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
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, and it was invoked during the trump administration to slow the spread of covid 19 across the us mexico border. while in doing so, us authorities were allowed to turn away asylum seekers, and while title 42 was in place, around 2.8 million people were expelled that s according to us customs and border protection. but with the end of the us s health emergency, title 42 has now also officially expired. well, a potential surge of migrants to the us mexico border could strain local communities and present a humanitarian challenge. and 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, and not the end. mexico s government is trying to deter migrants from maki
processing centres for migrants. mexico s foreign minister has also said his country will only accept a maximum of 1000 deportees a day from the us. ur 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 beenin trying to reach the us have been in limbo. title 42 has kept them mostly on the mexican side of the border, but that policy has now expired, and us officials are bracing for an influx of migrants. 13,000 eo - le influx of migrants. 13,000 peeple coming influx of migrants. 13,000 people coming across - influx of migrants. 13,000 people coming across the | influx of migrants. 13,000 - people coming across the border illegally every single day. so how did the us get here? in 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the centres for disease control and prevention issued an emergency public health order, restricting immigration at us land borders. title 42 enabled
the next following days. the measures the government is doing a fine and good, but these are things that should have been done a long time ago and putting my meta hat on, i think we are handling this problem at a local problem and it is basically a federal problem, but we have to do our part while the federal government gets everything together mayor. government gets everything together mayor.- together mayor. doctor victor trevino, together mayor. doctor victor trevino, mayor - together mayor. doctor victor trevino, mayor of l together mayor. doctor. victor trevino, mayor of the city of laredo, thank you for being on the programme site. thank you for having me. tens of thousands of migrants are gathered at the border, hoping to enter the us as stricter immigration rules now take effect. many of them have traveled long distances often facing dangerous conditions along the way. this is the beast a freight train used by some to travel from southern to northern mexico
are already at capacity for the day. what happens to those people? it day. what happens to those eole? , . day. what happens to those eo le? , ., , day. what happens to those eole? ,., , people? it is a very good question- people? it is a very good question. there - people? it is a very good question. there is - people? it is a very good question. there is an - people? it is a very good - question. there is an extremely high likelihood, i think, or something like that happening to certainly groups, potentially large groups of migrants. we don t know yet. we have to say that because it is still very early after the rule change but as you say there could be people who have been basically told that they can t come into the united states almost leave will be deported and mexico is simply saying we won t have them. that would then have basically the biden administration deporting them to countries where they themselves are saying that they are dangerous, and haiti being an example. 0n a