away from a major change in this country s immigration policy. it could lead to a large influx of migrants into the united states. at 11:59 pm eastern, just a few minutes from now, the policy known as title expires. it was used during the covid pandemic to quickly expel migrants, even if they requested asylum. tonight there are growing concerns about what could happen once title 42 ends. nbc s tom giannis is on the board border with more. title 42 set to expire. fears of a crush of the border leading to changes, begin small. troops now armed near the rio grande. new fencing going up outside of juarez. and that massive crowd of my migrants by the border wall waiting days to be processed, finally rounded up and put in single file lines. the biden administration trying to calm that but rumors, spreading on social media that the end of title 42 means a free-for-all. i want to be very clear. our borders are not open. people who crossed our border unlawfully and without a legal
migrants crossing the border. and the looming debt ceiling deadline. president biden s meeting with congressional leaders now postponed. why some see this delay as a positive sign. and a lesson from the nyu journalism professor on how the media should handle the twice impeached former president who has no problem constantly lying. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are now less than one hour away from a major change in this country s immigration policy. it could lead to a large influx of migrants into the united states. at 11:59 pm eastern, just a few minutes from now, the policy known as title expires. it was used during the covid pandemic to quickly expel migrants, even if they requested asylum. tonight there are growing concerns about what could happen once title 42 ends. nbc s tom giannis is on the board border with more. title 42 set to expire. fears of a crush of the border leading to changes, begi
week. you are mvps and they send off to the end of an era, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we begin this friday night with two of the biggest challenges facing the biden administration the looming threat of default and an immigration system unable to handle an influx of migrants at the border, as title 42 has officially expired. my colleague tom giannis was at the border all day and has more. in just the last three days, more than 32,000 migrants have crossed illegally. the white house says they re adding thousands of beds to detention centers. but local mayor say they need help now. i m worried about reaching overcapacity. and we have now we ve got a lot of immigrants who may not have the financial resources to to take a bus, to take an airplane repatriation flies out landing all over latin america. with the volume of migrants outpacing the courts and the deportation systems. so, title 42
Bodies, all places. Every one of us knows somebody who has been killed, taken in captivity. He was saying mommy, we are trying to get out of here, but im bleeding, we were shot. Everyone who was shot. And she said mommy, im afraid i will die. This is the Worst Nightmare for every mother in the world. We are in hell right now. That is where we. Are we want to live without the fear of terrorist crossing our border. Every hour there is news of people being bombed in their homes and dying. People sat on top of us. There are lots of children, very young children, whose bodies were laid on the floor. We were expecting death at any moment. Were expecting that the whole gaza strip will be erased at any minute. So im like, show evacuate now . Or should i just wait for my death in my own house . Its a huge big cage that we are trapped inside and there is nowhere else to go. Good evening once again. Im stephanie ruhle. It has now been 14 days since the horrific act of terror by hamas, a war that
Coming home, we have missed so much we hope you are live. And safe. And we know you are so brave. And strong. And were glad you made it through this. Natalie and julie we love you so much, and we couldnt wait to see you here, were gonna see hopefully next week and we are going to celebrate, were gonna have a big party and were gonna hug you and kiss you. They are the first hostages freed since hamas kidnapped nearly 200 people near the october 7th attack on israel. In a statement President Biden said quote, we have not ceased our efforts to secure the release of those still being held. I think the government of qatar, and the government of israel for their partnership in this work. And quote. Just outside of gaza, trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid are still waiting to enter. More than 100 trucks are stuck on the egyptian side of the rafah border between egypt and gaza. This comes as an israeli airstrike hit the oldest active church in gaza, killing at least 18 people.