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The ticking border time bomb: 1,000 migrants in the largest caravan in HISTORY crosses the Rio Grande into El Paso - with huge numbers being released onto the streets and just nine days until Title 42 ends

A group of 1,000 migrants crossed illegally into El Paso, Texas on Sunday night. Migrants are mostly from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Before the mass migration over the weekend, Mexican police escorted nearly 20 buses full of migrants into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 

 

By Katelyn Caralle

 

Daily Mail

December 12, 2022

 

 

A group of 1,000 migrants, possibly the largest single group so far, crossed the Rio Grande River overnight to turn themselves in to US Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas

 

More than 1,000 migrants streamed across the southern border into Texas on Sunday night in a dire indication of the chaos to come when Title 42 comes to an end in just nine days.

The group from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua - possibly the largest in history - ran across the Rio Grande into El Paso, where local officials are releasing hundreds of migrants back onto the streets and border officials are bracing for a surge in crossers.

Footage shows the migrants wading through the water carrying belongings and then waiting in line on the river's bank to be processed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials.

Title 42, the COVID policy of expelling migrants when they reach the border, is set to come to an end on December 21 – just four days before Christmas.

Overworked border guards fear thousands could cross into the U.S. from Central America every day and will be overwhelmed by the influx.

Mexican authorities appeared to have assisted the illegal crossings, with images emerging of police escorting nearly 20 buses filled with migrants into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which is directly across the border from El Paso.

As the pandemic-era policy winds down just before Christmas, House Republicans warn in a letter obtained by DailyMail.com that the Biden administration's use of Air Marshals to assist along the border could put 'the lives and safety of airline passengers at risk' over the holidays.

 

The migrants who crossed Sunday evening are mostly from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Pictured: A family of migrants from Nicaragua are seen before crossing the river to turn themselves into U.S. Border Patrol

 

The massive caravan comes just nine days before the expiration of Title 42, which allowed immediate expulsion of asylum-seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and could lead to holiday chaos at the southern border

 

Title 42 helped quell the migration crisis at the southern border as immigration officials were able to immediately expel those seeking asylum in the midst of the public health emergency.

President Joe Biden tried to put an end to the policy in May, but received a slew of backlash from Republicans who claimed it was wrong to end a policy while the U.S. was still under health emergency orders.

Title 42 was first enacted under former President Donald Trump. 

El Paso reports that after the 1,000 crossings on Sunday night, Border Patrol now has more than 5,000 illegal immigrants in custody and has released hundreds onto the streets of U.S. cities.

As Title 42 ends just before Christmas, House Republicans are also warning that the Biden administration's use of Air Marshals to assist along the border could put 'the lives and safety of airline passengers at risk' over the holidays.

GOP Representative Mike Carey of Ohio is leading a request for more information from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whose department oversees both Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) as well as the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) - which runs the Federal Air Marshal Service.

 

Before the mass migration over the weekend, Mexican police escorted nearly 20 buses full of migrants into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico before migrants then walked across the river and illegally crossed into El Paso, according to Fox News 

 

Migrants who crossed over the weekend were kidnapped by organized crime groups in Mexico and released days later by the Mexican Army to cross the river into the U.S. 

 

Carey's letter, first obtained by DailyMail.com on Monday and co-signed by six other GOP members of Congress, lists a series of questions for Mayorkas about the plan, including 'an estimate of the cost' of sending Air Marshals to the border, what they're working on, and if any public safety evaluation was done before taking action.

'As we enter one of the busiest travel times of the year, it is imperative that we have every Federal Air Marshal tending to their actual job rather than assisting in a problem your administration created and continues to ignore,' the lawmakers stated.

Thousands of Border Patrol agents are preparing for a total collapse of the U.S. immigration system with the end of Title 42. 

'When Title 42 ends we are going to see an already broken immigration system become completely inundated across all sectors,' one Border agent told The Washington Examiner. 

 

Asylum-seeking migrants stand near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo River to turn themselves into U.S. authorities on Sunday, December 11

 

The first month of Fiscal Year 2023 showed more than 230,000 encounters with CBP, the third-highest month in recent history, all occurring under President Joe Biden

 

For the Fiscal Year ending September 30, there were 2,378,944 encounters - the highest level ever recorded by the department 

 

For years during the COVID-19 pandemic, CBP has been able to expel migrants crossing the southern border back to Mexico without first processing them through the U.S. immigration system. 

The end of Title 42 comes as figures show illegal immigration encounters at the southern border reached one of the highest-ever figures in October, coming in third to April and May of this year.

The start of Fiscal Year 2023 came with CBP reporting encounters with 230,678 migrants at the southern border. Border Patrol employees are warning that the crisis will only get worse once Biden ends Title 42 next month.

In Fiscal Year 2022, CBP encountered more than 2.3 million migrants crossing the southern border – a massive record high.

 

Migrants, mostly from Northern Triangle country of Nicaragua, formed a caravan to reach El Paso, Texas after they were released by the Mexican Army following kidnapping in Durango, Mexico by organized crime