Title 42, a regulation that allowed US immigration authorities to swiftly expel migrants at the border, will expire tonight at 11:59pm ET, raising concerns about a potential large increase in the number of migrants crossing into the US.

Border Chief Directs Agents To Release Foreign Nationals En Masse Into U.S. When Title 42 Ends

Get the latest on the end of Title 42 in our LIVE countdown coverage.

Title 42 was first introduced in 2020 as a public health measure in response to the pandemic. It allowed border immigration authorities to quickly expel migrants at the US border, without having the migrants undergo asylum screening procedures.

Some believe the end of Title 42 will lead to a large increase in the number of migrants crossing the border into the US, but whether this large increase in migrants will actually happen is unclear.

In this interactive live stream, host Steve Lookner brings you live coverage of the countdown to the end of Title 42, along with the latest breaking news updates on the immigration situation at the border between the US and Mexico, and he’ll also read your comments and questions on the air!

Title 42 Ends Tonight LIVE Countdown Coverage

Moody denounced the message contained in the memo.

“The Biden administration’s failed immigration policies are disastrous,” Moody said. “Expecting to be overrun, Biden’s Border Patrol drafted a plan to hunker down and allow inadmissible immigrants to flood into the country. But for the efforts of our office and other responsibly-minded, public-safety oriented attorneys general, Title 42 would have been repealed and Biden would have released untold thousands of additional immigrants into the interior of our country – outrageous!”

This link has many cameras at different border crossings, at least 9 so far. This will be the one to watch when the “Ball Drops.”!
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The memo continued:

“If safe locations are not available” to release illegal foreign nationals, instead of processing them for removal, Ortiz said CBP would “engage with nearby cities and local governments to identify alternate safe locations for release.”

They were also instructed to be released into the U.S. in a “safe, humane and orderly manner,” not “late at night in an unpopulated area or in circumstances in which the individual would face a known safety risk.”

The only thing stopping CBP from enacting the policy was an injunction put in place by a federal court halting the administration from ending Title 42 one day after the memo was issued. Title 42 is a Trump-era directive to return illegal immigrants to Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On May 20, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana enjoined the repeal of Title 42 in a case filed by 24 states, including Florida, issuing a nationwide injunction.

Florida’s lawsuit was filed Feb. 1 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division. It names the United States of America, Department of Homeland Security and its Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and its commissioner, Chris Magnus, U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement, and its acting director, Tae Johnson, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and its director, Ur Jaddou, as defendants.

While some entering the U.S. illegally have legitimate asylum claims, the lawsuit alleges “many do not. Some are gang members and drug traffickers exploiting the immigration crisis, as evidenced by the skyrocketing amount of fentanyl being seized at the border.” All foreign nationals claiming asylum are required by law to be detained, Moody notes, pending a decision to determine if their claim is valid or not.

“Congress has commanded the Executive Branch to detain arriving aliens until a final decision is made regarding removal” regardless of how the individual enters the U.S. through a port of entry or in-between ports of entry, the lawsuit states. “Even though Congress has spoken unambiguously, the Biden administration is willfully ignoring these requirements. It has released at least 366,000 illegal border crossers since taking office,” as of February 2022.

Among those released into the U.S., DHS disclosed that the more than 48,000 who indicated that Florida was their primary destination failed to check in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to discovery documents in the case.

“The federal government now has no idea of these individuals’ location or activity – even though most are legally inadmissible,” Moody said.

The federal government was “not only unlawfully releasing aliens” but also “frequently refusing to initiate immigration court proceedings as required by law,” according to the brief. “Taking the challenge policies together, the government is violating clear congressional commands tens of thousands of times per month,” as of February 2022, it states.

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