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Life as an asylum seeker can change in an instant. Ceidy Zethare was in a Tijuana laundromat when she found out she would be entering the United States the next day.

Life as an asylum seeker can change in an instant. Ceidy Zethare was in a Tijuana laundromat when she found out she would be entering the United States the next day.

Title 42, meant to keep out asylum seekers and other undocumented migrants, is still in effect. But Customs and Border Protection is taking small numbers in through the San Ysidro Port of Entry as exemptions to that policy.

The use of Title 42 as a “border security” measure is a flagrant violation of international and domestic law. It effectively overturns the right to asylum along with all other legal rights of migrants.

The group Border Angels estimates that since 1994, about 10,000 people have died in their attempts to cross the border, and for every body found five more are unaccounted for.

Migrant advocates and lawyers expect more people to arrive at US-Mexico border ahead of restrictive policy’s end in May.

There is sympathy for Ukrainian refugees but also protocols; and that's resulted in a teenager without her parents, being held at the U.S. Border Crossing.

According to multiple reports, the Biden administration is considering ending the controversial immigration policy known as Title 42, which has blocked more than 1.7 million migrants from seeking asylum in the United States.

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For asylum seekers this camp was their home, but for Mexican authorities this camp had become a headache.