Due to the expiry of the measure, called Title 42, a large influx of people who want to cross the border to the United States is now expected. Previously, US President Joe Biden had already said that he takes the “chaos” into account. And that thought seems to be confirmed, says US correspondent Joe Biden. “It looks like this now, if you see what’s already happening at the border. Thousands of immigrants, from all over the world, are waiting at the border with Mexico. They expect that from tonight it will be much easier to enter America». US Customs expects tens of thousands of migrants to cross the border every day.
‘Migrants are excited by people smugglers with very good stories’
Title 42 was introduced by then President Donald Trump during the corona pandemic. Migrants could then be deported without ifs and buts. Nearly three million migrants have been expelled because of the programme. “Soon the vast majority will no longer be so easy to expel. The Biden government, however, has taken a number of steps to ensure that something happens.’
The expiration of the measure is mainly used by human traffickers, Postma says. ‘Migrants are being led by people smugglers with very nice stories that it will be easy to cross the border from now on. So huge crowds are expected.’
Republicans are putting pressure on Biden
Ahead of the presidential election later next year, that spells bad news for Biden. ‘These images are now all entering living rooms, which is across all channels. Border states have clearly been affected by it for much longer. There are also problems in several major cities. Once migrants are in the country and awaiting their procedure, they end up in big cities like New York and Chicago. Now there’s a problem there too.”
Republicans in particular use the issue against Democrats. ‘Immigration was already very important in the last elections, it will be so now too. Even Trump referenced it again during his town hall on CNN. His message was that if he were president again, none of this would happen. It’s a more complicated story, of course, that America has been dealing with for decades. But the Americans are fed up with it and want a solution.”