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Contingencies. right now, even consider receiving a steady stream of migrants, however its been manageable up to no. ive been in constant communication with border patrol and mayors from border towns, border cities, to get updates as well. >> if you look at the morning papers today, particularly the new york times or the washington post, the stories say that the chaos that was expected at the border at the end of title 42 hasnt materialized, or at least hasnt materialized yet. as the mayor of th...

“Just because a person shows up at the border doesn’t mean that they get to enter. Being expelled under Title 42 - instead they go through a much slower process under Title 8.”

Cities, what the end of the covid era title 42 policy looks like from san diego, california, just a few miles outside of tijuana, and in el paso, texas, where one middle school turned into a migrant shelter is already housing more than 100 people. a new update from that citys mayor. plus, at a breaking point, thousands of miles from those border cities, chicago, one of several american cities already under a state of emergency tied to the influx of migrants arriving from texas, and one communi...

Sacrifice, crossing jungles, many countries. it wasnt easy," he tells us. meanwhile, by 1:00 p.m. more arrive. >> currently we simply have no space inside the building. >> reporter: nearby we meet el paso residents who say its just too much worried their city is overwhelmed. >> you see them all on the sidewalks, everywhere, all the blocks and its -- its unsafe for them. its unsafe for the people. >> reporter: tonight martin is getting ready. hes heard border patrol may drop off more migrants soo...

In spite of the fact that there is a chaotic, a crowded and a strained situation right now, he says we will manage through it. its a challenge we will meet. do you have confidence in that, mr. mayor? >> well, we have to realize that, well, first of all, thank you for having me. but we have to realize that the federal issues, federal problems are now becoming local problems for border cities and border communities where we have to use our resources that are limited and basically our medical resou...

>> yeah, they are missing something, absolutely. they all need to work together. there needs to be comprehensive immigration reform. its long overdue. cities like mine that are border cities, we then have to take over and really its really taxed us. its really hard for us to deploy and really execute the way that we should be executing. so its important. this is just not sustainable. we need a solution. i really urge -- i urge congress, senators to really work on something. it might not be a per...

And republicans say the debt limit hike needs to be paired with major domestic spending cuts. did the president tell you that there were any spending cuts that he would be open to? >> well, i asked him numerous times, are there some places we could find savings? he wouldnt give me any, so im hopeful that we will be able to find them. >> reporter: top aides from both sides are going to keep talking, but there is not much time left to work this out. congress only has 12 working days between now an...

>> you heard the president say this is going to be difficult. in the short term, border cities are really going to see the impact. migrants are brought after their process and released on humanitarian. youre seeing scenes of people sleeping on the streets. those we spoke to said this started in the last week. city officials i spoke to are worried this number could increase. thats why they say theyre working with buses, airlines as well as federal agencies to try to get migrants on to the next de...

Barricades here in front of me on this street, because what you see behind me is a church shelter. so theres a lot of concern by city officials here in the city of el paso and in other border cities for their own public safety and the public safety of their residents. thats why the city of el paso issued a statement on sunday saying that the incident in brownsville reinforced their decision to close out the street here at the shelter in el paso. rosa flores, cnn, el paso. >> cnn spoke with a tex...

A strain on many border cities. >> reporter: the influx of migrants is only expected to grow by the time title 42 ends on thursday, officials estimate 11-13000 a day may arrive along the entire southern border. texas governor greg abbott deployed 600 more national guard troops today. ckexas illegally.eptohot oton t >> reporter: avid and other top republicans have said ending title 42 will encourage illegal immigration. the covid era policy allowed for the quick expulsion of most migrants on publ...