a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. just ahead time that the president announce a declaration of a national emergency. we re working within the constraints of a broken immigration system. i have not seen from there is a seriousness of the white house that they want to deal, seems like they want to default. he knows what happened, what, where, when, who, why and how. he knows the answers. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 12, 9:00 a.m. in london and 2:00 a.m. in el paso where a landmark change in u.s. immigration policy is now in effect. the controversial rule known as title 42 expired just a few hours ago. that means harsher consequences for those entering the u.s. illegally. thousands of migrants seeking asylum made their way to the border ahead of the deadline. while things appear quiet right now, one official says that it will get worse. head of
asylum, it is a much more traditional but difficult process. now that title 42 is gone, there are stricter penalties in place that can threaten the migrants ability to immigrate into the united states. so it really does change the dynamic on the ground here. one of the things to look for will be the number of people trying to evade arrest by u.s. border patrol officials here on the ground. we re also starting to see an up st tick in the number of people crossing where there is a heavily fortified border wall. so the question is how many more people will be trying to evade arrest and get away from border patrol agents here on the ground and ten to enter the country illegally. but right now we re getting mixed signals if you will as to what exactly will happen here in the days ahead. many border communities bracing for the worst, but it is a question of just how intense will thisigrant be.
el paso where a landmark change in u.s. immigration policy is now in effect. the controversial rule known as title 42 expired just a few hours ago. that means harsher consequences for those entering the u.s. illegally. thousands of migrants seeking asylum made their way to the border ahead of the deadline. while things appear quiet right now, one official says that it will get worse. head of homeland security gave this warning to those seeking to enter the country illegally. starting tonight, people who arrive at the border without using a lawful pathway will be presumed in-he will i believe for asylum. do not believe the lies of smugglers. people who do not use availabler asylum. do not believe the lies of smugglers. people who do not use available
of 2020 during the trump administration and it essentially became a de facto immigration policy even though that is never what title 42 was sbe intended do. but it has kept out about 3 million migrants from requesting asylum since that time. so now the question becomes what will the u.s. southern border look like now that this policy has been lifted and what is the future of migration here along the southern border. the u.s. border patrol chief says that he no longer expects this massive rush of people which at some point the biden administration was estimating would be anywhere from 15,000 to 18,000 people per day. the u.s. border patrol chief says they have already started seeing a larger influx of my grants. so he thinks it won t be as dramatic as anticipated. now for migrants requesting