Title 42 ends at midnight, county awaits aid for influx of asylum seekers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : On Wednesday, President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced a new rule in the wake of the expiring Title 42 which requires refugees and migrants to first seek and be denied asylum in another country before reaching the United States.
54% : "The federal government must prioritize rebuilding our country's asylum and immigration systems, including increasing support for and coordination with nonprofit organizations providing services to people seeking asylum."
51% : With the pandemic-era Title 42 policy to block immigrants at the southern border set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Thursday night, officials around the county are asking for federal aid, even as the White House rolls out new rules.
48% : "I am concerned that without Federal intervention, our current crisis, which takes our resources to an extreme level, will precipitate a full crisis," he wrote.
45% : "People fleeing persecution, violence and danger have the legal and human right to seek asylum in the United States," said Norma Chavez-Peterson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in San Diego and Imperial counties.
44% : "It is long past time that the federal government stop imposing unjust restrictions on access to asylum.
36% : Originally part of the 1944 Public Health Service Act, Title 42 allows two federal agencies -- Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection -- to prohibit the entry of people who may pose a health risk.
33% : "The rule presumes that those who do not use lawful pathways to enter the United States are ineligible for asylum."

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