Migration

The announcement comes the same day Gov. Greg Abbott wrote to the country’s governors, asking them to support his border security operation now that the pandemic-era health policy known as Title 42 has expired.

People who enter the U.S. illegally could be banned from returning for at least five years, and repeat offenders could face prosecution. And many migrants seeking asylum at the southern border will need to show they were turned down by a country they crossed into first before asking the U.S.

Immigrant and human rights advocates are troubled by the Biden administration’s decision to expand its "Migration Protection Protocols" to include asylum seekers of any country in the Western Hemisphere other than Mexico.

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