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COVID-19 rates plunge as decision nears on US asylum limits

FILE - Migrants released by the Border Patrol with notices to appear in court, Feb. 5, 2022, in Somerton, Ariz., wait for COVID-19 testing at a Regional Center for Border Health warehouse before being taken by charter bus to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Records obtained by The Associated Press show COVID-19 infection rates have plummeted among migrants crossing the border from Mexico as the Biden administration faces a critical decision whether to extend sweeping restrictions on asylum. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File) FILE - A Cuban woman and her daughter wait in line to be escorted to a Border Patrol van for processing in Yuma, Ariz., on Feb. 6, 2022, hoping to remain in the United States to seek asylum. Records obtained by The Associated Press show COVID-19 infection rates have plummeted among migrants crossing the border from Mexico as the Biden administration faces a critical decision whether to extend sweeping restrictions on asylum. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File) Workers take a break from testing migrants for COVID-19 after they were released by the Border Patrol at the Regional Center for Binational Health in Somerton, Ariz., on Feb. 5, 2022. COVID-19 rates are plunging among migrants crossing the border from Mexico as the Biden administration faces a decision to end or extend sweeping restrictions on asylum that are aimed at limiting the virus' spread. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat) A worker at the Regional Center for Binational Health in Somerton, Ariz., test a migrant for COVID-19 on Feb. 5, 2022. COVID-19 rates are plunging among migrants crossing the border from Mexico as the Biden administration faces a decision to end or extend sweeping restrictions on asylum that are aimed at limiting the virus' spread. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
COVID-19 rates plunge as decision nears on US asylum limits