Biden shortens time for migrant legal representation, following Trump's Title 42 policy.

The Biden administration has reduced the amount of time asylum seekers have to find lawyers before their first interviews with immigration officials, echoing a similar policy issued by the Trump administration in 2019. The move comes as the Title 42 policy, which allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants during the pandemic, expired. The change could allow officers to more rapidly remove migrants who do not pass their first screening. Biden administration officials believe that deterrence, through quick deportations and a policy that limits asylum for those who cross without authorization, will allow them to manage increases in migration at the border.