The agency cited “current public health conditions and an increased availability of tools to fight Covid-19” as grounds for returning in late May to prepandemic policies for admitting migrants.
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U.S. to Provide 35,000 More Seasonal Worker Visas
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, said the decision was meant to help American businesses in need of workers as the summer approaches.
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C.D.C. to Lift Order Restricting Immigration During the Pandemic
The change is to take effect in late May, according to people familiar with the planning, and should restore the right of migrants to request asylum once they cross the border into the United States.
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Homeland Security Is Making Plans to Handle a Record Surge of Migrants
Officials are bracing for the number of interceptions at the border to rise much higher if a public health order that has limited immigration during the pandemic is lifted.
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Biden Administration Will Vaccinate Migrants at Border
Some migrants who refuse will be detained and placed in removal proceedings, according to directions given to homeland security officials.