U.S. warns migrants: Border remains closed despite pandemic restrictions lifting.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned migrants against illegally crossing into the United States as Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that allowed officials to expel migrants quickly, ends on Thursday. Officials are bracing for an increase in illegal border crossings, with over 11,000 migrants apprehended on Tuesday alone. Mayorkas said the administration is sending more asylum officers to process claims and launching a digital advertising campaign in Central and South America to counter false claims made by smugglers. The administration is set to impose a restriction on asylum seekers that would quickly reject claims for most people who cross the border but do not seek refuge in Mexico first, with limited exceptions.