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Volunteers with Borderlands Relief Collective provide aid to migrants in the Otay Mountain Wilderness near San Diego, Calif. Dozens of migrants seeking asylum come through the intensely rugged area each day. Ash Ponders for NPR hide caption

Border patrol agents pick up migrants waiting to be processed in Dulzara, California on June 25, 2024. Zaydee Sanchez for NPR hide caption

Migrants gather at an informal camp near Jacumba Hot Springs, California, on June 14, 2024. Once they cross the border into the U.S., they wait to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol, in their hope to claim asylum. Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images hide caption

Migrants and asylum seekers wait to be processed by the Border Patrol between fences at the U.S.-Mexico border seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on June 5. Guillermo Arias/AFP hide caption

President Joe Biden issued executive actions restricting asylum elegibility for most people who cross the border unauthorized, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

U.S. President Joe Biden greets President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a welcome ceremony as part of the '2023 North American Leaders' Summit at Palacio Nacional on January 09, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Migrants and asylum seekers wait to be processed by the Border Patrol between the fence at the U.S.-Mexico border seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on June 5, 2024, the day after President Biden issued executive actions that restrict asylum for most migrants. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images hide caption