700,000 migrants ready to cross border, officials warn.

700,000 Migrants Waiting to Cross Southern Border as Title 42 Expires

Border Patrol Officials Share Intelligence

According to Border Patrol officials, there are roughly 700,000 migrants waiting in Mexico to cross the southern border upon the expiration of Title 42 next week. Jonathan Lines, supervisor on Arizona’s Yuma County Board of Supervisors, shared this intelligence, adding that there is a 500 percent increase in migrants crossing the Darién Gap, which connects South and Central America.

Catch and Release Protocols to Expand

Title 42, a pandemic-era rule that allows agents to immediately turn migrants away at the border, expires on May 11. Once it lapses, the Biden administration plans to expand catch and release protocols that will potentially allow hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants into the country. Currently, 40 percent of illegal migrants that cross in Yuma are immediately turned away because of Title 42.

Military Troops Deployed to Process Migrants’ Information

The expected migrant surge comes as the administration said it will deploy more than 1,000 active military troops to the border—not to defend it but to process migrants’ information before allowing them entry into the United States. Vice President Kamala Harris said sending military to the border was “political” and “inappropriate” when former president Donald Trump did it in 2018.

Projected Daily Border Crossings

Previous estimates put projected daily border crossings once Title 42 lapses at 15,000, which totals more than five million annually. With the expiration of Title 42, the situation at the southern border is expected to escalate rapidly.

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