that is when title 42, a covid era border restriction will end. since march of 2020 that allowed authorities to expel certain migrants at the u.s./mexico border. they will no longer be able to do that after that may 11th date. so that means that the administration will go back to decades-old protocols. now, that is difficult at a time of unprecedented mass migration in the western hemisphere. administration officials have been putting preparations in motion. that includes, for example, setting up regional processing centers so that migrants on their way to the u.s. border can a apply to come to the u.s. legally, doing the same thing with other programs for other nationalities so they don t have to come to the u.s./mexico border and can apply to come are where they are. they are reminding migrants they will restore legal consequences when this title 42 restriction ends. now, you of course, this is an issue that is a political vulnerability for president biden and opened him up to critic
is expected to rise in the coming weeks. the reason this date is important, jim, is because that is when the covid era border restriction invoked under former president donald trump is going to end. it s ending because the public emergency for coronavirus will also be ending. that means migrants will not be quickly expelled as they were before. the administration, therefore, is racing behind the scenes to set up a number of preparations for what they anticipate will be a larger number of people. that includes a regional processing center or more than one regional processing center in latin america for migrants traveling up to the u.s. southern border so that migrants can apply where they are instead of coming to the u.s. southern border and setting up restrictions to push people backs from mexico and the origin country. all of this is underway. the homeland security secretary said while they re doing that
detention facilities at the u.s. border are maxed out as the end of a covid era border restriction is drawing closer. you re live in the cnn newsroom. wiwith flexible multi-cloud services that enable digital innovation and enterprise control,, vmware helps you innovate and grow. (man) what if my type 2 diabetes takes over? (woman) what if all i do isn t enough? or what if i can do diabetes differently? (avo) now you can with once-weekly mounjaro. mounjaro helps your body regulate blood sugar, and mounjaro can help decrease how much food you eat.
that in the coming weeks. where we re getting to tricky political territory here is we have recently heard eric adams, the mayor of new york, really amplify that pressure on his fellow democrat in the white house, calling on joe biden to enact any possible executive action to expand protections to other countries. the idea, according to the mayor, is that could potentially lead to employment opportunities for asylum seekers here. again, this does potentially lead to a thorny political relationship between the mayor of new york city and his counterpart in the white house. we have reached out to the white house for a response. priscilla, you re there at the white house. has there been a response to the mayor? and what kind of preparations is the white house putting in place for title 42, which will soon be ending? it s the covid-era border
general election he s got to figure out what his message is he hasn t gotten in the race yet, it is a little early. so i m not ready to write him off. he needs to find a way to stabilize this. thank you very much good to see you. appreciate it. now to the latest on the humanitarian crisis at the border homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says the administration will announce next week how it is preparing for a potential increase in the number of migrants coming to the southern border. in less than three weeks, the pandemic-era border restriction known as title 42 is set to be lifted those restrictions barred most migrants from entering the country and applying for asylum. with us to talk more about this is nick meroff who covers immigration for the washington post. always great seeing you. what do we think about how the administration has been preparing to deal with the end of title 42? well, the top homeland security officials say they re planning to surge resources