A sanitary measure barring entry for immigrants at the US border has expired

A measure that has allowed the United States to deny entry to its territory since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic expired at 23:59 Thursday (03:59 GMT Friday), in a change that confused a large number of migrants at the borders and raised fears of a “chaotic” flow. for them.

In preparation for the end of the procedure called “Chapter 42”, President Joe Biden’s government imposed new restrictions on the right to asylum and mobilized thousands of security forces, warning that the border with Mexico was “not open.”