Four shocking figures that account for the situation on both sides of the border before the end of Title 42

Title 42, the health standard used by the United States since 2020 to expeditiously return hundreds of thousands of migrants at the border under the pretext of the COVID-19 pandemic, expires at 11:59 (Eastern Time) on Thursday, May 11.

As a result of the end of that measure, authorities in the United States and Mexico have seen a substantial increase in the number of migrants who concentrate at the border hoping to apply for asylum and an increase in the number of people trying to cross illegally, despite the warning that they will be returned.

The Joe Biden Administration has announced new measures to channel emigration through legal channels and, incidentally, accelerate the deportation processes of those migrants who cannot prove the validity of their asylum cases.

Migrants arrive at border hoping to get asylum in U.S.

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To deal with the flood of migrants, the administration has deployed soldiers to the southern border to support the Border Patrol and increased the number of contractors and officials who will help speed up the processing of cases.

The government has also been forced to take emergency measures over increased volume at processing centers along the border, while Biden warned Tuesday night that the situation there would be "chaotic for a while."

Next, we have in four shocking data how the end of the sanitary norm is lived on both sides of the border:

1. Up to 14,000 daily arrests as estimated

During a press conference Wednesday, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said the government expects that as a result of the expiration of Title 42, daily apprehensions at the border will skyrocket from 13,000 to 14,000.

According to Scott Good, chief of the El Paso sector of the Border Patrol, and who also participated in the press conference, in the case of migrants who do not come into contact with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the instructions are that they be deported if they are found in the country illegally.

This is what one of the routes used by migrants looks up close. This makes one of them to feed

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More than 11,000 migrants were apprehended crossing the border on Tuesday, according to official data. That record-breaking number of daily apprehensions topped forecasts of 10,000 that Department of Homeland Security officials had estimated.

"We're already overwhelmed and the date (of the end of Title 42) hasn't arrived yet," a DHS official told NBC News, speaking on condition of anonymity.

2. Hundreds of soldiers and officials based on immigration policy change

The Biden administration decided earlier last week to send 1,500 troops to the border with Mexico to assist the Border Patrol in containing the arrival of migrants after the end of Title 42.

"Due to an anticipated increase in immigration, the Department of Homeland Security requested that the Department of Defense increase to 2,500 the number of military personnel currently providing support on the southwest border, adding 1,500 additional troops over a 90-day period," White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday, May 2.

The troops, he said, seek to play a logistical and administrative support role for the Border Patrol. They would not be members of the National Guard but active-duty soldiers, but they would not carry weapons and would not be trained to make arrests, a role that would remain exclusive to CBP agents, he added.

More military personnel deployed to manage situation on the border before the end of Title 42

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For his part, John Cornelio, spokesman for the U.S. Northern Command, said Wednesday that about 550 uniformed Army personnel will support ICE's work. This includes, he added, border monitoring, administrative work and logistical support.

Another group of 950 troops, mostly members of the Army and Marine Corps, will arrive at the border by the end of the month, he said.

That force will be joined by 1,400 members of the Department of Homeland Security, while 1,000 processing coordinators are also joining the border staff, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday.

3. More than 27,000 migrants in CBP processing centers

As of Wednesday morning, CBP processing centers were housing more than 27,000 migrants, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke to NBC News. That's far higher than the roughly 18,500 people the facility is equipped to house.

In this context, the government announced a memorandum instructing overstretched CBP facilities to release some immigrants into custody, with no scheduled court date and no mechanism to track them (such as GPS), although with the requirement that they report to an ICE office.

According to Mayorkas, the number of immigrants who would be affected by this policy represents a "fraction of the people we encounter" at the border. Referring to this measure, a DHS spokesperson stressed that it is only applicable to immigrants who have been carefully vetted.

Migrants manage to get around the barbed wire that separates them from the border in Ciudad Juárez

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4. More than 60,000 migrants wait on the Mexican side with intentions to cross

During his conversation with the media, Raul Ortiz, head of the Border Patrol, said that an estimated 60,000 to 65,000 migrants are waiting in northern Mexico to enter the United States.

The figure contrasts with what a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN. According to that source, 155,000 migrants are waiting in northern Mexico, in shelters and camping out on the streets.

We walked the streets of El Paso where the pressure of the immigration authorities is already taking effect

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In Tijuana, one of the main places where migrants gather before attempting to cross into the United States, about 6,000 people waited in shelters, homes and other places, Enrique Lucero, director of immigration affairs in Tijuana, said.

Lucero said that, although many of them are deciding to cross the border wall or swim to the United States, the number of people in shelters does not decrease because new migrants continue to arrive every day, including from countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mauritania and Kyrgyzstan.

"We are on the verge of a humanitarian crisis," shelters are at capacity, he stressed.

With information from NBC News and CNN.