New immigration rule limits asylum as Title 42 ends; human rights advocates warn of 'deepened crisis'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% :Title 42, which was invoked at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants from eight countries - including Venezuela, El Salvador and Guatemala - without giving them an opportunity to seek asylum.
55% : The policy's expiration was supposed to open the pathway to asylum for people from those countries who meet certain requirements.
47% : "Noncitizens can rebut this presumption only in very limited circumstances, for example, if they have used our lawful pathways or sought asylum or protection in another country through which they have traveled and were denied."
47% : But hundreds more people continue lining up along the banks on both sides of the Rio Grande, seeking to be processed by Border Patrol at the U.S. side of the border wall near Yarbrough Drive.
43% : "It's sad to see how many are getting caught by Border Patrol and the police when they cross into other streets, but there's just too many to handle," Granados said as he smoked a cigarette outside the Bodega Natural store on Father Rahm Street nearby.
40% : Migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through - or without first applying online - will largely be denied asylum under a new immigration order that's set to go into effect when Title 42 expires.
35% : That's because many won't be eligible for asylum under the new rules, and others who are caught crossing illegally could be deported under Title 8 and face tougher consequences, including a five-year ban on re-entry and criminal prosecution.
33% : Officials with DHS, Border Patrol and Customs and Border Patrol didn't respond to El Paso Matters' inquiries about how many migrants like Isaias surrendered on Wednesday after border enforcement agents dropped off flyers asking them to turn themselves in.
27% :Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Hope Border Institute in El Paso, called the new measures a "blow" to asylum.
23% : Starting Thursday night, however, the new rule "presumes that those who do not use lawful pathways to enter the United States are ineligible for asylum," Mayorkas said.
20% : He equated the Biden administration's rule to that of former President Trump's transit ban: "That means that if you didn't apply in Mexico for asylum, we're going to automatically reject you, which is a violation of international law, and also violation of our own U.S. laws - of due process."
18% : While the new Biden border policy is dressed in the neutral language of incentives and disincentives, it is a major blow to U.S. commitment to asylum, an unforced error by a Democratic administration that will be hard to repair, and will result in pain and death," Corbett posted on Twitter.

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