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With the start of the Fiscal Year 2025 less than four months away, lawmakers are proposing increasing funds for border technology, the number of migrant detention beds, and more border wall construction.
Another idea is to have officers, who are making the initial screenings, determine if a migrant has a legitimate claim for asylum, if not, asylum seekers would be expelled to their country of origin almost immediately.
The Biden administration this month announced plans to speed up asylum proceedings and quickly remove those who don't qualify, something critics say is similar to the Trump-era Title 42, a public health order that allowed immigration officers to quickly expel migrants before they could ask for asylum.
Town across the border have imposed restrictions to deal with the situation, which is not showing signs of improvement
Two new migrant caravans are making their way north from southern Mexico and a third is expected to set off from Guatemala on May 31, according to reports.