A full day after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials on Friday were still assessing the effects of new regulations. MORE ⬇️
The U.S.-Mexico border was relatively calm as the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions and migrants adapted to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings.
Many migrants in northern Mexico resigned themselves to waiting for an appointment rather than approaching the border without authorization. The legal pathways touted by the Biden administration consist of a program that permits up to 30,000 people a month from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter if they apply online with a financial sponsor and enter through an airport.
While Title 42 prevented many from seeking asylum, it carried no legal consequences for expulsion like those under the new rules.
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