President Joe Biden predicted on Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border will be “chaotic for a while” as pandemic-related restrictions end and his new border policies come into effect.
The Trump-era Title 42 border policy will be lifted on Thursday as a set of new policies are set in place to clamp down on illegal border crossings.
The Title 42 restrictions have allowed U.S. officials to swiftly return asylum seekers and illegal migrants over the border on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19—over 2.8 million times since March 2020.
The Biden administration’s new policies allow law-abiding immigrants a path into the United States—if they apply online through a government app, have a sponsor, and pass background checks….