America falls back into chaos and fear of the migrant emergency on the border with Mexico with the forfeiture at midnight on May 11 of Title 42, the measure introduced in March 2020 by then-President Donald Trump that effectively sealed the southern border allowing asylum seekers to be immediately deported for the Covid emergency. And tens of thousands of migrants, hungry and thirsty under a scorching sun, have been pressing for days on the border with Mexico, putting El Paso, Texas, in a state of emergency: from Friday a wave of over 150 thousand people is expected, with an average of about 10 thousand a day.
"Our borders are not open", however, reiterates the Minister of Internal Security Alejandro Mayorkas in the White House briefing a few hours before the expiry of Title 42, the measure introduced by Donald Trump that allows asylum seekers to be immediately deported for the Covid emergency. Mayorkas warned of harsher consequences for those entering illegally, from criminal prosecution to deportation with a ban on re-entering the US for at least 5 years.
Meanwhile, New York has reached the limit of hospitality for migrants and Dem Mayor Eric Adams temporarily suspends with an executive order already in force an old rule that guarantees anyone who needs it "the right to a roof" by the same night and, in the case of a family, the right to private rooms with bathroom and kitchen, avoiding gatherings. The turning point comes in view of the feared wave of migrants at the border with Mexico after the forfeiture today of Title 42, the emergency measures for covid.
Up to a thousand migrants now arrive in New York every day, New York Mayor Manuel Castro's chief of immigration services revealed. The current count of migrants who have landed in the city since last spring stands at 61,42 people, he explained, but with the end today of 'title 12' it will skyrocket "unless something changes". In his opinion, in fact, "a good part" of the illegal immigrants who cross the border could end up in the five districts of the City. "It's hard to know how many of them will be taken by bus to New York, but it could be more than <>,<>," he said.
New York is one of the Democratic cities targeted by Republican governors of southern states, who have sent dozens of buses full of migrants. Among the emergency solutions being considered by city officials is the installation of tents in Central Park and a converted hangar at John F. Kennedy Airport.
A spokesman for the mayor explained that the city had "reached its limit" and last week was forced to settle newly arrived migrants
in gyms. "This is not a decision taken lightly and we will make every effort to bring asylum seekers to shelter as quickly as possible, as we have done since day one," he added.
There are currently over 78,120 people in the city's shelter system, mostly migrants, housed between <> "shelters" and eight humanitarian relief centers. Their numbers have also increased following the move of some Republican governors, from Texas to Florida, who continue to send hundreds of asylum seekers to New York and other immigrant-ruled 'sanctuary cities' for immigrants. Adams warned that hosting migrants is costing the city billions of dollars and that the city will be "destroyed" by the crisis, criticizing Joe Biden for his handling of the situation. His attempt to ease the situation by sending hundreds of irregulars to the outskirts of the city was rejected by neighboring counties.