CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/EL PASO, Texas — The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the US-Mexico border on Friday (May 12) as a Covid-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty. Several last-minute court actions added to questions about how President Joe Biden's reworked...
Texas National Guard soldiers place more razor wire on the banks of the Rio Bravo river as asylum seekers cross the border to turn themselves in to US Border Patrol agents before the lifting of Title 42, in Matamoros, Mexico, on May 11, 2023.
Seeking to discourage migrants from travelling to the border, the Mexican government said its national migration institute has ordered its offices not to issue immigration documents or other permits enabling travel within the country, creating another obstacle for migrants. Advocates argue the new regulation, put in place by Biden's Democratic administration to curb illegal crossings, resembles restrictions imposed by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, that they had successfully blocked in court.
Lindsay Toczylowski, director of Immigrant Defenders Law Center, one of the groups suing the Biden administration, said the new asylum policy was "extremely disappointing when people's lives are in the balance."
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