Title 42 Has Ended. Here Are 7 Things You Need to Know About the US's Evolving Immigration Policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border for the past three years.
50% : Republicans sued, arguing the restrictions were necessary for border security.
50% : Under U.S. and international law, anyone who comes to the U.S. can ask for asylum.
48% : Under Title 42, migrants were returned over the border and denied the right to seek asylum.
48% : People from all over the world travel to the U.S-Mexico border to seek asylum.
44% : Before that, migrants could cross illegally, ask for asylum and be allowed into the U.S. They were then screened and often released to wait out their immigration cases.
40% : The U.S. is putting new restrictions into place at its southern border to try to stop migrants from crossing illegally and encourage them instead to apply for asylum online through a new process.
34% : Migrants caught crossing illegally will not be allowed to return for five years and can face criminal prosecution if they do.
34% : The Biden administration is now turning away anyone seeking asylum who didn't first seek protection in a country they traveled through, or first applied online.

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