control, flipped and struck a total of 18 individuals. reporter: this is just day before the controversial expiration of the pandemic era immigration rule known as title 42. border communities across the u.s./mexico border already seeing a spike in migration according to community leaders. in brownsville, one respite center went from receiving up to 300 migrants per day two weeks ago to 1,000. and in mcallen, from 150 to 400. a laredo, from 50 to 250 during the same time period. 25,000 migrants are in immigration custody according to a homeland security official and total encounters on the southern border now surpasses 8,000 per day. and this is the scene by the border wall in el paso where hundreds are waiting to turn themselves into immigration authorities, a flow that is expected to spike once title 42
joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, we are following two tragedies out of texas. new details on the man who opened fire at an outdoor mall in the city of allen, killing eight people. his possible ties to right-wing extremism. in brownsville, investigators are trying to determine why the driver of a car crashed into a group of people outside a migrant shelter, killing at least eight. and a covid-era immigration rule expires this week. we will talk to a priest in el paso, texas, whose church shelters dozens of migrants.
rosa flores is outfront. reporter: tension on the border escalating as an suv in brownsville, texas, plows through a field, killing eight migrants, unclear if it was intentional. the suv ran a red light, lost control, flipped on its side, and struck a total of 18 individuals. reporter: the incident comes just days before the controversial expiration of the pandemic-era immigration rule known as title 42. border communities across the u.s./mexico border already seeing a spike in migration, according to community leaders. in brownsville, one respite center went from receiving up to 300 migrants per day a week ago to a thousand. 25,000 migrants are in immigration custody, according to a homeland security official. total migrant encounters on the
reporter: the debt ceiling plan passed by the republican-controlled house last week would freeze federal spending at last year s levels, cutting the budget by almost 14%. a move the white house says would slash funding from everything from rail road care. democrats say the plan is too extreme and will make negotiations harder. we should not default on our debt. but the present path we re on is unsustainable. reporter: in that same interview, president biden was also asked about the 14th amendment which contains a clause guaranteeing public debt and whether or not that can be used to raise the debt ceiling without approval. president biden says he s not ready to go there yet. the biden administration plans to finalize a new immigration rule next week to limit asylum access at the border with mexico. it s prompted a new migrant
london. the metropolitan police said, look, it understands the public concern. they also said that the arrest depended on context which seemed to indicate that they may not have been made if it was some other event, they may have been made simply because this was such an important occasion in the coronation, paula. important context from you, scott mclean, thank you. and if you missed cnn s live coverage of the coronation of king charles, tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. for a replay. and tensions inside the west wing, the legal strategy by hunter biden s lawyer that was causing some anxiety inside the white house. that s ahead. but first, bracing for a surge, how the feds in cities like new york and el paso are preparing for what will happen once a pandemic era immigration rule lifts next week. i think that there is no question that this is going to be extremely challenging. i do not want to understate the