US to implement new asylum policies and release some migrants without tracking as COVID-19 restrictions end.

The Biden administration will begin denying asylum to migrants who arrive at the US-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through, marking a fundamental shift in immigration policy as the US readies for the end of a key pandemic restriction. The new rule represents a significant shift in the way the US deals with asylum seekers who have been showing up at the border in huge numbers in anticipation of this week’s end of the use of a restriction known as Title 42 that allows the government to quickly expel migrants to Mexico.