Title 42, implemented by the Trump administration, has kept most asylum seekers out of the U.S. but a new ruling may allow a surge of border crossings.
reported, but it's an estimate based on the worst-case situation and what's expected to be an overwhelming surge in border traffic if Title 42 is lifted.
Government officials are preparing for a"worst-case scenario" in which 400,000 migrants could cross the southern border this October. Above, Central Americans who spent weeks traveling across Mexico walk to the U.S. side of the border to ask for asylum on April 29, 2018.) and implemented by the Trump administration in March 2020, denied entry to the U.S. for most asylum seekers in order to lessen the spread of COVID-19.
On September 16, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled that the current administration does not have the power to block asylum seekers at the U.S. Mexico border using the restriction. It would become effective in 14 days.
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