United States: at the Mexican border, the situation remains stable after the end of "Title 42"

2023-05-13T16:46:32.818Z

Highlights: The US Department of the Interior confirms that there has been no substantial increase in arrivals since Thursday. In El Paso, the head of the border guards, Raul Ortiz, also does not expect a wave of illegal immigration. The new "Title 8" only allows migrants to enter the U.S. if another country has previously denied them asylum, or if they have made an appointment on the CBP One app to file their asylum claim, and only on that date. Those who try to enter without this sesame face five years of inadmissibility from the United States.

With the transition to the new regulations to apply for asylum in the United States, the US Department of the Interior confirms that there has been no substantial increase in arrivals since Thursday...

United States: at the Mexican border, the situation remains stable after the end of "Title 42"

A group of migrants camp facing the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, May 12, 2023. AP - Andres Leighton

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With the transition to the new regulations for seeking asylum in the United States, the US Department of the Interior confirms that there has been no substantial increase in arrivals since Thursday, May 11 and the end of "Title 42". In El Paso, the head of the border guards, Raul Ortiz, also does not expect a wave of illegal immigration, as local authorities and US Republican elected officials feared.

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With our special envoy to El Paso, Thomas Harms

At sunrise on Friday, May 12, "Title 42" had ended. And groups of asylum seekers continued to be loaded onto US border guard buses. First, families or mothers with children, then single men. About fifty buses made the trip.

In total, more than a thousand migrants have crossed the Rio Grande and are in the hands of border guards. 400 were handed over to the various shelters of the city with their summons to appear before an immigration judge at their place of destination, and at a later date. The situation is fragile, but so far, so good, as El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser explains:

« We have to continue to prepare for the unknown, because we don't know what's going to happen next week and the days that follow. It's just the beginning, but we've prepared for that. »

The new "Title 8" only allows migrants to enter the U.S. if another country has previously denied them asylum, or if they have made an appointment on the CBP One app to file their asylum claim, and only on that date. But this system has already been in place since January for nationals of Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Those who try to enter without this sesame face five years of inadmissibility from the United States.

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