Mayor Leeser announced on Monday that once the Trump-era Title 42 program ends, El Paso is expecting an influx of up to 20,000 immigrants seeking refuge in Texas.
Just two days after he proclaimed a state of emergency, Mayor Leeser handled a surge of illegal immigrants entering the city via its southern border, whose release into the city’s already-frozen streets raised serious concerns.
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“We’ve been talking to some of the partners in Mexico, and we’re talking also to the Border Patrol and those are the numbers that have been fed back to us,” said Leeser. “The shelters in [Ciudad] Juarez are completely full today, and they believe there are about 20,000 people ready to come into El Paso.”
Democratic local leader Leeser is actively working with neighborhood organizations to handle any rise in the number of illegal immigrants in a peaceful manner.
Title 42 gave Border Patrol officers the power to promptly deport foreign persons without legal status who constituted a danger in order to safeguard the health of Americans during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The policy to expulse foreigners has been in effect since March 2020 and is about to expire at a time when local leaders are concerned that their towns would not be able to absorb an inflow of immigration.
Customs and Border Protection apprehended a whopping 99,201 people trying to enter Texas illegally in only 19 days. In all, 70,288 persons were detained from December 1–19 alone, with El Paso and Del Rio being two of the busiest sectors along that portion of the border. “getaways,” evading arrest or those who did so were also mentioned.
El Paso Sector border officers saw a significant spike in illegal crossings on the weekend of December 10–11; on average, there were 2,460 daily encounters, a 40% increase over October’s total. For US authorities in charge of guarding our nation’s borders, this creates difficult circumstances, especially with greater hikes on the horizon.
Of response to the surge in unauthorized immigration, Mayor Leeser approved an emergency declaration that provided more resources and authority to detain these people who had crossed the border between the United States and Mexico.
Mayor Leeser announced the creation of an emergency operations center to guarantee the issue is handled effectively and efficiently.
“We know that the influx on Wednesday will be incredible,” At a press conference to declare the emergency, the mayor stated. “I said from the beginning, that I would call it when I felt that either our asylum-seekers or our community, was not safe. I really believe that today our asylum-seekers are not safe as we have hundreds and hundreds on the streets and that’s not the way we want to treat people.”
A court deemed Title 42 to be unconstitutional on November 16 and ordered the Biden administration to stop it by December 21. Republican states swiftly acted in response in an effort to prevent this directive, but they were unsuccessful when an appeals court denied their request on December 16.
With Arizona, Louisiana, and Texas submitting an emergency motion to reverse the lower court’s decision, the GOP orchestrated a remarkable change of events. Days before the insurance was about to expire, they made this audacious maneuver, as if they were rushing against time to get it cancelled. “needlessly endanger more Americans and migrants by exacerbating the catastrophe that is occurring at our southern border.”
The Biden administration was given a temporary respite by Chief Justice John Roberts in an attempt to give them more time to answer before Tuesday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. The Supreme Court’s final decision might determine how this tenuous policy is implemented for years to come.
In response to a massive influx of immigrants entering from El Paso, Denver has proclaimed a state of emergency. To safeguard the security and protection of individuals impacted by the migration and to avert a worsening humanitarian catastrophe inside its borders, the city is adopting preemptive steps.
The rush of illegal immigrants coming to Denver from Central and South America has alarmed Mayor Michael Hancock and put a tremendous strain on the city’s resources intended to provide them with adequate housing. If we are to continue providing proper shelter, the problem of limited space, manpower shortages, and winter weather conditions must be addressed immediately.
“It is at a crisis point right now and cities all over this country are being forced to deal with something we’re not equipped to deal with,” Hancock said.
