Pandemic-era order known as Title 42 expires, straining U.S. immigration system

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The administration hopes that a new system will be more orderly, and will help some migrants to seek asylum in Canada or Spain instead of the U.S.
48% : The case also cites the recent adoption of requiring migrants to use CBP One, the app known for its issues and barriers for asylum seekers looking to schedule one of less than 800 daily appointments.
44% : While Title 42 prevented many from seeking asylum, it carried no legal consequences, encouraging repeat attempts.
40% : As pandemic-era asylum restrictions ended early Friday, migrants in northern Mexico faced more uncertainties about a new online system for appointments to seek asylum in the U.S.
40% : A U.S. official reported the Border Patrol stopped some 10,000 migrants on Tuesday -- nearly twice the average daily level from March and only slightly below the 11,000 figure that authorities have said is the upper limit of what they expect after Title 42 ends.
39% : After Thursday, migrants face being barred from entering the U.S. for five years and possible criminal prosecution.
39% : On Wednesday, Homeland Security announced a rule to make it extremely difficult for anyone who travels through another country or who did not apply online to qualify for asylum, with few exceptions.
38% :The filing argues that U.S. legal code does not allow the administration to restrict access to asylum based on a migrant's manner of entry, or whether they've applied for asylum elsewhere.
21% : President Joe Biden's administration introduced the new asylum rules in a bid to get asylum-seekers to stop coming across the border illegally by reviving and sharpening pre-pandemic penalties and creating new legal pathways to asylum that aim to cut out unscrupulous smugglers.

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