U.S. authorities saw a 50% drop in the number of migrant encounters along the border over the previous two days compared to earlier in the week — before Title 42 ended.
A Border Patrol agent keeps watch as immigrants enter a vehicle to be transported from a makeshift camp on May 13, 2023 in San Diego, California.
The situation at the border is “very fluid,” a senior Homeland Security official told reporters Monday. Mayorkas, however, warned it’s too early to say whether the surge in migrants at the border has peaked. She waited there for her two other daughters — an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old — before traveling to their next destination.Title 42, a controversial Trump-era policy from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowed authorities to swiftly turn away migrants encountered at the US-Mexico border. The policy ended last week, along with the national coronavirus public health emergency.
In El Paso -- which has seen hundreds of migrants sleeping on sidewalks after a recent spike in arrivals -- Mayor Oscar Leeser said the city has so far seen a “smooth transition” out of Title 42 but is still preparing for what the future may hold. In Washington, DC, a busload of migrants arrived at the Naval Observatory on Sunday evening. The bus originated from Texas, according to a source familiar with the situation who is unauthorized to speak on the record.
In the northern Mexican city of Reynosa, Pastor Hector Silva runs two prominent migrant shelters, and says that word is also spreading online -- through various chat groups -- about the consequences of crossing illegally into the US. “Don’t cross because if you cross, you’ll get deported,” Silva says some of the online messages say.
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