US Braces for Massive Migrant Surge Amid Border Restrictions End

Federal immigration authorities and local officials are already short on the money and space needed to handle migrants as the Biden administration braces for what is expected to be a record surge in migration across the southern border when Covid restrictions officially end May 11. Customs and Border Protection processing centers along the southern border are already close to capacity under current budget levels. DHS has told the White House it needs more than $3 billion from Congress to increase its capacity to shelter, process and transport migrants along the border, but more money from Congress seems unlikely.