Title 42 deadline approaches as US sees surge in migrant numbers.

Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned migrants against trying to enter the United States after Title 42 ends at midnight tonight, noting that immigration authorities expect “to see large numbers of encounters” and “are already seeing high numbers of encounters in certain sectors”. Mayorkas blamed Congress for not changing immigration law to better react to the latest trends in immigration and called on them to pass desperately needed immigration reform. Chuck Schumer condemned remarks by Alabama Republican Tommy Tuberville, who appeared to defend white nationalists in the US military.