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Now that Title 42 has lifted, the US government is returning to a decades-old section of US code known as Title 8, which Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has warned would carry “more severe” consequences for migrants found to be entering the country without a legal basis.
The Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly stressed in recent months that migrants apprehended under Title 8 authority may face a swift deportation process, known as “expedited removal” – and a ban on reentry for at least five years. Those who make subsequent attempts to enter the US could face criminal prosecution, DHS has said.
The administration is also rolling out new, strict policy measures following the lifting of Title 42 that will go into effect this week.
That includes putting into place a new asylum rule that will largely bar migrants who passed through another country from seeking asylum in the US. The rule, proposed earlier this year, will presume migrants are ineligible for asylum in the US if they didn’t first seek refuge in a country they transited through, like Mexico, on the way to the border. Migrants who secure an appointment through the CBP One app will be exempt, according to officials.
The part I bolded is something that is a good policy, and one that I've advocated for in the past and that several other countries have already adopted. For instance, the EU implemented the The Dublin III Regulation, which follows a slight variation of the "first safe country" principle of asylum.
The goal being to make sure that asylum seekers aren't specifically "country shopping" for the one that offers the most economic benefits, as seeking asylum is something very different than emigrating for other reasons (in which it's perfectly fine to find the country you truly think is the best, and apply to move there through the normal channels)