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that allowed the u.s. to expel migrants and two texas counties issued disaster declarations in preparation. today, however, there s no evidencef a rush at least not an immediate one. this video from the u.s.-mexico border is probably the besteds of that. on the left you saw the it was yesterday with migrants camped outside it, on the right the border as it was today. there s a lot of theories where those people went. we ll get to that in a moment. a source tells cnn according to a count by border patrol around 2,300 migrants were in custody this afternoon. that s slightly lower than earlier this week. nevertheless the administration is still preparing for more migrants seeking asylum. i.c.e. is adding 5,000 detention beds. there s also political chaos and the biden administration saying it s trying to sabotage its effort on the border after a federal judge s ruling in florida. reporter: after title 42 ended late thursday night some migrants discovered they didn t make ....
and the conditions there. the latest heartbreaking story there this chaotic humanitarian crisis involves an infant and a toddler who police say were abandoned by smugglers in the desert. arthel: matt finn is on the border live in eagle pass, texas, with more on this dire situation. matt? reporter: hi, arthel. this saturday afternoon we ve already seen a few dozen illegal migrants crossing the rio grande illegally, some of them over my shoulder now waiting to be processed. eagle pass, texas, which is where we are standing, is the port9 of entry where so many migrants cross illegally here to the united states. texas republican governor greg abbott and arizona republican governor doug ducey have been sending migrants by bus to sanctuary cities like new york and d.c., relieving their border towns of the burden of hundreds of house of illegal migrants. and the sheriff of one county tells fox news president biden should be stepping this to help solve this problem. let s g ....
Be processed outside el paso. today that number dropped down to a hundred. what happened to those people? were they processed? what went on? reporter: yeah, they re brought into the u.s., processed by border patrol and then released if they get the proper documentation. they could also be decan ported, it depends on the individual cases. anderson, to give you a sense how things have changed here dramatically this is an alley way behind a migrant shelter in el paso in the days leading up to the end of title 42 was packed with people sleeping outside. you can see how dramatic this has changed. and in speaking to several migrant advocates they believe what s happening on the southern side of the border tens of thousands of migrants are reassessing the border landscape and trying to figure out when the best opportunity might be to cross into the u.s. joined now by the mayor of el paso, texas. mayor, appreciate you joining us. we just heard the comments you made earlier in that reportin ....