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US Republicans pass ‘extreme’ immigration bill as Title 42 ends

Republican legislators have advanced a hard line on immigration, promising to radically reduce the right to apply for asylum [Denis Poroy/AP Photo]

Republicans in the House of Representatives have passed a sweeping bill to build more stretches of wall along the United States-Mexico border and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hardline counter to President Joe Biden’s policies.

The legislation, passed on Thursday, advances to the Senate just as migrants and asylum seekers are amassing along the border with the end of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

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