Title 42, which allowed U.S. authorities to quickly expel migrants on public health grounds, expired on May 11.
WSJ’s Alicia A. Caldwell explains what the policy is, its effect on the border and what comes next.
Photo: John Moore/Getty ImagesAUSTIN, Texas—Texas state police troopers and National Guard members patrolling the border with Mexico were ordered to deny water to people at a time when temperatures surpassed 100 degrees, to push an exhausted mother with a nursing baby into the Rio Grande and to prevent a preschooler near razor wire from getting to shore, according to an email from a trooper airing his concerns to his superior.
Persons:
WSJ’s Alicia A, Caldwell, John Moore
Organizations:
Getty, AUSTIN , Texas —, National Guard
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AUSTIN , Texas, AUSTIN , Texas — Texas, Mexico, Rio