Border crossings reach record high as Title 42 nears end. ‘Dam about to break’.

Border Patrol Apprehends Record Number of Migrants Ahead of Title 42 End

With only days until the end of Title 42, Border Patrol agents have apprehended the highest-ever daily number of migrants. According to sources, agents caught more than 10,000 migrants per day on both Monday and Tuesday. The Border Patrol is expecting even more apprehensions ahead of Title 42’s end at midnight on Thursday.

The Rush on the Border

Former President Donald Trump instituted Title 42 in 2020, which allowed agents to expedite illegal immigrant expulsions. However, President Joe Biden announced last month that he would end the policy, prompting a rush on the border. Reuters reported that “long lines of migrants” have been amassing in expectation.

Biden admitted Tuesday that the border is “going to be chaotic,” while embattled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Title 42’s end will “strain our workforce, our communities, and our entire system.”

The Worst-Case Scenario

Fox News noted that the numbers are rapidly approaching what officials consider the worst-case scenario. Officials and lawmakers have feared that migrants, believing they are more likely to be admitted to the U.S. once the order ends, will head to the border in numbers not even seen during the more than two-year migrant crisis so far. Officials had previously painted a worst-case scenario of up to 14,000 encounters a day.

Fox also reported that border officials will mass-release migrants at “bus stops, gas stations, supermarkets, and in towns and cities across the border,” because “Customs and Border Protection facilities are already over capacity in multiple sectors.”

“The dam is about to break,” a Border Patrol source told Fox.