An estimated 60,000 migrants were waiting near the U.S.-MexicoBorder as the Biden administration ended the Title 42 pandemic-era rule that has allowed authorities to expel those entering the country unlawfully.
— An estimated 60,000 migrants were waiting near the U.S.-Mexico border as the Biden administration ended thethat has allowed authorities to expel those entering the country unlawfully, a top U.S. official told CBS News on Thursday.
As of Thursday, nearly 25,000 migrants were in Border Patrol holding facilities and tents, Ortiz said, despite the agency only having capacity on paper to hold several thousand individuals. Immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. wait in line to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing into Arizona from Mexico on May 11, 2023, in Yuma, Arizona.Ortiz attributed the current spike in border arrivals to smugglers"forcing some migrants to make some decisions that ultimately they probably shouldn't make" by spreading misinformation about U.S. policy, including on social media.
He also said the government is hoping to deter illegal crossings by deporting or returning migrants who don't qualify for asylum and prosecuting repeat border crossers. Those unable to prove they qualify for an exemption to the rule will face deportation to their home country or Mexico, as well as a 5-year banishment from the U.S., but the Department of Homeland Security defended it, saying in a statement that it"seeks to incentivize migrants to use lawful pathways instead of taking the dangerous journey to unlawfully cross the southern border.
Nevertheless, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said the policy changes will usher in a"difficult" period for his department. President Biden also said the situation would be"chaotic," at least for"a while."
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