Homeland Security Chief Tours Border Before Asylum Limits End

Dallas TX

18 May, 2022

10:23 AM

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CBS Dallas/Fort Worth May 18, 2022 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says authorities are prepared for an anticipated increase in migrants crossing the border from Mexico, days before a public health order is set to end. Since the pandemic Title 42 was used to turn people away nearly 2 million times without a chance to seek asylum. A federal judge may order that the asylum limits continue, but Mayorkas offered public reassurances of readiness after a whirlwind tour of Texas' Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. Homeland Security has said it will prepare for as many as 18,000 daily crossings, compared with a daily average of about 7,800 in April, though Mayorkas emphasized that those are not projections. Mayorkas visited a remodeled processing center in McAllen, the region's largest city, where migrants sat on metal benches and on sleeping mats spread on the floor, as aluminum thermal blankets made rustling noises. Televisions pointed into cells. Please click https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/vi... for more on the story including a video report. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.