What is Title 42? What is Title 8? Here's what to know about US border policies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border enters a new chapter now that a public health rule known as Title 42 has expired.
55% : The first is to apply for asylum in a country that the person crossed on their way to the United States, such as Mexico.
54% : The Department of Homeland Security said it secured agreements from Canada and Spain to also offer admission to individuals who apply for asylum at these regional processing centers.
52% : Starting May 12, any person who arrives at the U.S.-Mexico border to claim asylum will be required to the make an appointment at one of eight port of entries using the CBP One App.
49% : On May 10, the departments of Homeland Security and Justice published a final rule on asylum eligibility that will significantly change who can apply for asylum in the United States.
43% : The stated goal of Title 42 was to avoid the spread of COVID-19 at border holding facilities by denying migrants entry into the U.S., even if they had valid claims for asylum.
39% : According to the rule, migrants will also be ineligible for asylum if they did not apply for some of the established legal pathways like the humanitarian parole program, or if they did not make an appointment at a port of entry using the CBP One App.
34% : Even though U.S. law says any person can apply no matter how they arrived in the country, the final rule makes migrants ineligible to claim asylum in the United States if they do not do two things.

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