As Title 42 ends, here are the benefits available to migrants
Some people who favor tighter restrictions on immigration argue that migrants can become a tax burden. Here's the reality.
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Some people who favor tighter restrictions on immigration argue that migrants can become a tax burden. Here's the reality.
Authorities predict arrests will spike to between 12,000 and 14,000 a day.
The unexpected lower number of illegal crossings right after Title 42's termination could be a sign that the recent spike in migration peaked before the policy's end. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/title-42-expires-no-immediate-spike-illegal-border-entries-migrants-u-s-mexico-border/
On Friday, the first day since March 2020 in which the U.S. could no longer cite Title 42 to expel migrants, Border Patrol apprehended 6,300 migrants, a sharp drop from earlier in the week.
Homeland Security and immigration officials are preparing for an increase in the number of migrants along the southern U.S. border after the expiration of Title 42.
Migrants subjected to the rule could face deportation to their home country or Mexico as well as a five-year ban from the U.S.
A bus carrying 31 migrants from Venezuela arrived in Philadelphia Wednesday morning.
The rule represents a major pivot by President Biden, a Democrat who campaigned on restoring access to the U.S. asylum system.
Howard Monroe reports.
