passion and intention have the potential to make a lasting impact. great message. hello. thank you for joining us on this mother s day. happy mother s day to all the moms out there. we do begin at the u.s. mexico border where the number of migrants crossing has dwindled significantly in the three days since title 42 expired. that had allowed for near instant deportations and in the days prior to its expiration, the u.s. had seen record migrants trying to enter the united states. but today department of homeland security officials say they ve seen a 50% drop in the number of migrant crossings in the last three days. homeland security secretary says it s a credit to the work that the biden administration has been doing. the numbers we ve experienced over the last two days are markedly down from what they were prior to the end of title 42. we have communicated a vitally important message to individuals arriving at the southern border. there is a lawful, safe and orderly way
exactly what comes next. for many of these, it s not necessarily the when but if they will be able to secure the resources to get either on a bus or airplane as they can legally do and travel to many of the cities we ve seen the uptick in arrival of asylum seekers. they tell us denver is one city, chicago, d.c. but new york city continues to be sort of the north star for so many of these individuals. those numbers in terms of the folks arriving in those american cities, those numbers are going to continue to rise. in some it will be a few dozen a day but new york city is will be perhaps a couple of hundred a day, which is what i ve heard from sources in new york city. in terms of that 50% decrease that arlette went over, that lack of a spike in legal crossings, it will likely mean an topportunity for dhs officias
been doing. the numbers we ve experienced over the last two days are markedly down from what they were prior to the end of title 42. we have communicated a vitally important message to individuals arriving at the southern border. there is a lawful, safe and orderly way to arrive to the united states and that is through the pathways that president biden has expanded in an unprecedented way and then there s a consequence if one does not use those lawful pathways and that consequence is removal from the united states, a deportation and encountering a five-year ban on reentry and possible criminal prosecution. cnn s arlette sienz is with
it has no, no social redeeming value. zero. none. not a single solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturers. reporter: the president said he would have to assess whether the votes are there for an assault weapons ban. they ve attempted in the past to get these measures in place and passed and the votes haven t existed. it will get even more complicated once divided government started in january. while first lady and joe biden were here in nantucket, they also placed a phone call to the owner of club q, the lgbtq night club that saw the mass shooting just last weekend and the president is wrapping up his nantucket thanksgiving weekend here, taking a stroll through town, about to go to the christmas tree lighting here. arlette sienz, thank you for