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From: beaner@ban.us
The mayor El Paso, Texas on Monday declared a 'state of emergency' amid
overcrowding from an influx of migrants, amid concerns arrivals will spike
further with the end of Title 42 protections.
Those COVID-related restrictions are due to expire May 11 after delays,
leading to fears the influx will spike ore in the intervening days.
The border cities of Laradeo and Brownsville also have declared states of
emergency.
In El Paso, hundreds of migrants were gathered around a Catholic church
downtown and an encampment has formed, with a homeless center already at
capacity, the El Paso Times reported. Mayor Oscar Leeser of El Paso issued
the state of emergency beginning Monday.
The Biden administration has prepared a plan to try to speed asylum claims
amid the pressure.
The state of emergency began Monday and runs for a week. It must be
ratified by the city council to extend for a month. The city is scrambling
to open temporary shelters.
Former President Donald Trump first implemented Title 42 restrictions
citing health concerns early in the pandemic, allowing for more
deportations despite asylum claims.
The Biden administration has kept them in place a mid a court fight.
Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) said lifting the authority would 'open the
floodgates' to more migration.
'Title 42 provides a tool, and it's going to go away,' Risch told the
C'oeur d'A lene Post Falls Press.
'These people now, because of social media and everything else, are fully
schooled in what is happening on the border and with border patrol,' he
said. 'With Title 42 expiring, they understand this is going to open the
floodgates wide,' he said.
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