Migrants Rush Across US Border in Final Hours Before Expiration of Title 42

A migrant gestures to Texas National Guards standing behind razor wire on the bank of the Rio Grande river, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, on May 11, 2023. Fernando Llano/AP Photo

MATAMOROS, Mexico—Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday in hopes of entering the United States in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted—a change that many feared could make it more difficult for them to stay.

With a midnight deadline looming, migrants in Mexico shed clothing before descending a steep bank into the Rio Grande.