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Faith leaders working on the border are wary of what's to come. They expect tensions to keep rising if new restrictions are imposed

Far beyond. thank you so much. i really appreciate it. border cities are at the epicenter of the migrant kries i. officials in the rio grande reporting to migrants sleeping on the street as clear evidence that they don't have the resources, they don't have the space to handle the occurrence surge let alone what could happen when title 42 goes away. the city of el paso just declared a state of emergency because of this. ed lavendera is there for us and tracking this for us. ed, what are you hearing there? >> reporter: well, just a short while ago here on the streets of el paso, a group of pol...

Hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield. cities along the southern border are bracing for an increase of migrants after a federal appeals court rejects a republican-led challenge to keep title 42 in place that trump-era policy allowed authorities to swiftly expel migrants who crossed into the u.s. from mexico citing health concerns over the covid-19 pandemic. the court ruling will allow the policy to end next week and sets the stage for a challenge in the u.s. supreme court. but for many border cities resources are already strained. in el paso, ...

It's not just human tracking tr. >> trace: if they are catching that much fence and all you got to believe there's more coming. thank you. new york city has requested emergency funding from the biden administration help deal with its relatively small influx of migrants. ashley strohmier live in new york city with more on that. ashley. >> hi, trace. when you think about, 30,000 migrants is nothing compared to what you heard kevin mentioned about border cities in texas dealing with what they do on a daily basis and it could just get worse. el paso is bracing for a 5,000 migrants a day once title...

Think if that happens. >> thank god it's gonna be a new life for us. >> ed lavandera joins us from el paso. can you explain the policy. what is the difference between them? >> well, the policy was called the micro protection protocol. allow the u.s. government to expel migrants coming from countries other than mexico. forcing them to wait on the other side of the border. it is highly controversial. essentially sending migrants to very dangerous border cities on the mexican side. title 42 is actually [inaudible] it's a public health policy that was used during the pandemic era to keep migrants ...