'Tale of two borders': how a US Covid-era rule shapes fate of migrants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% :It's a routine early morning task for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in this flat expanse of desert where the wall ends.
52% : From here, the border patrol drops off hundreds of migrants each day at the Regional Center for Border Health near Yuma, that charters six buses daily to transport them almost 200 miles north-east to Phoenix Sky Harbor international airport.
47% : Yet it's continuing use depends on where people come from and which port of entry they are trying to seek asylum.
41% : On paper, Title 42 denies people of all nationalities the right to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of Covid .
40% : The only option for most Mexicans and Central Americans caught up in the Title 42 ban is to try crossing at more isolated and less militarized points in hope of eluding detention - otherwise they are likely to be summarily expelled, and refused the opportunity to seek asylum.

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