How the U.S. is bracing for the end of Title 42 at the southern border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% :Biden announced last week that he was sending 15,000 U.S. troops to the southern border to help stem the flow of migrants.
55% : In light of concerns about overcrowding at border processing facilities, the Biden administration is now reportedly directing CBP to release some migrants into the country on parole with instructions to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.
51% : Since its implementation, Title 42 has been used 2.8 million times to turn away migrants at the southern border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Data.
48% : Title 42, an emergency public health measure allowing for the expulsion of migrants seeking asylum to the United States, is set to expire at 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, more than three years after it was put in place by the Trump administration at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
45% : In 2022, a total of 1,480,416 individual migrants were encountered by Border Patrol, and of those, 246,045 made at least two or more attempts to cross into the U.S.
45% : On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security officials said more than 11,000 migrants had been apprehended along the southern border, a record for single-day arrests.
39% : In an attempt to curb the flow of asylum seekers traveling to the U.S. through Mexico, the Biden administration on Wednesday finalized a new rule, first announced in February, that will make migrants ineligible for asylum at the border if they fail to first apply for an appointment online or seek protection in another country that they traveled through on their way to the U.S.Here are some aspects about the policy and its expiration, as well as what comes next.
37% : Those who don't will be deported, subject to a five-year ban on reentering the U.S., and will be subject to criminal prosecution if they attempt to return.
35% : Some critics point to these numbers as evidence of how ineffective Title 42 has been at deterring migrants from attempting to cross the southern border.
23% : The Biden administration initially planned to stop using Title 42 to expel family units of migrants in July 2021, amid pressure from progressive advocates who argued that the policy violated migrants' right to seek asylum.

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