President Joe Biden gloated on Sunday that the situation at the southern border was going "much better than you all expected" after the expiration of Title 42.
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to expire, and officials have been warning about a potential surge in migrants at the us mexico border. officials have said that when title 42 is no longer in effect, tens of thousands of people could try to cross over. let s remind ourselves what the policy is, and how it might affect us immigration policy. the temporary law, introduced by donald trump, known as title 42, meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly, and it expires overnight tonight. the policy made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico, using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. the winding down of covid measures means the policy no longer has any public health justification, prompting officials to announce it would end on 11 may, the same day as the official us public health emergency. and when it ends, in a few hours from now, the us will return to a policy where migrants are screened, to determine if they are eligible for asylum and quickly deported if they do not qualify. earlier, us homelan
live from washington, this is bbc news. concerns over us mexico border crossings, as the end of a controversial immigration policy is just hours away. pakistan s supreme court orders the release of former prime ukraine does not president zelenskyy gives more details about the expected counter offensive in the country was war with russia. pakistan s supreme court orders the release of former prime minister imran khan, saying his arrest was illegal. hello. thanks forjoining us. it s nowjust hours before a controversial immigration policy in the us is due to expire, and officials have been warning about a potential
change to the policy along the us southern border, or indeed a rumour of a change in policy, there is a huge amount of confusion and a heightened anxiety among people who have been waiting, some of them for many months, if not years, on the other side of the border. well, you are on the other side of the border in mexico city, as wejust heard. will, there appears to have been a lot of consuion about what exactly the expiry of title 42 will mean. what have you heard from people you have been speaking to there? do they understand the meaning of what the ending of this policy means? this policy means? well, bear in mind if this policy means? well, bear in mind if you this policy means? well, bear in mind if you are this policy means? well, bear in mind if you are a this policy means? well, bear in mind if you are a migrant . in mind if you are a migrant and you are facing a variety of different choices, they all seem equally unattractive. one might be to try to make it to the unit