Title 42, a public health policy that has blocked many migrants at the southern border from seeking asylum, expires May 11. The U.S. government is preparing for a migration spike, as people return to using a 1996 legal exception to seek asylum.
The Biden administration in January launched a smartphone app to let migrantsschedule asylum appointments at official ports of entry. Once Title 42 is lifted, the app will become available to any migrant who is in central and northern Mexico.the app doesn’t offer sufficient appointments and has technical glitches.A proposedwould require all asylum seekers to use the app to schedule an appointment in the U.S.
in Colombia and Guatemala. Immigrants can schedule interviews with specialists who will help them determine their legal options for entering the U.S., staying in the country where the center is located, or migrating to Canada or Spain.The White House forwarded PolitiFact’s request for comment to DHS. The agency did not weigh in.That’s unclear, because some of these policies could be challenged in court.
"What the world after May 11 will look like may actually get determined more by a federal district court judge than by Secretary Mayorkas," Chishti, of the Migration Policy Institute, said. Migrants line up after being detained by U.S. authorities at the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, April 30, 2023. Images of masses of people trying to enter the southern border often prompt some elected officials and pundits to question why these migrants aren’t coming here"
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