Texas National Guard soldiers DPS BLOCK migrants illegally crossing the Rio Grande into Brownsville

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56% : © Provided by Daily Mail Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas explained Thursday that the end of Title 42 meant migrants would now be processed under Title 8 © Provided by Daily Mail Hours before Title 42 was lifted, hundreds of migrants lined up on U.S. soil in Yuma, Arizona to begin the process of applying for asylum.
50% : Under U.S. and international law, anyone who comes to the U.S. can ask for asylum.
49% : Republicans sued, arguing that the restrictions were necessary border security.
48% : The stopping of about 10,000 migrants by the Border Patrol on Tuesday made for one of the agency´s busiest days ever, according to a second U.S. official who provided information to the AP on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
48% : People from all over the world come to the U.S-Mexico border to seek asylum in the U.S.
46% : A writer who moved from Pennsylvania to Belize for a cheap and laid-back life said it's saved her money but the newfound peace of mind is priceless Migrants attempting to cross the southern border from Mexico into the U.S. encountered a blockade by soldiers hours before lifting of Title 42 restrictionsFootage at the border between Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas, revealing men, women, and children making their final efforts to enter the U.S.
45% : Under Title 42, migrants were returned back over the border and denied the right to seek asylum.
43% : Before that, migrants could cross illegally, ask for asylum and be allowed into the U.S..
41% : But Texas National Guard soldiers and officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety can be seen obstructing their pathMigrants have been attempting to cross the southern border from Mexico into the United States appear to have been blocked by some soldiers, with just hours to go before Title 42 restrictions are to be lifted at 10:59pm eastern Texas, 9:59pm in El Paso, Texas and 8:59pm in San Ysidro, California.
37% : The clock is ticking on the expiration of Title 42, the policy that permits U.S. Border Patrol to quickly deport illegal border crossers, and before new rules go into effect, but this group of migrants decided they couldn't wait any longer.
34% : Migrants caught crossing illegally will not be allowed to return for five years and they can face criminal prosecution if they do.
34% : The Biden administration is now turning away anyone seeking asylum who didn't first seek protection in a country they traveled through, or first applied online.
23% : Under this rule, any migrant who illegally enters the U.S. and applies for asylum, without first seeking asylum in another country, will be deported, and potentially banned from the U.S. for 5-years.

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