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A woman led law enforcement on a 155-mile chase from Simi Valley to the Mexico border after stealing a minivan, crossing into Mexico before returning to the U.S. and turning herself in; the chase was characterized by her mental health crisis and efforts to deploy spike strips that were unsuccessful.
President Biden and former President Trump are both planning trips to the Mexico border in Texas, highlighting the central importance of immigration in the 2024 presidential race. Biden will visit Brownsville to discuss bipartisan legislation and border security, while Trump will head to Eagle Pass, emphasizing the immigration crisis as a problem for Biden's reelection effort. The failure of congressional talks on a border deal has led to increased focus on immigration, with both parties seeking to use the issue to their advantage.
The US has introduced a new regulation that will deny asylum to most migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally, as COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 end this week. The regulation creates a new presumption that migrants arriving at the border are ineligible for asylum if they passed through other nations without seeking protection elsewhere first or if they failed to use legal pathways for US entry. The move has been criticized by both Republicans and Democrats, with some saying it undercuts asylum guarantees in US law and international agreements.