Along the Border, Waiting Anxiously for the End of a Pandemic-Era Rule

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Still, the presence of extra law enforcement in Texas appeared to send a message to many on the Mexican side.
57% : The city has been the center of Gov. Greg Abbott's multibillion-dollar, nearly two-year effort to increase law enforcement along the border, known as Operation Lone Star.
54% : The administration said any new policies that would restrict access to asylum would be rolled out alongside a new pathway for some migrants.
53% : Many were waiting for the end of Title 42 so they could enter the United States and apply for asylum.
52% : EAGLE PASS, Texas -- Up and down the southern border, officials in the United States watched as thousands of migrants in Mexico waited.
49% : Many migrants who hoped to once again be allowed to cross and claim asylum held back, while others forged ahead, wading across the Rio Grande with children lofted above the water or clambering through heavy brush to avoid detection.
49% : Migrants spotted from a helicopter on Wednesday afternoon on the outskirts of Eagle Pass appeared to be seeking to turn themselves in to Border Patrol, the first step in applying for asylum.
48% : The Supreme Court is reviewing a request from 19 Republican-led states to keep in place the pandemic-era policy that has been used to block migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.
37% : The White House and immigration officials have considered barring asylum to migrants who traveled through another country to get to the United States, but did not first seek asylum in that country.
34% : He added that blocking migrants from reaching Border Patrol agents and applying for asylum "could be illegal from a federal law perspective."

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