Title 42

It’s a story that’s made national headlines in one way or another all summer, highlighted by Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial Operation Lone Star.

One of the new U.S. rules says you can't request asylum unless you've already been denied in another country. Mexico is getting more applications than ever, and crowded shelters have turn people away.

Immigration attorneys along the border are scrambling to help migrants seek asylum after the Biden administration ended a Trump-era pandemic border restriction, known as Title 42, and replaced it with a patchwork of different policies.

The announcement comes the same day Gov. Abbott wrote to the country’s governors, asking them to support his border security operation now that the pandemic-era health policy known as Title 42 has expired.

The end of Title 42 has raised questions on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border about what will transpire in the months to come — both procedurally and politically.

The large influx of migrants seeking asylum did not happen in the final hours as the pandemic heath order ended on the Texas-Mexico border.

As the pandemic-era border policy Title 42 is set to end Thursday, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, about the expected impact on border communities.

He announced the deployment of a new operations unit in anticipation of the border health policy ending later this week. The pandemic-era public health order allows for the rapid expulsion of some migrants.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said during a visit to Texas that the administration will enforce measures that he hopes will discourage migrants from making the dangerous journey to the United States.

Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar said U.S. Customs and Border Protection is processing a growing number of people. Antonio Fernandez, the president and CEO of Catholic Charities, urged residents to make donations to assist with the humanitarian effort.