{"id":1929862,"date":"2023-05-12T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-border-communities-declare-disasters-as-title-42-ends\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T13:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:58:41","slug":"us-border-communities-declare-disasters-as-title-42-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-border-communities-declare-disasters-as-title-42-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"US border communities declare disasters as Title 42 expires."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-border-communities-declare-disasters-as-title-42-ends%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1929862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>South Texas Counties Issue Disaster Declarations as Title 42 Immigration Order Expires<\/h2>\n<h3>Impending Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>As the Title 42 immigration order expired on Thursday, several South Texas counties issued disaster declarations amid predictions of waves of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-press-secretary-forgets-biden-signed-executive-order-to-resume-catch-and-release\/\" title=\"White House press secretary forgets Biden signed executive order to resume \u2018catch and release\u2019\">illegal immigrants crossing<\/a> the border in the coming days. Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez issued a disaster declaration, allowing his county to obtain relief funds. The county sits across the Rio Grande from Tamaulipas, Mexico, and there have been reports of thousands of would-be illegal immigrants located across the river waiting to cross.<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time, Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino also issued a disaster declaration on Thursday \u201cin response to the imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from the Border Security Disaster,\u201d according to a statement from his office. The \u201cBorder Security Disaster\u201d went into effect immediately and will last for seven days until further review, his office said.<\/p>\n<h3>Emergency Response<\/h3>\n<p>Cortez said that he received word that some 20,000 illegal migrants could potentially surge into Hidalgo County in the coming days. His county is located at the very southern tip of Texas. \u201cI have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/northern-ireland-police-fear-terror-attack-ahead-of-biden-visit\/\" title=\"Northern Ireland Police Fear Terror Attack Ahead of Biden Visit\">received credible information<\/a> from officials with Customs and Border Protection that large groups of migrants are probing our international border in search of crossing points,\u201d Cortez told local media outlets. \u201cI have decided to declare this emergency as a first step in securing all available state and federal resources to ensure the health and safety of our residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other counties along the border have called on the Biden administration to take emergency action in response to the impending disaster. Federal officials have fought in court to keep Title 42 in place, but it was ordered by courts to be lifted at midnight.<\/p>\n<h3>Criticism and Blame<\/h3>\n<p>Republicans criticized the Biden administration for what they said was a poor response to the border crisis and illegal immigration. \u201cAnd there are, right now, over 22,000 illegal immigrants right across the river,\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a video on Thursday, pointing across the Rio Grande. \u201cThey\u2019re waiting. They\u2019re waiting for Title 42 to expire, and then the invasion we\u2019re going to see is going to be massive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to the camera, Cruz then declared: \u201cJoe Biden, this is your fault.\u201d He added, \u201cThe people who are killed crossing illegally: That\u2019s your fault. The women who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-border-communities-declare-disasters-as-title-42-ends\/\" title=\"US border communities declare disasters as Title 42 expires.\">sexually abused crossing illegally<\/a>: That\u2019s your fault. The children who are brutalized crossing illegally: That\u2019s your fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Next?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The federal government is the sole authority in the United States that has the capacity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-dhs-secretary-says-border-crisis-unsustainable-we-are-going-to-lose-in-leaked-audio\/\" title=\"Report: DHS Secretary Says Border Crisis \u2018Unsustainable,\u2019 \u2018We Are Going To Lose\u2019 In Leaked Audio\">handle illegal immigration<\/a>, although Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has taken steps to deal with border security in recent days and months.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA full response by (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the National Guard, like they would in any other disaster where they provide boots on the ground for housing, food, transportation, and health care\u2014that would be the beginning,\u201d said Douglas Nichols, the mayor of Yuma, Arizona, in a CNN interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The situation at the border remains uncertain, and it remains to be seen what actions the federal government will take to address the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several South Texas counties issued disaster declarations as the Title 42 immigration order expired Thursday and amid predictions that waves of illegal immigrants will cross the border in the coming days. Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez on Thursday issued (pdf) a disaster declaration, allowing his county to obtain relief funds. 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