U.S. Plans Migrant Processing Centers in Latin America to Ease Border Strain.

The Biden administration will establish immigration processing centers in Latin America, including Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, and eventually Costa Rica, to process asylum claims before migrants try to move on to the US southern border. The move comes ahead of the lifting of Title 42, a Trump-era border policy that has been used to expel asylum-seeking migrants on public health grounds. The administration will also rely on a new rule that will bar some migrants from applying for asylum in the US if they cross the border illegally or fail to first apply for safe harbor in another country.