Although migrants lined up by the hundreds at border crossings, a federal official said there wasn’t a rush to the border when Title 42 was lifted. Texas SouthTexas Title42ends Title42 Immigration migrants
“We continue to encounter high levels of noncitizens at the border. But we did not see a substantial increase overnight or an influx at midnight,” Blas Nuñez-Neto, an assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security, told reporters Friday. for the first time at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration agents have used it about 2.7 million times at the southern border.
Leeser said 150 migrants released by immigration agents are staying in a city-run shelter and a hotel. He added the city will try to do as much as possible to help prevent migrants sleeping on El Paso's streets. Among the migrants was 18-year-old Daber, who wanted to be identified only by his first name. He said he was released by immigration officials two days ago after crossing the border and turning himself into Border Patrol in late April. He was held by agents for two weeks.
Meanwhile, from Ciudad Juárez there were no migrants crossing the river to where last night hundreds were waiting to be processed by Border Patrol agents. Villalobos said the city was prepared for more migrants than ultimately came Thursday night and Friday morning.Before Title 42 expired, U.S. officials had said they expected up to 13,000 migrants to cross the southern border every day after it ended. According to The Washington Post, more than 27,000 migrants were in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody at one point this week, triple the official capacity.
Starting Friday, immigration agents will seek to deport migrants who attempt to enter the country without first having set up an appointment using one of those options.
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