Mayorkas visited the Rio Grande Valley region of southeast Texas as part of a two-day trip a week ahead of when the Biden administration will stop expelling illegal immigrants back to Mexico under Title 42 and return to pre-pandemic protocols.The end of Title 42 on May 11 is expected, by the department's own admission, to see between 13,000 and 18,000 arrests of illegal immigrants per day given that countless immigrants have been waiting in Mexico to cross when the policy is lifted.
Pool reports from media ride-alongs and tours with Border Patrol in McAllen made no mention of where Mayorkas was as reporters spent all day in separate engagements. — Anna Giaritelli May 5, 2023 In El Paso, video shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner showed a massive group of immigrants after they had crossed the border illegally and were waiting next to a metal fence, waiting to be taken into custody.
The video no one is showing you - A few miles from downtown El Paso on the US side of the border there are 100s of illegal migrants camping out. This is anything but orderly and humane. #BidenBorderCrisis #TX23 pic.twitter.com/kIsEUFSw0f