The Biden administration is telling Americans to prepare for a "chaotic" period at the southern border, as the U.S. faces a potentially historic migrant surge at the southern border with the ending of Title 42 -- with officials saying that it will be a while before the plan to cope with the surge shows results.
Title 42, the public health order that allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the southern border due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ended on Thursday night with the ending of the COVID-19 national emergency. In the days leading up to the order's end, agents have been encountering historic levels of over 10,000 migrants a day – with authorities already preparing for releases of migrants without court dates onto the streets.
The Biden administration has repeatedly touted a wide-ranging plan that includes stiffening Title 8 penalties, an asylum rule to make those who enter illegally ineligible for asylum, cooperation with Mexico and a surging of resources and personnel to the border.
