Title 42 expiration causes chaos at El Paso border.
As the Title 42 pandemic-era restriction that allowed the US to rapidly turn back millions of migrants and asylum-seekers is set to lift, El Paso and other Texas cities have declared a state of emergency in anticipation of a growing humanitarian crisis. Officials are preparing for potentially large numbers of people aiming to cross the US border after the rule expires late Thursday. Shelters have been so full that as many as some 3,300 migrants have been living on the streets outside of a nearby church and the center in recent days, although the numbers continue to fluctuate.