US border patrol personnel organize a group of families near San Diego, California, on Tuesday.
Mandatory Credit:	Mike Blake/Reuters

US border patrol personnel organize a group of families near San Diego, California, on Tuesday.
Mandatory Credit: Mike Blake/Reuters

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Asylum officers, Secret Service agents and troops have surged toward border with Title 42's expiration hours away

With hours left before Title 42 expires Thursday night, the US has sent thousands of reinforcements to the southern border, anticipating the Trump-era border restriction policy's demise could spur an even heavier migrant influx than the country has already seen in recent weeks.