That includes 60,000 migrants in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, 35,000 in Tamaulipas and 25,000 in Coahuila, the source said Monday.
Beyond the northern border states, the federal government estimates hundreds of thousands of migrants were in the “pipeliine” in southern Mexico and Central American countries, the source said.
Title 42 – a 2020 policy that officials said was an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19 – has allowed US authorities to swiftly expel migrants encountered at the southern border, with some exceptions. It’s set to lapse on Thursday, along with the nation’s coronavirus public health emergency.
The policy has been controversial in part because immigrant rights advocates argued officials were using public health as a pretext to keep as many migrants out of the country as possible. But federal officials have warned its expiration could greatly increase the number of migrants trying to cross into the US and exacerbate an already challenging humanitarian crisis at the southern border.
Communities along the US-Mexico border already are seeing an increase in migrant arrivals.
Encounters between US border agents and migrants climbed in recent days, surpassing more than 8,000 daily, a Homeland Security official said. That number could reach around 10,000 after Title 42 lifts, the official said.
Many heading to the US are making long treks in hopes of making it across the border in search of a better, safer life for their families.
“I want to be happy. I want to bring my son over. I want to live a life where we don’t suffer from mistreatment for violence,” migrant Kimberly Sanchez told CNN affiliate KGTV.
US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has stressed that federal officials have been preparing for the end of Title 42 and are ready.
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