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    Asylum seekers are gathering at the US-Mexico border. This is why

    by Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times Dec 25, 2022 5 minutes
    Immigrants keep warm by a fire at dawn after spending the night outside next to the U.S.- Mexico border fence on Dec. 22, 2022, in El Paso, Texas. A spike in the number of migrants seeking asylum in the United States has challenged local, state and federal authorities. The numbers are expected to increase as the fate of the Title 42 authority to expel migrants remains in...

    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The first time Mari Marin Bastidas tried to claim asylum at the U.S. border, she was turned away by authorities who said a policy instituted to slow the spread of COVID-19 meant her case would not even get a hearing.

    Dejected, she returned to her home in the state of Michoacán in western Mexico.

    Two years later, she is back at the border to try again. Word has been spreading that the policy — known as Title 42 — is about to be lifted.

    "I decided to come because of the opportunity that is opening up," said Bastidas, 29. "I'm not going back anymore."

    The fate of the policy now rests with the U.S. Supreme Court as anxiety and confusion build on both sides of the border. In Ciudad Juarez, untold numbers of asylum seekers have been

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