Migrants gather at the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, Calif., in advance of the lifting of Covid-era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020.

Police officers stand while immigrants wait to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection near the U.S.-Mexico border as the United States prepares to lift Covid era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, May 9, 2023.

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