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Chicago Sun-Times
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Associated Press

Migrants rush across U.S. border in final hours before Title 42 expires

Migrants speak with members of the Texas National Guard after swimming across the Rio Grande to enter the United States on Thursday. (Getty)

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system.

The imminent end of the rules known as Title 42 stirred fear among migrants that the change would make it more difficult for them to stay in the U.S.

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