![Elliot Spagat A volunteer instructs migrants released with notices to appear in immigration court to board a train to the San Diego International Airport in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, June 6, 2024. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/398eb54337b94ee881617daed9581994/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A volunteer instructs migrants released with notices to appear in immigration court to board a train to the San Diego International Airport in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, June 6, 2024. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
![Elliot Spagat A Border Patrol agent releases migrants at a San Diego transit center in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, June 6, 2024. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ce6ea3178a6b45a49caf369fcfdbe632/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Border Patrol agent releases migrants at a San Diego transit center in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, June 6, 2024. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
![Gregory Bull FILE - Border Patrol agents lead a group of migrants seeking asylum towards a van to be transported and processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a88f47fee8c440cfac4a1220a893c81a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Border Patrol agents lead a group of migrants seeking asylum towards a van to be transported and processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
![Elliot Spagat Three Mexican men who were deported from the U.S. wait for a ride in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 11, 2024. Many migrant shelters across Mexico's border with the United States have seen little impact since President Joe Biden's suspended asylum last week, but they are preparing for more people. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d15e389968ee481aa84b720921646899/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Three Mexican men who were deported from the U.S. wait for a ride in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 11, 2024. Many migrant shelters across Mexico's border with the United States have seen little impact since President Joe Biden's suspended asylum last week, but they are preparing for more people. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
![Felix Marquez Teenager migrants look at a map of Mexico at the Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito shelter in Villahermosa, Mexico, on Friday, June 7, 2024. After the head of Mexico's immigration agency ordered a halt to deportations in December, migrants have been left in limbo as authorities round up migrants across the country and dump them in the southern Mexican cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/36de03f544454f88b6e15e503123f56c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Teenager migrants look at a map of Mexico at the Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito shelter in Villahermosa, Mexico, on Friday, June 7, 2024. After the head of Mexico's immigration agency ordered a halt to deportations in December, migrants have been left in limbo as authorities round up migrants across the country and dump them in the southern Mexican cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
![Gregory Bull FILE - A Border Patrol agent checks a migrant seeking asylum before the man is transported and processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c1593495f01a4f65a9bac3897dedeb34/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A Border Patrol agent checks a migrant seeking asylum before the man is transported and processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for “operational considerations.” The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that “demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact” its ability to deport people.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
![Elliot Spagat Hugo López of Al Otro Lado advocacy group hands a pamphlet to Antonio Cortes, a Mexican man who was deported from the U.S. to Tijuana, Mexico, on June 11, 2024. Many migrant shelters across Mexico's border with the United States have seen little impact since President Joe Biden's suspended asylum last week, but they are preparing for more people. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c0573995fcee448aafc6883c18792cee/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Hugo López of Al Otro Lado advocacy group hands a pamphlet to Antonio Cortes, a Mexican man who was deported from the U.S. to Tijuana, Mexico, on June 11, 2024. Many migrant shelters across Mexico's border with the United States have seen little impact since President Joe Biden's suspended asylum last week, but they are preparing for more people. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)