Title 42, the policy that allowed the US to expel asylum-seekers using a public health pretext, will end on Thursday, June 17, when the COVID-19 pandemic emergency is lifted. Several US lawmakers have been trying to hold onto the Trump-era order and the Biden administration will replace the policy with several new ones based on the concept of trying to scare migrants from arriving at the border instead of addressing the cause of migration. The new policies include putting into effect a new asylum rule that will largely bar migrants who passed through another country from seeking asylum in the US. The rule will presume migrants are ineligible for asylum in the US if they did not first seek refuge in a country they transited through, like Mexico, on their way to the border. After the five-year ban expires, they could face criminal prosecution or be removed from the US as a result of a speedy deportation process called "expedited removal." The administration has sent 1,500 active-duty National Guard soldiers to help monitor the border, but this policy is expected to result in migrants continuing to arrive at the US-Mexico border as they will be searching for work and safety.