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US bolsters border with Mexico as pandemic-era asylum rules expire

Migrants gather along the border fence in San Diego, as the United States prepares to lift Title 42, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico May 8, 2023. © Jorge Duenes, Reuters

Tens of thousands of US law enforcement personnel have been deployed to the border with Mexico, officials said Wednesday, as waiting migrants voiced confusion and anger over a looming change to entry rules.

The United States is girding for a surge in people claiming refuge from political persecution, climate-related disaster and poverty when pandemic-era restrictions expire overnight Thursday into Friday.

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