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El Paso mayor declares 'state of emergency' as border city prepares for crossings to skyrocket 'from 2,500 to 4,000, 5,000, maybe 6,000' a day when Trump-era policy expires this week

El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser declared a state of emergency, saying the migrant crisis in the border town was beginning to threaten the safety of residents

Leeser said 2,500 migrants are arriving in El Paso daily those numbers are likely to more than double as Trump-era border legislation, Title 42, expires this week

Title 42 was enacted in March 2020 to ostensibly control COVID-19 transmission at the border, but has been used to ease border control ever since

Last week Denver also declared a state of emergency in preparation for the expiration of Title 42

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Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-19

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