hearing from team brownsville here. they re under the impression the last two weeks they ve been dealing with this surge and they re not sure how much worse it can get. they re prepared and bracing for that to happen. phil? great reporting. thank you. thank you, nick. one of the last people to see na natalee holloway before she disappeared will be extradited to the united states. we ll tell you why.
The end of a controversial border policy is looming. Title 42, the Trump-era pandemic public health restrictions that became a key tool officials used to turn back migrants at the US-Mexico border, is set to expire on May 11.
With just hours until Title 42 expires, NGO's, law enforcement and local communities in South Texas are ready for a change in the federal processing of asylum seekers, as well as a potential wave of thousands expected to come across the border. Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez issued a disaster declaration on Thursday afternoon, which would set up his border county for relief funds.
once the migrants arrive. this is just across the street here, the nonprofit that has been helping them out with basic goods. see the line wrapped around the corner. earlier this morning, when we got here, there were dozens of migrants sleeping on the streets because this migrant center is at capacity and they ve been that way for the last two weeks, between 800 and 1,000 splooigtsz been processed per day. team brownsville believes they re in the middle of what this surge that everyone is expecting. i spoke to the mayor of brownsville last night, and he said we are as prepared as we can be for what s to come and reminding our viewers they ve been dealing with the immigration issue for decades here on the front line. they have declared a state of emergency to try to free up resources and as we ve been reporting they re trying to get migrants on to the next destination. they re working in conjunction with busses and airlines to get migrants to six different cities we ve reported about, b
about their loved ones. getting back to the plan in place for brownsville, i spoke to the police department a little while ago and they said they re activating their auxiliary forces to support customs and border patrol in the need they need to help out agents with what s going on as title 42 nears an end. what you re looking at is migrants that have been detained, likely, from an illegal crossing and released on humanitarian parole over to the care of the city and passed over to team brownsville. they have a plan in place. the question is will that plan work once title 42 ends. yeah. dhs secretary mayorkas echoing what you heard from the mayor. they re doing everything they can with what they have. nick valencia, thank you so much. want to pivot to the white house and take you to white house correspondent jeremy diamond who has been tracking the latest. dhs secretary mayorkas gave a briefing from the podium. you asked him a very important