Follow along below for the latest news and analysis on the pandemic-era immigration policy Title 42 lifting and its effect on Houston and the rest of Texas from Chronicle reporters at the border.
Cruz and other Texas Republicans have said Biden’s rhetoric about building a more “humane” immigration system, and his dismantling of some key Trump-era immigration restrictions, have signaled to asylum seekers that the border is open — even as his administration has turned away millions of migrants since taking office. Republicans say lifting Title 42 is the clearest message yet.
“The law hasn’t finished yet! Tell them to let us in!” shouted one woman who had been kept behind a barbed wire fence outside the camp of several hundred people. Maita Contreras’ mind was elsewhere, with his nine-month pregnant wife and 4-year-old son who are alone in Arizona. He’s worried his wife will give birth before he can arrive, and feels powerless to protect his boy. He wants to provide for his mother back home.— Sam González Kellythat allowed officials to quickly turn away migrants at the U.S.
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