Over 10K migrants nabbed at border for 3rd day — as agents perform riot drills ahead of Title 42 end

Gebruikersavatar
Buffy
Site Admin
Site Admin
Berichten: 1121
Lid geworden op: 10 nov 2020 22:22

Over 10K migrants nabbed at border for 3rd day — as agents perform riot drills ahead of Title 42 end

Bericht door Buffy »

https://nypost.com/2023/05/11/over-10k- ... end-nears/

Over 10K migrants nabbed at border for 3rd day — as agents perform riot drills ahead of Title 42 end

More than 10,000 migrants were apprehended while trying to illegally enter the US Wednesday — the third straight day of record-high numbers — as Department of Homeland Security agents prepare for the end of Title 42 with riot drills and training exercises.

Agents with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continued their record-setting pace Wednesday, the third consecutive day of apprehending a never-before-recorded number of migrants, Fox reported. The figure is expected to be even higher when more thoroughly tallied.

More than 11,000 migrants — up from the 10,300-plus previously reported — were arrested Tuesday, according to NBC News, setting the all-time record. Over 10,000 were also reportedly nabbed Monday.

As thousands more migrants flooded over the border in the hours leading up to the expiration of Title 42, authorities sought to boost their own numbers at the border

CBP is seeking volunteers from coastal and northern sectors to temporarily relocate to the southwest border “to enhance processing, transportation and custody capabilities,” the Daily Caller reported, citing an inter-agency memo.

Meanwhile, approximately 24,000 law enforcement officers have been stationed along the US-Mexico border, in addition to the deployment of 1,500 active-duty troops and 2,500 National Guard members to lend logistical support.

Officials have warned they expect up to 13,000 migrants to attempt to enter the country each day after Title 42’s end.

As detention facilities were overwhelmed with the number of migrants taken in, Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz ordered large numbers of them to be released into the US without immigration court dates as a way of coping with the situation.

A video posted to Instagram Wednesday showed dozens of uniformed agents conducting training drills in preparation for Thursday’s deadline.

The footage showed the agents, clad in riot gear, as they stand and run in front of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, located along the border between San Diego and Mexico.

An announcement blared in English and Spanish: “Attention, the San Ysidro Port of Entry is conducting a training exercise, normal operations will continue shortly. Thank you for your patience.”

According to data obtained by The Post, up to 16,000 migrants are waiting to cross into San Diego from Tijuana, while as many as 35,000 were waiting in Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez to cross into El Paso.

The Texas cities of Brownsville, El Paso and Laredo have declared states of emergency.

Meanwhile, officials in Arizona are urging authorities to declare a federal emergency, NBC reported.

Mayors from the border towns of Yuma, Nogales, Somerton San Luis and Douglas called for the emergency declaration that would provide FEMA aid and other assurances, according to the report.

The impending migrant surge, the mayors reportedly said, “is not sustainable long-term.”

Title 42 is a pandemic-era measure that has allowed the Border Patrol to swiftly eject migrants from certain countries without hearing their asylum claims, citing public health reasons.

The federal policy was enacted under President Donald Trump and is among those being lifted by his successor.

Once the policy expires, migrants are subject to Title 8, a rule that involves longer processing times but includes penalties that were not options under Title 42, with those crossing into the country liable to be deported and subjected to a five-year ban on entering the US.

The Biden administration has said it plans to deny asylum to those who don’t take the necessary steps and apply for asylum from outside of the US before travelling to the border from Thursday when Title 42 ends.

The administration has also announced plans to establish 100 migration hubs throughout the Western Hemisphere, two of which will be located in Guatemala and Colombia.
Afbeelding
Plaats reactie

Terug naar “Border crisis USA”