Border agents are preparing for an increase in crossings when Title 42 ends on May 11. But in many sections of the border, the number of attempted crossings has already started to go up.
Agents in the Rio Grande Valley said they’re already seeing a rise in migration because smuggling organizations brought migrants to northern Mexico ahead of Title 42’s expected lift and are now starting to move them into the U.S. to free up space.
A Border Patrol official said the processing centers in the Rio Grande sector are technically at capacity, but can still comfortably fit migrants who enter before they’re either turned back under Title 42, detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or released to local shelters.The concern, the Border Patrol official said, is the time it will take to process migrants when Title 42 goes away.
In Brownsville, Texas, thousands of migrants per day have crossed across a defunct golf course. To avoid the chaos that occurred, in September 2021, Border Patrol has been quickly processing migrants and ICE has been rapidly transferring them out of the area by bus. Mayorkas and border officials have also touted advances in technology for finding and processing migrants. Since fiscal year 2022, the Biden administration has added 81 new autonomous surveillance towers that use artificial intelligence technology to track movement and know the difference between a person and a deer crossing through the brush.
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