see that they can t cross and they decide that s a safe place. the local authorities here also fear that if they know there are thousands of people waiting in the shelter, they will be even more in danger. they might be waiting until wednesday. the numbers are changing by the minute. and then we just saw a lady who just got off the bus coming all the way from nicaragua, a 22-day journey here just crossed. for her it doesn t matter, she needed to get across. gustavo valdez, thank you for your reporting. we ll continue to watch as the days get closer to that expiration date. now to the brewing battle on capitol hill over who will be the next house speaker. house republicans are scheduled
handle it today, and the answer was no. so, title 42 is a trump era policy allowing authorities to swiftly expel migrant as the the border, putting in place to help stop the spread of covid. before title 42, migrants were removed or remained in the u.s. wild their cases made their way through immigration court. so what will happen now. last month the department of homeland security projected between 9,000 to 14,000 will attempt to cross the sothern border daily when title 42 ends. that is more than double the current number according to a source familiar with the projections. now the supreme court could have the final say on this matter. cnn s gustavo valdez is on the mexican side of the border. your team has been watching migrants crossing into the u.s. are you seeing that momentum build as we get closer to wednesday? pamela wlark, what we re see
are coming face to face with at least 1,200 migrants a day and approximately 10,000 could be waiting in 2 mexican cities to cross into the united states. gustavo valdez is on the mexican side. are you seeing evidence of a surge? reporter: yes. just when we thought that things were slowing down with some rain and people left we see more people arriving. this is not the only way they cross into the united states. i m going to say that in the couple of hours we have been here we have seen at least 250 people go into border patrol custody. there are hundreds if not thousands according to local officials. waitin waiting for wednesday. agents told them to wait until
has been dreaming of this moment so long, that there is no way he was going to turn back. reporter: city and county public officials have been meeting with the federal government, including customs and border protection officials. they are in the process of planning and preparing for what s to come next week if, and when, title 42 is lifted on wednesday. he had lavandera, cnn, el paso, texas. title 42 expiring is expected to have huge ramifications not just in the u.s., but also in mexico where many migrants have been waiting for a chance to enter. cnn s gustavo valdez is live in ciudad juarez which is bordering el paso, texas. what are you seeing at the border? reporter: well, what ed is seeing is a result of the people who have first crossed through juarez. we are looking at a few people right now early in the morning above freezing, wondering if
they are qualified in which to seek asylum. i mean, that is still in place, right? absolutely. that is still in place. but with the numbers that we are seeing and, you know, if they k qualify, they are seeking asylum, they have done everything, they are going to go through the process and the next step is for us to be able to shelter them and take on what is next. and so i do think the numbers are going to get bigger. we only have seen that to happen. and that s my fear to not be prepared. councilwoman, you sent us a short video of the city streets there in el paso this morning, adding that it is 33 degrees outside, it s very cold. we heard that from our gustavo as well. and these were some of the images, you know, as, you know, as your car is driving by. describe are fous who we re seeing, what s the story that you are trying to paint here? because these are people who are already in, in the states,