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Asylum-seekers say joy over the end of the public health restriction known as Title 42 this month is turning into anguish with the realization of how the Biden administration’s new rules affect them.

The number of migrants encountered at the southern border fell 50% during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of Title 42 U.S. officials said Monday.

With demand far outstripping available slots, a new U.S. government mobile phone app has been an exercise in frustration for many asylum hopefuls.

When Luis López was lost in Panama’s Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them.

Confusion has rippled from the U.S.-Mexico border to migrant routes across the Americas, as migrants scramble to understand complex and ever-changing laws. And while Title 42 has come to an end, the crush of migrants headed north has not.

A full day after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials on Friday were still assessing the effects of a switch to new regulations adopted by President Joe Biden’s administration

The U.S. is putting new restrictions into place at its southern border to try to to stop migrants from crossing illegally and encourage them instead to apply for asylum online through a new process. Here’s what you should know.

Pandemic-related asylum restrictions that expelled migrants millions of times have ended in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system.

A federal judge tonight blocked the Department of Homeland Security from implementing a new Biden administration policy that would release some migrants into the U.S. without court dates or the ability to track them.

n border towns like Tijuana, Mexico, migrants could be seen out in the open, covering their bodies with blankets and sleeping in makeshift tents, while waiting for their asylum hearings

Hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions were set to be lifted, Florida’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over a new immigration policy.

Towns and communities across the Southern border are bracing for the end of Title 42 and the wave of migrants expected to come with it. NBC’s Brie Jackson reports from El Paso, Texas.

Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday in hopes of entering the U.S. in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted — a change that many feared could make it more difficult for them to stay.

Title 42 ends this Thursday, May 11, 2023.

The Biden administration is reportedly set to release migrants on “parole” with a notice to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office but without enrolling them in the Alternatives to Detention program that requires a given court date.

The Biden administration on Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through, marking a fundamental shift in immigration policy as the U.S. readies for the end of a key pandemic restriction.

The restrictions have been in place since 2020, and allowed U.S. officials to quickly return migrants over the border.

What to know about the public health rule known as Title 42, and what it means for migrants seeking asylum on the Southern border.

A decade ago, it was a safe bet that anyone stopped by U.S. authorities at the southern border was probably Mexican. That’s no longer the case.