US Immigration Officials Announce Border Plans as End of Title 42 Nears

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : If a migrant wants to claim asylum, however, an asylum officer interviews them before removal, deportation or the granting of authorization to enter the U.S. to continue the asylum process.
51% : "We stand ready to work with Congress to pass desperately needed reform to our immigration and asylum system."
50% : The main goal is to slow and reduce migration to the southern border, specifically once Title 42 is lifted on May 11.
49% : This week House Republicans released their own immigration plan, the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023, which would expand migrant family detention, tighten the process to verify the documentation of every immigrant worker, require migrants to seek asylum at specific ports of entry, and give a border patrol officer the power to block any foreign citizen from entering the U.S. if it "is necessary in order to achieve operational control over the border."
43% : The public health policy allowed U.S. immigration officials to quickly expel migrants to their country of origin or Mexican border towns and deny them a chance at asylum.
37% : "The United States is working with our partners in the region on migration, so as to take among other things pressure off our borders by giving people alternatives to making a hazardous journey to seek asylum in the United States," he said in the briefing.
24% : It carries stiff consequences for irregular migration, including at least a five-year ban on reentry and potential criminal prosecution for repeated attempts to cross unlawfully," Mayorkas said.

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