AP PHOTOS: Crowds of migrants wait at the border as Title 42 gives way to new rules
1 year, 7 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Crowds of migrants wait at the border as Title 42 gives way to new rules

Associated Press  

At points all along the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, crowds of migrants clutching sacks of belongings or holding the hands of children waited to apply for asylum as new immigration rules took effect. In San Diego, a woman holding a baby held up a wristband to a U.S. border guard to say she was among those waiting longest. Border agents managed long lines of migrants, and watched over crowds of those sitting and waiting to be processed by immigration authorities. And in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, across the Rio Grande River from Brownsville, migrant families continued arriving in hopes of reaching the United States.

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Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early as Tuesday, according to four people familiar with …

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 …

What is the new reality for migrants at the US southern border?
1 year, 6 months ago

What is the new reality for migrants at the US southern border?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, May 25 at 19:30 GMT: Earlier this month, as the Biden administration announced the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, the United States also saw the end of a controversial Trump-era public health regulation, known as Title 42. It allowed the US government to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border to seek asylum, on …

‘We want to be Americans’: Migrants flow through Mexico’s southern border after Title 42’s end
1 year, 7 months ago

‘We want to be Americans’: Migrants flow through Mexico’s southern border after Title 42’s end

LA Times  

Migrants cross the Suchiate River, which marks the border between Guatemala and Mexico, on May 9. But here, some 1,000 miles from the Rio Grande, the chaotic scene is business as usual: Huge numbers of U.S.-bound migrants — mostly South and Central Americans, but also a mix of people from Africa, Asia and Europe — are making illegal crossings of …

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 …

Number of migrants fell 50% at US southern border after immigration changes
1 year, 7 months ago

Number of migrants fell 50% at US southern border after immigration changes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The number of migrants encountered at the southern border fell 50% during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of a key pandemic-era regulation, U.S. officials said Monday. But a high number of migrants are still in U.S. custody, although the number has fallen “significantly” since last week, said Blas Nunez-Neto, assistant …

Number of migrants fell 50% at US southern border after new immigration policy
1 year, 7 months ago

Number of migrants fell 50% at US southern border after new immigration policy

India Today  

The number of migrants encountered at the southern border fell 50 per cent during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of a key pandemic-era regulation, US officials said Monday. But a high number of migrants are still in US custody, although the number has fallen “significantly” since last week, said Blas Nunez-Neto, assistant …

‘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 …

Some US cities along the southern border say they have not seen a surge of migrants expected after expiration of Title 42
1 year, 7 months ago

Some US cities along the southern border say they have not seen a surge of migrants expected after expiration of Title 42

CNN  

CNN — Amid pressing concerns that a surge of migrant crossings would be triggered by the expiration of the US border restriction policy known as Title 42, some southern border communities have reported receiving fewer-than-expected migrant arrivals since the policy has been lifted. The motion said surging migration coupled with the termination of Title 42 “is overwhelming U.S. Customs and …

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 …

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 …

Countdown to Title 42: Migrants Await Fate at the US-Mexico Border
1 year, 7 months ago

Countdown to Title 42: Migrants Await Fate at the US-Mexico Border

News 18  

Hundreds of migrants from around the world seeking a better life in the United States have instead found themselves trapped in squalid conditions near the Mexican border, tantalizingly close to their destination, and desperate. “We are very tired and hungry and I have been here for six days,” said Pham Thanh, 28, of Vietnam, speaking through the bollards of a …

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 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 …

Photos: Migrants amass along the border as Title 42 nears expiration
1 year, 7 months ago

Photos: Migrants amass along the border as Title 42 nears expiration

LA Times  

As Title 42 is set to expire, security officials are bracing for what could be an unprecedented influx of migrants seeking asylum along the southern border. Somerton, Arizona Immigrants turn themselves over to U.S Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Ariz., on May 11. San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico Immigrants wait under tents to turn themselves over …

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 …

‘Risk it all': Migration rises ahead of end to asylum rules
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Risk it all': Migration rises ahead of end to asylum rules

Associated Press  

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Under a set of white tents at the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, dozens of Venezuelan men waited. But he also stressed that the situation at the border is “extremely challenging.” He spoke from a location in Brownsville where U.S. officials had set up a tent and facilities like portable bathrooms for migrants. Kyrsten Sinema, an independent …

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 …

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes
1 year, 9 months ago

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — A large group of migrants in Mexico who were poised to barge into the U.S. over the weekend were blocked from crossing a bridge leading from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said. The migrants were “posing a potential threat to make a mass entry,” and physical barriers …

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 toughens border, offers legal path for 30,000 people a month
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden toughens border, offers legal path for 30,000 people a month

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday the U.S. would immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally, his boldest move yet to confront the arrivals of migrants that have spiraled since he took office two years ago. “Do not, do not just show up at the border,” Mr. Biden said as he …

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 …

Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling
2 years ago

Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling

The Independent  

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Asylum seekers are gathering at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is why
2 years ago

Asylum seekers are gathering at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is why

LA Times  

The first time Mari Marin Bastidas tried to claim asylum at the U.S. border, she was turned away by authorities who said a policy instituted to slow the spread of COVID-19 meant her case would not even get a hearing. “I’m not going back anymore.” The fate of the policy now rests with the U.S. Supreme Court as anxiety and …

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 …

Suspense, pressure build at border over US asylum rules
2 years ago

Suspense, pressure build at border over US asylum rules

The Independent  

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US appeals court rejects efforts by conservative states on maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions
2 years ago

US appeals court rejects efforts by conservative states on maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions

Firstpost  

Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under US and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The public-health rule known as Title 42 has left some migrants biding time in Mexico Reynosa, Mexico: An appeals court on Friday rejected efforts by conservative states to maintain Trump-era asylum restrictions on …

Migrants gather in Mexico near U.S. border as Trump asylum restrictions near expiration
2 years ago

Migrants gather in Mexico near U.S. border as Trump asylum restrictions near expiration

LA Times  

Senda de Vida 2 in Reynosa, Mexico, is among the shelters housing more would-be asylum seekers this week. Thousands of migrants packed shelters on Mexico’s border with the United States on Friday as the end neared for Trump-era asylum restrictions. U.S. border cities, most notably El Paso, Texas, are also facing a daily influx of migrants that the Biden administration …

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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Asylum seeker crossings into US city of El Paso spike on weekend
2 years ago

Asylum seeker crossings into US city of El Paso spike on weekend

Al Jazeera  

Critics warn looming end of Title 42 immigration policy could lead to more crossings along the US-Mexico border. The US border city of El Paso, Texas, has said an estimated 5,105 asylum seekers are in custody as of Monday, after a wave of people crossed the Rio Grande River over the weekend. And so you’re kind of at a loss.” …

Migrant crossings at US border rise for 4th straight month
2 years, 6 months ago

Migrant crossings at US border rise for 4th straight month

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. border authorities stopped migrants more often on the southern border for a fourth straight month in May, apparently unaffected by expectations that pandemic-era limits on asylum may be lifted. Migrants were stopped 239,416 times in May, up 2% from 235,478 in April and up 33% from 180,597 in May 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday. …

Court ruling extends uneven treatment for asylum-seekers
2 years, 7 months ago

Court ruling extends uneven treatment for asylum-seekers

The Independent  

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