U.S. to Open Migrant Processing Centers Overseas and Increase Deportations to Curb Post-Title 42 Border Surge

The Biden administration is setting up regional migrant processing centers throughout Central and South America to screen asylum seekers before they reach the southern border.
The first two centers will open in Guatemala and Colombia, with more to follow across the region.
The plan aims to establish legal pathways for migrants to enter the U.S. and discourage dangerous border crossings.
The administration will work with international organizations to run the centers and plans to deploy specially trained asylum officers to help process applications.
The administration will also tighten border security, ramp up deportations for those who enter illegally, and impose harsher penalties on human smugglers.