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 officials have said that when title 42 is no longer in effect, tens of thousands of people could try to cross over.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,
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. tens of thousands of people have been gathering along this is ciudad juarez on the mexican side of the border. they ve been there for weeks, and many are expected to try to cross into the us in the coming days. that s because a temporary law introduced during the pandemic that makes it easier to remove migrants from the us is expiring later tonight. the us has been beefing up its security forces along the 2,000 mile border. that s where we start tonight. sophie long is in el paso, texas. sophie, president biden himself said this week that the border situation wil be chaotic for a while. what s the situation on the ground where you are? interestingly, at the moment, where interestingly, at the moment, where i am, in el paso, a stone s throw away from one of the crossings, it s very quiet. for many months here there has been hundreds of people who have made it across the border, sleeping on the streets of el paso, to
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 officials have said that when title 42 is no longer in effect, tens of thousands of people could try to cross over.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 look at what the policy is. the temporary law title 42 was introduced by donald trump and 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 may 11th, 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 homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas had this warning for those who are not eligible to seek asylum. our borders are not open. pe
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