to the southern border now. it is just one day until title 42 expires and president biden is predicting chaos. the covid era border restriction per lapses tomorrow just before midnight. after a call with mexico s president, mr. booifrn was asked if the administration is prepared. i spent i think close to an hour with the mexican president today. we re doing all we can. the answer is it remains to be seen. we have gotten overwhelming cooperation from mexico. but it remains to be scene. it will be chaotic for a while. and officials at the u.s. border doing what they can to limit that chaos. rosa flores has more on that from el paso. reporter: the scene here in el paso, texas has changed. if you take a look around me, you will see that the streets are empty.
it turns out the judge kept him on the case, and as we know, the verdict was unanimous against mr. trump. all right, laura, thank you for that. just one day before the end of a border restriction known as title 42, a top official tells nbc news as many as 65,000 migrants are in northern mexico tonight waiting to cross. tom llamas is there. reporter: tonight long lines of migrants turning themselves in as time is running out on title 42. border officials urging those who crossed illegally to line up and get processed or face the consequences. how much confusion is there out there with title 42 being lifted and the new biden policy being enacted? they don t know who to believe. they don t know who to listen to. reporter: it s why some families insist on living outside the sacred heart church in el paso. this family is from guatemala traveling with their 3-month-old. [ speaking non-english ] reporter: they tell me they believe being processed means being deported.
and charlie sykes. the title 42 border restriction, it s a lose/lose thing. the criticism from the aclu i talked to them yesterday. they didn t prepare properly. they didn t create regional centers. they didn t get more judges and social workers down there. there s resentment from social ngos about sending 1,500 active duty troops. the message it sends we knew title 42 was going to sunset two years ago. there seems to be they seem to be caught on back footing. the message of militariing the border more plays into the people are trying to seek asylum are criminals. it doesn t help. what we saw most recently this weekend where someone took it upon themselves to take their
people on board. nbc has learned the case is expected to go to a grand jury to decide if charges will be filed against the man who put neely in that chokehold. he was questioned by police and released. now to the border crisis where officials face a rush of migrants when that pandemic border title 42 expires next week. the biden administration facing bipartisan criticism, and tonight the homeland security secretary is responding in an interview with julia ainslie. reporter: tonight, just a week from the lifting of that border restriction known as title 42, growing numbers of migrants crossing into the u.s. all as the border patrol expects legal border crossing will spike to 10,000 per day when title 42 lifts. are you worried about title 42 lifting next week. i m not worry about title 42 lifting. we recognize the challenge at the border. our responsibility is to plan and to execute on those plans, and that is indeed what we have done and continue to do. reporter: homeland