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Overcrowding, like places in el paso where they have over a thousand migrants sleeping on the streets. we also understand that secretary mayorkas is in this area where he's been speaking to worder agents to prepare for the lifting of title 42 and sending the message that even with those changes the border is not open and it's secure. in fact, we saw a deportation flight today take over 130 migrants, men and women, back to guatemala. they were shackled and we understand they were turned back before they could claim asylum because of title 42. the u.s. government will lose that authority next we...

The border, thousands more are coming every day than just last month, and that's before title 42 expires next thursday. plus, markets are soaring after the april jobs report blew away expectations, unemployment dropping back to its lowest level in more than 50 years. the good news may be short lived, especially if republicans and the white house can't agree on how to raise the debt limit in the next three and a half weeks. can the president tap into his decades of experience as a deal maker when it matters the most? we start, though, in texas where that highly anticipated surge of migrants...

In title 42 but without the public health component, basically stripping all the covid language and giving the president authority to expel more migrants. it would have to pass a republican-controlled house. that's certainly not going to happen before title 42 disappears next week, but again, it's one of many ideas that have been surfaced on immigration in recent years that may or may not make any progress. >> i mean, years ago there was an idea that you could somehow combine border security and a path to citizenship, and both sides would be placated. what happened to that? >> reporter: well, ...

Put along the border increased the number of apprehensions. there were more officers patrolling the border and working at the ports. >> secretary, since it appears congress isn't close to any real reform, can dhs handle this issue on its own? >> well, i think it will be a struggle, but i think they have a plan in place. they've moved resources to the extent that they can. they've made very clear that the border is not open and that those who are caught at the border will be removed under the existing legal authority called title 8, and once they're removed under title 8, they cannot attempt to...

People being apprehended or expelled has tripled from less than 600 a day in march to more than 2,000 a day this week. across the entire southwest border, the daily average has gone from around 5,000 in march to more than 7,000 last month. officials say it could reach 10,000 a day once the policy actually expires next week. nbc's julia ainsley is in texas with more. >> reporter: local officials here say they need more help from the federal government ahead of next week's lifting of title 42. those are those covid-19 restrictions that so far have kept migrants from entering the country to claim...