Migrants gathering at border as Title 42 restrictions set to expire

Trump’s pandemic border restriction — Title 42 — is set to expire next week. Thousands of migrants have traveled to the US-Mexico border, mostly to seek asylum. To discuss what the end of Title 42 means for US immigration, The World’s host Marco Werman speaks to Lauren Villagran with The El Paso Times, who is reporting from the border to share what she’s seeing and hearing.

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