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Border towns face ‘difficult’ situation as Title 42 expires and tens of thousands of migrants wait to cross into US

‘We knew this was going to be a difficult transition,’ Homeland Security secretary says

The Independent UK

Migrants cross US-Mexico border as Title 42 restrictions end

‘Be careful with the children,’ an official shouted through a megaphone.

Evening Standard

Title 42: Biden officials press on with deportation plans and warn those crossing unlawfully face tougher consequences – as it happened

Officials stress hardline approach as American Civil Liberties Union files lawsuit, saying new rules close off safe routes for people seeking asylum

The Guardian - US

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Strict new rules come into force at US-Mexico border as Title 42 immigration ban expires

Secretary of homeland security warns ‘the border is not open’ after thousands of migrants had crossed onto US soil, hoping to be processed before midnight

The Guardian - AU

The Independent UK

Migrants rush across U.S. border in final hours before Title 42 expires

More than 27,000 people are in federal custody. And an official says daily encounters hit 10,000, slightly below the upper limit of 11,000 expected after Title 42 ends.

Chicago Sun-Times

Migrants stuck at US gates as Covid-era immigration policy expires

As pandemic-era asylum restrictions ended early Friday, migrants in northern Mexico faced more uncertainties about a new online system for appointments to seek asylum in the U.S. Some migrants still waded apprehensively into the Rio Grande, defying officials who shouted for them to turn back, while elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico…

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Title 42 ends with migrants lined up and border cities braced for the unknown

Long lines formed again next to the border wall in El Paso — a scene repeated in other parts of the southern border — as migrants anticipated the end of a policy that has allowed immigration agents to quickly expel them.

The Texas Tribune

Desperate and bewildered, migrants stuck at US gates as Title 42 ends

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.

Reuters

House GOP passes sweeping border security bill along partisan lines

It's unlikely to go anywhere in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Axios

Prof: Policies like Title 42 don't work

New Biden rules may make some of the most vulnerable migrants even more vulnerable

Salon

Immigration policies don’t deter migrants from coming to the US -- Title 42 and the border rules replacing it only make the process longer and more difficult

Politicians have been saying there’s an immigration crisis at the border for decades and have been trying to fix it for nearly as long. The rules have changed many times over the years – and they are about to change again as a pandemic-era set of restrictions expires May 11,…

The Conversation

Title 42, a COVID-era halt on asylum applications, has ended. Here's what to expect

The pandemic restrictions allowed for the quick expulsion of migrants at the border. Now that it's been lifted, some officials are expecting a record influx and an impending humanitarian crisis.

WEKU

'Now or never': Migrants seek to beat the end of pandemic-related asylum restrictions

Migrants are rushing across the border hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are to expire, fearing that policies will make it far more difficult to gain entry into the United States

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The Texas Tribune

Migrants waiting to cross the border say government’s app for asylum-seekers is a mess

Hundreds of migrants have waited on the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande for days to be apprehended. Others say they want to follow the rules to enter legally — if they could just get the government phone app to work.

The Independent UK

'Risk it all': Migrant surge as US prepares for Title 42 end

A recent surge of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a policy linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants

WEKU

Desperate migrants are choosing to cross the border through dangerous U.S. desert

The humanitarian aid group Border Kindness leaves water and other aid in areas along the U.S.-Mexico border. They say people are ill-prepared for conditions on uncharted trails.

The Independent UK

US readies second attempt at speedy border asylum screenings

The Biden administration is making its own attempt at speedy asylum screenings at the border, insisting it will be different than under President Donald Trump

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The Independent UK

Texas border city struggles with large arrival of migrants

Shelters in a Texas city are struggling to find space for migrants who authorities say have abruptly begun crossing by the thousands from Mexico

Reuters

Migrants find tips on Chinese version of TikTok for long trek to U.S.-Mexico border

FRONTON, Texas -Lihua Wu's journey to the United States started when she scrolled past the words "The Route", one of several common hashtags on Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, advising migrants on the irregular overland trek across Latin America to the United States, also known online as "the Big…

Roll Call

House Republican bill aims to restart border wall, improve tech - Roll Call

The House Homeland Security Committee released proposed legislation Monday that would restart border wall construction and more.

Tribune News Service

Rescue of undocumented migrants shows rise in Minnesota, North Dakota border crossings

The rescue from a flooded bog last week of nine men who had illegally crossed into Minnesota from Canada underscores a dramatic increase in undocumented immigrants coming into the United States across the northern border.

Tribune News Service

Migrants say Border Patrol is keeping them between the border walls for days without food or shelter

SAN DIEGO — When a 33-year-old man from Afghanistan who had worked for the U.S. Army as a translator crossed onto U.S. soil from Tijuana, he thought he'd finally made it to a place where he would be safe.

Tribune News Service

COUNTERPOINT: Of course there's a border crisis

Suppose that over a month or two, prices doubled. Would that be a crisis? Would it be a crisis if the number of people out of work doubled? Or the number of drug overdoses doubled, or car crashes, or burglaries?

Tribune News Service

POINT: Perpetual ‘border crisis’ echoes through American history

Don’t feel dismayed if you have no idea what’s going on at our southern border.

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