Natalie Portman is at the US-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez. She says a group of migrants have gathered on the other side of the Rio Grande. They want to turn themselves in to border officials, some of them to apply for asylum. Portman: These are going to be the first people to test out this new system.
For weeks, officials have feared that the end of Title 42 would create a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that would strain and possibly cripple America’s immigration system.
Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, reports from the border about what actually happened when the pandemic-era policy expired.
Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
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