Suspense, pressure build at border over US asylum rules

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for enforcing border security, acknowledged Roberts' order -- and also said the agency would continue "preparations to manage the border in a safe, orderly, and humane way when the Title 42 public health order lifts."
56% : Biden administration officials said they have marshaled more resources to the southern border in preparation for the end of Title 42.
50% :Conservative-leaning states have argued that lifting Title 42 will lead to a surge of migrants into their states and take a toll on government services like health care or law enforcement.
47% : Conservative-leaning states won a reprieve -- though it could be brief -- as they push to keep limits on asylum seekers, arguing that increased numbers would take a toll on public services such as law enforcement and health care, warning of an "unprecedented calamity" at the southern border in a last-ditch written appeal to the Supreme Court.
47% : About 23,000 agents are currently deployed to the southern border, according to the White House.
45% :Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19 under a public-health rule called Title 42.

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