities to reject people looking to seek asylum in the US on the spot and turn them back, on the grounds that they might be carrying COVID-19. The end of Title 42 has many expecting an increase …

US returns 2,400 people to Mexico since end of Title 42: Official
1 year, 7 months ago

US returns 2,400 people to Mexico since end of Title 42: Official

Al Jazeera  

US says Mexico and Guatemala have also beefed up border agents on their southern border in wake of new asylum policy. The United States has sent approximately 2,400 people – including Cubans, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans – back to Mexico since a contentious border policy known as Title 42 expired late last week, a US official has said. The end of …

Immigration policy is uncertain now that Title 42 has been lifted
1 year, 7 months ago

Immigration policy is uncertain now that Title 42 has been lifted

NPR  

Immigration policy is uncertain now that Title 42 has been lifted Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images For the last three years, a previously obscure emergency public health order allowed politicians to temporarily sidestep one of the most complicated issues in American politics — migration at the United States' southern border. Sponsor Message The Biden …

‘We’re going to America’: Border hope and fear as Title 42 ends
1 year, 7 months ago

‘We’re going to America’: Border hope and fear as Title 42 ends

Al Jazeera  

Three years ago, when the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a halt, changing the way people live, it also fundamentally disrupted an act as old as humanity itself: migration. In the United States, then-President Donald Trump’s administration introduced an emergency health order to stop the spread of COVID-19, targeting people looking to enter from the country’s southern border. The …

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire

Hindustan Times  

Migrants rush to the US border as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire The US ended a three-year-old asylum restriction, Title 42, stirring fear among migrants that the changes would make it more. The US ended a three-year-old asylum restriction, Title 42, stirring fear among migrants that the changes would make it more difficult for them to stay on. On the …

Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how US immigration policy is changing
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how US immigration policy is changing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is putting new restrictions into place at its southern border to try to to stop migrants from crossing illegally and encourage them instead to apply for asylum online through a new process. The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico …

Title 42 ends: U.S. sees a record migration influx of more than 10,000 people a DAY
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 ends: U.S. sees a record migration influx of more than 10,000 people a DAY

Daily Mail  

Migrants gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday hours before immigration restrictions known as Title 42 expired, with some rushing to cross ahead of tough new asylum rules that will replace the COVID-era order. Here immigrants lined up to be processed to make asylum claims at a makeshift migrant camp in El Paso Migrants cross the Rio …

Pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system
1 year, 7 months ago

Pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42 expire, straining US immigration system

The Independent  

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Migrants rush across US border in final hours before Title 42 expires
1 year, 7 months ago

Migrants rush across US border in final hours before Title 42 expires

Associated Press  

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system. The imminent end of the rules known as Title 42 stirred fear among migrants that the changes would make it more difficult for …

Confusion, resolve at US-Mexico border as Title 42 formally ends
1 year, 7 months ago

Confusion, resolve at US-Mexico border as Title 42 formally ends

Al Jazeera  

Experts say new restrictions at US-Mexico border will continue to impede access to asylum as contentious policy expires. A contentious United States policy that has allowed authorities to turn away most asylum seekers at the border with Mexico has officially ended, as President Joe Biden’s administration readies for an expected influx of arrivals. Washington also finalised a new rule this …

Title 42 ends: Sheriff slams Biden for border failure, calls it a 'cluster'
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 ends: Sheriff slams Biden for border failure, calls it a 'cluster'

Daily Mail  

The Arizona sheriff at the sharp end of the country's immigration crisis slammed the Biden administration on Thursday, saying it had failed to prepare for the end of Title 42. 'It's a cluster,' Yuma Sheriff Leon Wilmot told DailyMail.com Thursday in an exclusive interview about the end of Title 42. He and his county are in the frontline of the …

Title 42 migrant surge is already here: More than 1000 people are arriving in Yuma, Arizona each day
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 migrant surge is already here: More than 1000 people are arriving in Yuma, Arizona each day

Daily Mail  

The line beside the border wall is 100 long before sun up on Thursday. Hundreds of people crossed on to U.S. soil from Mexico around Yuma, Arizona, on Thursday morning hours before Title 42 was due to expire. Similar scenes were repeated elsewhere Sandra, 32, and Bruno, 32, from Perus said they were just relieved to arrive on U.S. soil, …

Title 42 expires in HOURS: Migrants keep heading to the border in Texas, Arizona and California
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 expires in HOURS: Migrants keep heading to the border in Texas, Arizona and California

Daily Mail  

The end of Title 42 immigration authority that the administration has been anticipating for a year has finally arrived, with border agents and officials bracing for uncertain after affects and migrants still rushing to the border. That included about 1,000 arrivals a day in Yuma, Arizona Tuesday, with migrants gathered in Ciudad Juárez hoping to cross border checkpoints when Title …

Title 42 is about to expire in US. Here’s what you need to know
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 is about to expire in US. Here’s what you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Expiry of contentious US policy will bring little relief to asylum seekers facing many other border curbs, experts say. Title 42 has allowed US authorities to rapidly turn away most migrants and refugees who arrive at the country’s southern border, without giving them an opportunity to apply for protection. Meanwhile, Texas Governor Greg Abbott – a staunch critic of the …

Title 42 has expired. Here’s what happens next
1 year, 7 months ago

Title 42 has expired. Here’s what happens next

CNN  

CNN — The expiration of a pandemic-era public health restriction that will significantly alter several years of US immigration policy has arrived, threatening chaos as an estimated tens of thousands of migrants mass near the US-Mexico border in anticipation. Todd Heisler/The New York Times/Redux Migrants waiting to apply for asylum near San Diego reach through a border wall for clothing …

Editorial: With Title 42 ending, Biden relies on the same failed immigration policies
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: With Title 42 ending, Biden relies on the same failed immigration policies

LA Times  

Dozens of immigrants from as far away as India and Africa wait to be processed by Customs and Border Protection officers Friday along the border wall in Somerton, Ariz. The border management strategy known as Title 42 has allowed the United States to expel asylum-seeking migrants en masse for the past three years using a public health pretext. Operation Hold …

US prepares for influx at Mexico border as Title 42 expiry nears
1 year, 7 months ago

US prepares for influx at Mexico border as Title 42 expiry nears

Al Jazeera  

Policy that has allowed US authorities to turn away most asylum seekers at Mexico border will end on Thursday. US President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing for the end of a controversial public health order that has allowed authorities to turn away most asylum seekers at the United States border with Mexico. First imposed by former US President Donald Trump …

What is Title 42, why is it ending and what’s happening now at the border?
1 year, 7 months ago

What is Title 42, why is it ending and what’s happening now at the border?

CNN  

CNN — The end of a controversial border policy is looming. Title 42, the Trump-era pandemic public health restrictions that became a key tool officials used to turn back migrants at the US-Mexico border, is set to expire on May 11. The Department of Homeland Security previously released a six-pillar plan that outlined the department’s operations post-Title 42, including setting …

Explained: Title 42 and how its expiration will affect immigration at the US-Mexico border
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained: Title 42 and how its expiration will affect immigration at the US-Mexico border

Firstpost  

The United States is getting ready to lift COVID-19 restrictions that have blocked migrants caught at the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, a major policy shift with humanitarian and political implications. In April, the US Border Patrol apprehended some 183,000 migrants, according to preliminary data provided by Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a 13 …

Southern border braces for a migrant surge with Title 42 set to expire this week
1 year, 7 months ago

Southern border braces for a migrant surge with Title 42 set to expire this week

CNN  

CNN — The United States is bracing for the expiration of a pandemic-era border restriction this week, with officials fearing it will spur a surge of migrants and exacerbate an already challenging humanitarian crisis at the southern border. “No matter how much we are prepared, I don’t think we are going to be prepared enough,” John Martin, deputy director of …

Timeline: Title 42 expulsions at the US-Mexico border
1 year, 7 months ago

Timeline: Title 42 expulsions at the US-Mexico border

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration is preparing for end of contentious US policy that let authorities turn away most asylum seekers. August 2021: The Biden administration renews Title 42, saying lifting the policy would “exacerbate overcrowding at facilities and create significant public health risks”. September 2021: A federal judge rules that the Biden administration must stop using Title 42 expulsions against families with …

Plans set in motion as Biden administration eyes end of Covid-era border restriction
1 year, 7 months ago

Plans set in motion as Biden administration eyes end of Covid-era border restriction

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration, already facing an increase in border crossings, is setting plans in motion to manage an anticipated influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border when a Covid-era border restriction ends next week, sources tell CNN. The Department of Homeland Security previously released a six-pillar plan that outlined the department’s operations post-Title 42, including setting up additional …

U.S. to set up migrant centers in Guatemala, Colombia to curb border arrivals when Title 42 orders end
1 year, 7 months ago

U.S. to set up migrant centers in Guatemala, Colombia to curb border arrivals when Title 42 orders end

LA Times  

The United States will establish regional processing centers for migrants in Colombia and Guatemala in an effort to reduce arrivals at the southern border after a pandemic-era policy ends next month, Biden administration officials announced Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security will significantly expand the use of expedited removal to process migrants’ claims for relief and deport those who don’t …

How Biden asylum rule affects immigration, compares to Trump
1 year, 10 months ago

How Biden asylum rule affects immigration, compares to Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden’s administration prepares for the end of regulations tied to the coronavirus pandemic that have severely limited the ability of asylum seekers to enter the U.S., it has proposed a rule that could dramatically alter who’s allowed to claim asylum at the southern border. Melissa Crow, a lawyer with the Center for Gender & Refugee …

Supreme Court won’t hear arguments Title 42 case as planned
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court won’t hear arguments Title 42 case as planned

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will not hear arguments as planned March 1 in a case involving a Trump-era immigration policy used several millions of times over the past three years to quickly turn away migrants at the border. The justices on Thursday removed from their calendar the case involving Title 42, which justified the quick expulsion of …

Daily border encounters have dropped by more than half in January, DHS official says
1 year, 11 months ago

Daily border encounters have dropped by more than half in January, DHS official says

CNN  

Washington CNN — Daily migrant encounters along the US-Mexico border have dropped by more than half in January compared to last month, a Homeland Security official tells CNN, citing the expansion of a Trump-era Covid restriction and recently launched programs to legally migrate to the US. Last month, border authorities wrestled with a spike in border encounters, averaging around 7,000 …

Biden announces major border strategy shift, expands Trump policy
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden announces major border strategy shift, expands Trump policy

LA Times  

A migrant family climbs the northern bank of the Rio Grande in December after crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in their attempt to enter El Paso. The Biden administration announced a major shift to its immigration strategy Thursday, expanding the use of a Trump-era policy that gives border agents the power to quickly turn back migrants at the border while …

EXPLAINER: What happens if COVID asylum restrictions end?
1 year, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: What happens if COVID asylum restrictions end?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Since the pandemic began, the United States has been using a public health rule designed to limit the spread of disease to expel asylum-seekers on the southern border. While many Democrats pushed President Joe Biden to overturn Trump’s anti-immigration measures, some — especially in border states — have advocated to keep Title 42, saying the U.S. is unprepared …

US Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for now
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for now

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is keeping pandemic-era limits on asylum in place for now, dashing hopes of migrants who have been fleeing violence and inequality in Latin America and elsewhere to reach the United States. The Supreme Court’s decision said that the court will review the issue of whether the states have the right to intervene in the legal …

United States: What happens if COVID-19 asylum restrictions end? | EXPLAINER
1 year, 11 months ago

United States: What happens if COVID-19 asylum restrictions end? | EXPLAINER

India TV News  

United States COVID-19 latest updates : Since the pandemic began, the United States has been using a public health rule designed to limit the spread of disease to expel asylum-seekers on the southern border. That set off a legal back-and-forth with a group of conservative-leaning states pushing to keep Title 42 in place and the federal government and immigration advocates …

US Supreme Court upholds controversial Title 42 border policy
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court upholds controversial Title 42 border policy

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has temporarily kept in place Title 42, a controversial immigration policy that has been criticised for denying refugees the ability to seek asylum in the US. But US President Joe Biden has met fierce pushback to his efforts to roll back the policy, with conservative judges and officials warning that the end of Title 42 …

Supreme Court refuses to lift Trump-era rule at the southern border
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to lift Trump-era rule at the southern border

LA Times  

Venezuelan migrants prepare to walk along the U.S. border fence after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico to seek asylum with the U.S. Border Patrol on Sept. 22 in El Paso. A divided Supreme Court refused Tuesday to lift the Trump-era rule that has turned away migrants at the border as a public health threat. The court agreed to hear …

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike
2 years ago

Title 42 border rules confound Washington, migrants alike

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The drawn-out saga of Title 42, the set of emergency powers that allows border officials to quickly turn away migrants, has been chaotic at the U.S.-Mexico border. Title 42 allows border officials to deny people the right to seek asylum, and they have done so 2.5 million times since March 2020. “I don’t know why it’s taking them …

Tens of thousands migrants wait at U.S. border for asylum limits to end
2 years ago

Tens of thousands migrants wait at U.S. border for asylum limits to end

The Hindu  

EL Paso, Texas Migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico sought shelter from the cold early on 21 December as restrictions that prevented many from seeking asylum in the U.S. remained in place beyond their anticipated end. In El Paso, Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser warned that shelters across the border in Ciudad Juárez were packed to capacity, with an estimated …

US asks court to end asylum limits, with a short delay
2 years ago

US asks court to end asylum limits, with a short delay

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — Texas dispatched National Guard troops to the border, and San Diego businesses anticipated a wave of Christmas shoppers from Mexico, as tens of thousands of asylum-seekers at the border waited for a Supreme Court ruling that could allow them to enter the United States. In El Paso, Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser warned that shelters across the …

How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet
2 years ago

How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Show up at a border crossing with Mexico and ask a U.S. official for asylum? “I absolutely wish that we had more information to share with folks,” said Kate Clark, senior director for immigration services at Jewish Family Service of San Diego, which has facilitated travel within the United States for more than 110,000 migrants released from …

High court temporarily blocks lifting of asylum restrictions
2 years ago

High court temporarily blocks lifting of asylum restrictions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is temporarily blocking an order that would lift pandemic-era restrictions on asylum seekers but the brief order leaves open the prospect that the restrictions in place since the coronavirus pandemic began and have been used to turn back hundreds of thousands of prospective asylum seekers could still expire on Wednesday. But as they’re set to …

Biden lawyers tell Supreme Court it’s time to end Trump policy at the border
2 years ago

Biden lawyers tell Supreme Court it’s time to end Trump policy at the border

LA Times  

President Biden’s lawyers urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject an emergency appeal from Republican-led states and end the Trump-era COVID-19 policy that turned away migrants at the border who were seeking asylum. The Title 42 policy, based on a long-standing public health emergency law, was imposed by the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent infected people …

As US debates Title 42 policy, asylum seekers left in limbo
2 years ago

As US debates Title 42 policy, asylum seekers left in limbo

Al Jazeera  

The Supreme Court intervened on Monday to block the controversial immigration policy’s scheduled expiration this week. In November, a US District Court judge declared the policy “arbitrary and capricious”, ruling to end Title 42. “The only real solution,” the document states, “is for Congress to fix our broken and outdated immigration system.” The Biden administration, meanwhile, has signalled it wants …

NYC braces for more asylum seekers as federal rule expires
2 years ago

NYC braces for more asylum seekers as federal rule expires

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his city is bracing for another influx of buses carrying thousands of migrants from the U.S. border with Mexico, as a Trump-era health edict is set to expire this week. “With the expiration of Title 42 just days away, we need the federal government — both in the administration and …

EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Since the pandemic began, the United States has been using a public health rule designed to limit the spread of disease to expel asylum-seekers on the southern border. While many Democrats pushed President Joe Biden to overturn Trump’s anti-immigration measures, some — especially in border states — have advocated to keep Title 42, saying the U.S. is unprepared …

US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end
2 years ago

US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security said more migrants may be released into the United States to pursue immigration cases when Trump-era asylum restrictions end next week, when a Texas congressman says some border officials estimate about 50,000 migrants could be waiting to cross into the U.S. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, said Customs and Border Protection officials told …

US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end
2 years ago

US plans for more migrant releases when asylum limits end

The Independent  

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Venezuelans stranded in Mexico hold out hope Biden will shift border policy: ‘I want to have faith’
2 years ago

Venezuelans stranded in Mexico hold out hope Biden will shift border policy: ‘I want to have faith’

LA Times  

Rosa Maria Trejo got to the Mexican capital thanks to a brother residing in Arizona who sent money to help finance the difficult trip from their native Venezuela. “My brother tells me it’s best to wait here until the situation in the United States changes.” Tens of thousands of Venezuelans who are stuck in Mexico appear to be making the …

U.S. appeals ruling that would lift asylum restrictions
2 years ago

U.S. appeals ruling that would lift asylum restrictions

LA Times  

Four men from Cuba try to keep warm after crossing the border from Mexico and surrendering to authorities to apply for asylum on Nov. 3, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz. The U.S. government said Wednesday that it is appealing a court ruling that would otherwise lift asylum restrictions that have become the cornerstone of border enforcement in recent years. The Homeland …

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy
2 years, 1 month ago

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A coalition of conservative-leaning states is making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border. Late Monday, the 15 states filed what’s known as a motion to intervene — meaning they want to become part of the legal proceedings surrounding …

Judge delays end of asylum restrictions to late December
2 years, 1 month ago

Judge delays end of asylum restrictions to late December

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge on Wednesday granted the Biden administration a five-week delay to end far-reaching asylum restrictions, writing in upper-case letters that he was doing so “WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE.” U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan acknowledged in his brief order that attorneys for asylum-seeking families didn’t object to the delay and that the administration wasn’t challenging his decision, …

Judge orders end to Trump-era asylum restrictions at border
2 years, 1 month ago

Judge orders end to Trump-era asylum restrictions at border

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled in Washington that enforcement must end immediately for families and single adults, calling the ban “arbitrary and capricious.” The administration has not applied it …

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