Title 42's End Sparks Preparation for Migrant Surge at US-Mexico Border.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he's ordering his agency to allow "thousands" of additional migrants to enter the US legally while opening new facilities in Central and South America to process asylum-seekers. Mayorkas said a border rush is likely when the Title 42 COVID-19 policy expires May 11, but that the new program may mitigate a fresh spike in illegal entries. Under the plan, prospective migrants will be told to go to processing centers in Guatemala and Colombia to be prescreened and potentially allowed into the US to await final rulings on their claims of persecution in their homelands.