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Venezuelan and Nicaraguan migrants are transferred by agents of the Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande river from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico to El Paso, Texas, US to ask for political asylum on December 27, 2022. - The US government's two-year-old policy of invoking Covid-19 precautions to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants at the Mexican border will remain in place for now, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decision to uphold the controversial rule known as Title 42 stemmed off a looming political crisis for President Joe Biden, as thousands waited at the southern border in expectation the policy was about to end. (Photo by Herika Martinez / AFP) (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal Judge Blocks Biden Asylum Policy

A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration’s policy for asylum seekers that went into effect after Title 42 was lifted.

MATAMOROS, MEXICO - MAY 12: (L-R) Alfredo Gordillo, Luis Rodriguez, Johnny Durante, and Roberto Iglesias, originally from Venezuela, relax in a temporary encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande as they wait for permission to enter the United States on May 12, 2023 in Matamoros, Mexico. The number of immigrants reaching the border has surged with the end of the U.S. government's Covid-era Title 42 policy, which for the past three years has allowed for the quick expulsion of irregular migrants entering the country.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

U.S. halts online asylum appts at Texas border crossing after warnings of extortion

After campaigners notified U.S. officials that immigrants were being targeted for extortion at a Texas border crossing that connects to an infamously dangerous Mexican city, the Biden administration stopped taking mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: Newly arrived asylum seekers wait in a holding area at the Port Authority bus terminal before being sent off to area shelters and hotels on May 15, 2023 in New York City. The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown is being prepped to reopen shortly to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers into New York City. With migrants arriving weekly on buses from Texas and other parts of the country, Mayor Eric Adams' administration is under pressure to find shelter for the thousands of individuals and families looking to start new lives in America. Mayor Adams announced Saturday that the city will utilize the closed hotel to eventually provide as many as 1,000 rooms for migrants. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Two More Migrant Shelters to Open in Big Apple

The city will open two new humanitarian relief centers in Manhattan to support the ongoing influx of migrants arriving in the five boroughs.