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"You can come into the country at a port of entry and ask for asylum. Title 42 effectively stopped that, but Title 8 is law of the land," immigration attorney Gabriel Seanez said.
The Biden administration on Wednesday morning unveiled a lengthy plan on how it plans to deter and stop immigrants from crossing the southern border from Mexico once Title 42 expires.
Thousands of migrants have come to the border in the past few weeks as stowaways atop Mexican trains.
When the law ends, officials say they are expecting a surge of migrants coming to Southern New Mexico, but others say asylum seekers will find it difficult.
Even before Sunday’s tragedy in South Texas, migrants in Downtown El Paso were worried about their safety. They not only feared the possibility of being struck by a vehicle while sleeping on sidewalks but also of running into someone in America with hateful intentions.