US preps for rising migration when Title 42 ends

U. S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says to "expect migration levels to increase" as he outlines a more robust effort to enforce U.S. immigration law without the use of Title 42, which was invoked at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Mayorkas testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security's 2023 fiscal budget Wednesday.

Alejandro Mayorkas, U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security said "We are mindful that the, that there can be an increase in migratory flows encountered at our southern border should Title 42 come to an end as the CDC has determined it needs to do by May 23rd. Our responsibility, therefore, is to prepare and plan for that eventuality."

The Biden administration released a plan Tuesday to deal with an expected increase in already high numbers of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from the planned lifting of a public health order that prevents people from seeking asylum.