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The Biden administration Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through. It marks a fundamental shift in post-pandemic immigration policy known as Title 42.
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An appeals court rejected efforts to keep in place pandemic-related restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum.
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A coalition of conservative-leaning states is trying to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.
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More than 1.74 million migrants were stopped at the southwest border through June, breaking the record set through all of the last fiscal year.
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U.S. authorities stopped asylum-seekers more than 234,000 times in April, one of the highest marks in decades as the Biden administration prepares to lift pandemic-era restrictions on claiming asylum.
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A federal judge is set to hear arguments on whether the Biden administration can end pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum May 23.
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The number of migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has surged in recent weeks as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers.
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Former Trump administration officials are pressing Republican border governors to declare an “invasion” along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri have sued President Joe Biden’s administration to prevent federal officials from ending a public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.
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COVID-19 rates are plunging among migrants crossing the border from Mexico as the Biden administration faces a decision to end or extend sweeping restrictions on asylum that are aimed at limiting the virus’ spread.