The Biden administration will pause its signature effort to reform asylum processing at the border, Department of Homeland Security officials confirmed Wednesday.
The so-called asylum processing rule, which the administration launched with great fanfare in 2022, allowed asylum officers to grant and deny asylum to migrants at the southern border.
Administration officials insist that the pause is a temporary measure designed to ensure that the country's immigration agencies are prepared for a potential increase in border crossings after the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era measure that allows border agents to quickly turn back migrants.
