NEW: Biden administration officials reveal what they describe as a 'comprehensive, multi-agency, multi-country plan' to 'humanely manage the border' when a Trump-era policy known as Title 42 lifts this week.
Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States wait to be processed by U.S. border agents after crossing over from Mexico on May 9, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.Amid concerns over a looming immigration surge at the southern U.S. border, Biden administration officials have revealed what they described as a "comprehensive, multi-agency, multi-country plan" to "humanely manage the border" when a Trump-era policy known as Title 42 lifts this week.
"We are also significantly expanding, starting on Thursday, our use of expedited removal at the border. This is our traditional title eight consequences for individuals who are encountered between ports of entry," the official said. "We have spent much of the last year building out additional interview rooms and adding phone lines to both CBP and ICE facilities in order to facilitate the interviews that are required under the expedited removal process for asylum officers.
Officials said that the finalized version of the sweeping restriction on asylum, first proposed by the Biden administration earlier this year, would be published Thursday morning, acknowledging that the policy -- which has drawn considerable criticism from the president's own party -- placed "significant conditions" on the existing rule.The change is almost certain to be challenged in court.
Police officers stand while immigrants wait to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection near the border with Mexico as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions near El Paso, Texas, May 9, 2023.It is currently unclear how long turnaround times for appointments might be or how long the whole process might take.
"This will not be the last and certainly was not the first legal pathway made available in an innovative fashion by the administration to deal with this unprecedented challenge," they said. They added that the administration had also deployed over 1,400 medical support staff to the border, increased its capacity to hold individuals at border patrol facilities by more than 7,000 beds over the last two years, and increased repatriation flight capacity by more than 70% over the last year.
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