Terrified migrants made last-ditch dash over the border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The health-related policy was meant to stop the spread of COVID-19 from coming over the border into the U.S. - but the policy had the additional benefit to border communities of keeping illegal immigration at bay over the least nearly three years.
54% : The guidance, invoked by then-President Donald Trump in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, allows officers to easily turn asylum seekers away at the Southern border.
54% : The guidance, invoked by then-President Donald Trump in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, allows officers to easily turn asylum seekers away at the Southern border.
52% : Meanwhile, a massive Texas National Guard presence arrived at the southern border in El Paso Monday evening into Tuesday morning, sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott amid warning that crossings along the entire border could surge to 14,000 or more every day once Title 42 ends - sparking larger than usual crossings.
51% : Migrants who cross into El Paso are now coming face-to-face with National Guard troops and being redirected after a week of free flowing over the borderTexas National Guard have played a huge role in mitigating the migration crisis at the southern border - they have helped process at least 1,000 migrants every day
46% : Mexican police stand guard on the Ciudad Juarez, Mexico side of the southern border as migrants stand on the bank of the Rio Grande River waiting to cross into El Paso, Texas and claim asylum with U.S. Border Patrol agentsCrossings from Mexico and Northern Triangle nations - Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras - dropped by 43 percent since September, a Homeland Security official told DailyMail.com.
45% : With the public-health rule in place, Border Patrol and immigration enforcement were able to expel migrants without hearing their asylum claims.
45% : As an additional security measure, National Guard members started redirecting migrants on Tuesday to the legal port of entry so they could not evade Border Patrol for processing.
43% : Title 42 border restrictions are a public health order that enabled U.S. authorities to turn back most migrants, including people seeking asylum from persecution.
43% : The pronounced uptick in asylum seekers in the city sparked the mayor to issue a state of emergency saying he could no longer ensure residents' safety as border crossings have overwhelmed law enforcement personnel and local food banksSeats were in short supply at this terminal, with some migrants relegated to the floor as they waited to be transported elsewhere'We paid the cartels to come over and they robbed everything from us.
38% : Title 42 is one of two major surviving Trump-era policies to deter asylum at the border.
36% : On 2.5 million occasions since Title 42 was invoked in March 2020, migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum in the U.S. and are now coming face-to-face with hundreds of troops deployed by Abbott.

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