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Video: Hundreds of Migrants Gather Outside US Border Fence as Title 42 Deadline Nears

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Sputnik) - Several hundred migrants in US custody gathered outside the bollard fencing on the US-Mexico border late Thursday as the deadline for Title 42 to expire neared, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
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The migrant groups were separated between families and single men.
About a dozen US Border Patrol and military personnel watched over the migrants as they waited to be transported out of the area to be processed.
A small group of migrants were standing outside the barbed wire fence along the border but were unable to cross.
One US soldier was seen telling two migrant men not to cross after they attempted to go through the barbed wire fence.
Earlier in the day, the US House of Representatives passed border security legislation in a 219-to-213 vote, which would resume construction of a US-Mexico border wall, expand crimes that disqualify individuals for asylum, and create an electronic verification system for employers to determine the eligibility of applicants.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said on Thursday that individuals who attempt to enter the US without utilizing the appropriate lawful avenues would face tougher consequences after the COVID-era Title 42 policy is lifted.
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