Title 42 ends: Mayorkas says asylum-seekers at U.S.-Mexico border subject to ‘swift’ action

Speaking at the White House briefing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas emphasized that starting at midnight, people who arrive will be subject to “swift and immediate” immigration enforcement under Title 8. Mayorkas also said that the government has a “humanitarian obligation” to “cut smugglers out.”