As many as 18,000 migrants could cross the southern border daily once the Trump-era Title 42 health regulation is lifted.
is lifted, increasing the strain on federal officials already stretched thin trying to contain the crisis, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted on Sunday.
When host Dana Bash pressed Mayorkas on if the Department of Homeland Security would be able to handle that kind of surge, he said the department would be prepared — but admitted the system would be under “extraordinary strain.”Migrants of different nationalities walk in a caravan, through the main avenues of Tapachula in Chiapas, Mexico, April 26, 2022.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention instituted Title 42, which allows border officials to immediately expel migrants trying to cross into the US for public health reasons because of COVID, in March 2020. Dana Bash pressed Alejandro Mayorkas on if the Department of Homeland Security would be able to handle that kind of surge.But the CDC announced last month that it would allow the policy to expire on May 23 — a move that sparked bipartisan criticism.
A migrant man walking with his son on his shoulders gestures as they take part in a caravan heading to the U.S., in Huixtla, Mexico, April 30, 2022A Customs and Border Protection agent collects biographical information from a group of Venezuelan migrants before taking them into custody near the southern border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, April 25, 2022.At a House Judiciary Committee meeting last week, Rep. Jim Jordan questioned Mayorkas’ ability to handle the border surge.
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