WASHINGTON: The US will lift COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 on Thursday night, a major shift that has drawn tens of thousands of migrants to the US-Mexico border, straining local communities and intensifying political divisions. The number of migrants caught crossing illegally has climbed i
WASHINGTON: The US will lift COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 on Thursday night, a major shift that has drawn tens of thousands of migrants to the US-Mexico border, straining local communities and intensifying political divisions.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the new rule would mean tougher consequences for migrants crossing illegally who, if caught, could be deported and barred from the United States for five years if they do not qualify for asylum. "I asked the Congress for a lot more money for the Border Patrol. They didn't do it," Biden told reporters on Wednesday.
In Texas, Republican Governor Greg Abbott, a fierce critic of Biden's border policies, expanded an ongoing National Guard deployment this week"to help intercept and repel large groups of migrants trying to enter Texas illegally."
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