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[ speaking non-english ] >> translator: thank god it's going to be a new life for us. >> and ed lavandera joins us now from el paso. can you explain title 42 and the remain in mexico policy. what is the difference between them? >> reporter: well, the remain in mexico policy was technically called the migrant protection protocol. it essentially allowed the u.s. government to expel migrants coming from countries other than mexico and force them to wait just on the other side of the border. it was controversial because you're sending migrants to sit in dangerous border cities on the mexican side....

Doorstep and he's worried we have to. the reality is there's too many people. >> reporter: the biden administration is projecting anywhere between 9 and 14,000 migrants could attempt to cross the u.s. southern border once title 42 is lifted next week. now there are still a number of legal challenges playing out in the court, and because of that, it is possible that title 42 is kept in place next week. in the meantime, border cities like here in el paso are bracing for what's to come next week. ed lavandera, cnn, el paso, texas. top congressional negotiators say they have a deal on the framew...

People fanning across the country because they can't all live in border cities it is a ridiculous stance but i respect that you actually think that all of this is because republican governors decided to stand up and get some attention on an untenable situation. i get that. >> that's not what i said. i said we need to work together and not traffic people across the country. >> harris: obama being the deporter in chief. he was deporting people. do you want to comment on that, desirae? >> my comment is that republicans and democrats need to work together. we've seen presidents be successful at th...

Put anything in place to help the policy to try to recharge some of the flow. arthel: why did governor abbott declare an invasion of the southern border? what you think he's hoping a declaration would trigger? >> all resources in texas are overwhelmed including border patrol, department of public safety of texas, they had national guard deployed but the flow continues unabated the declaring invasion allows the government to deploy resources from his national guard in a different status to help the situation down there so more boots on the ground more eyes and ears and assistance to his own aut...

Them than inconveniencing his political opponents. based on this new lawsuit we know many of the migrants felt the same way, right? >> sure. it's worth pointing out differences. at least based on my reporting in del rio, what you quoted in the story, where that came from, is -- there's a process that leads from del rio to texas. people in texas before they board those buses are given an orientation. they're told what their rights are. they're told where they're going. they're told they can get off the bus at any time and that didn't appear to happen in martha's vineyard. >> very clear differen...