Will Lifting Title 42 Overwhelm Border Communities?

Christian Bryant explores what impacts Title 42 has had on immigration thus far and what impacts will come once it is scheduled to end in May.

The Biden administration announced plans to officially lift the controversial policy known as Title 42 on May 23 — but there's growing concern that that move could lead to an influx of migrants at the southern border. Last year, migrant encounters more than doubled in all nine southwest border sectors — that’s according to Pew Research.  

On Thursday, a group of bi-partisan senators introduced a new bill that would prevent the Biden administration from getting rid of the policy unless the administration presents a detailed plan to deal with an expected surge of migrants. The group of bipartisan senators plan to include their proposal as part of a larger amendment to the $10 billion COVID-funding bill.

For a little background: Title 42 was first put in place March of 2020 under the Trump administration.