which allowed us authorities to turn asylum seekers away over covid concerns. but with the end of the us s health emergency, title 42 has now officially expired. a potential surge of migrants to the us mexico border could strain local communities and the humanitarian challenge. us officials said on friday they quote did not see a substantial increase in migrant crossings. but many have pointed out that this is only the start of a new reality at the border, not the end. mexico s government is trying to deter migrants from making the treacherous journey, and has ordered the closure of more than 30 temporary processing centres for migrants. mexico s foreign minister has also said his country will only accept a maximum of 1,000 deportees a day from the us. 0ur reporter angelica casas has more on what title 42 expiring means for the border. for the last three years, migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach the us have been in limbo. title 42 a covid era policy has kept them f
i can t say for every single one. a couple of them probably they got out of control. good day. i m andrea mitchell in new york today. border patrol agents and heavily armed texas national guard troops are bracing for the expiration of title 42, put in place during the coronavirus pandemic to turn away migrants. a shortage of social services and judges to handle the flow. officials expect an increase along the 1,000 miles of the b border, creating a situation the president described as chaotic. joining me guad venegas and julia ainsley, 700 miles to the east in el paso, texas. julia, you have been covering this throughout the biden presidency. you have been there for weeks at the border. take us through the new rules the administration is putting in place and what you are seeing in texas. reporter: right behind me is a wall separating us here in el paso from suarez. they are put into buses here. they are taken to be processed. the chief of the border patrol told us that 17
hello. iam i am helena iam helena humphrey, good to have you with us. we start at the border of the united states and mexico, and concerns there will be a surge of migrants following the expiration of title a2. that s the measure put in place three years ago. it was invoked during the trump adminisrtation to slow the spread of covid 19 across the us mexico border. in doing this, us authorities were allowed to turn away asylum seekers, and while title 42 was in place, around 2.8 million people were expelled, according to us customs and border protection. but with the end of the us s health emergency, title 42 has now also officially expired. a potential surge of migrants to the us mexico border could strain local communities and the humanitarian challenge. well, us officials said on friday they quote did not see a substantial increase in migrant crossings. but many have pointed out that this is only the start of a new reality at the border, not the end. mexico s governme
surge. fewer and fewer asylum seekers are trying to cross in, but the officials warn that it may not last. what is maybe a telling setback for russia with four military aircraft down over russian territory, and what it is saying about the ukrainian capabilities. a florida teacher is showing a disney movie to her students, and now she is under investigation by the state. these stories and more are coming into cnn news central. the intense surge of migrants at the u.s./mexican border at the end of the covid era title 42 has not happened. the secretary of homeland security warned of the surge, but the surge was in the days before title 42 ended when the crossings were topping 10,000 a day, and now just over 4,000. what has not slowed down is the bitter politics surrounding immigration. the texas governor did it again, sending migrants to be dropped off out of vice president s kamala harris s home. we go to pablo sandoval who is live outside of the vice president presiden
polls for president biden, they are bad, saying that the majority of americans are losing trust in our president. a new poll shows his approval rating at 36%. that s a new low and all time low. and democrats have good reason to worry about the president s age and mental fitness heading into 2024. 63% of americans said they do not believe biden has the mental sharpness to effectively serve as president. even the left wing media couldn t ignore president biden s terrible numbers. this poll is just brutal for president biden. absolutely, george. and you talked earlier about that record low approval rating for president biden. it s actually six points down just since february. and the skepticism over his leadership extends deep inside his own party. i was told i could not send the poll around until after 12:00 midnight. i sent it out at 12:02 because it kept me up and i thought they should wake up and look at those numbers. the coalition that elected joe biden with the hist