Fox News’ Griff Jenkins reports on the influx of migrants expected to enter the U.S. after Title 42 ends on May 11 and local leaders’ concerns.into Texas from Mexico, as numbers are already beginning to surge ahead of the ending of the Title 42 public health order next week.
The thermal drone footage, captured overnight, shows hundreds of migrants streaming into Brownsville from Matamoros, Mexico. Agents are encountering migrants at a rate of 2,000 a day in Brownsville. Meanwhile, Customs and Border Protection sources say in the first four days of May they have been encountering more than 8,000 migrants a day border-wide.
That is before the end of Title 42 on May 11. The public health order was implemented in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and millions of migrants have been rapidly expelled back to Mexico under the order for public health reasons. In March, 46% of all encounters resulted in a Title 42 expulsion.
The Biden administration has been scrambling to implement measures to reduce the number of illegal crossings and establish a more orderly process. The administration also announced this week that it is sending 1,500 troops to the border, although officials have said theyIt has also proposed a rule that would, in theory, bar migrants from asylum eligibility if they enter illegally and have also failed to claim asylum in a country through which they have already passed.
"This is a hemispheric challenge that demands hemispheric solutions," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a press conference."Working with our neighbors in the region, we can and will reduce the number of migrants who reach our southern border."But officials have conceded that a surge is likely, and it has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle concerned. Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.