Title 42 expiration leads to decrease in undocumented migrant crossings at US-Mexico border.

The number of undocumented migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border dropped on Friday, the first day after Title 42 was lifted, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopping between 7,500 and 8,000 migrants. The Covid-era restrictions that allowed immigration officials to quickly turn away migrants expired on Thursday, ushering in tougher policies for asylum-seekers. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that people who did use a lawful pathway to cross the border would be "presumed ineligible for asylum."