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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Ted Hesson

Explainer-Title 42: what is the US border policy and what happens when it ends?

Migrants enter a welcoming center where they receive clothing, food, hygiene products and other goods in Brownsville, Texas, U.S. May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evan Garcia

The United States is set to lift COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday night, known as Title 42, which have been in place for three years and allow border agents to quickly expel many migrants caught crossing the border back to Mexico.

Immigration processing will revert to a pre-existing system, known as Title 8, but with new, much more stringent rules for asylum seekers attached.

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