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Massive migrant tent erected at border in preparation for end of Title 42
NY Post ^ | December 26, 2022 7:25pm | By MaryAnn Martinez
Posted on 12/27/2022, 10:43:13 AM by Red Badger
EL PASO, Texas — In the middle of the West Texas desert, a giant tent — bigger than a football field — is being thrown up by the US Border Patrol as El Paso prepares for a human tidal wave to cross the border with Mexico as soon as the Title 42 health policy comes to an end.
The makeshift facility northeast of downtown will serve as an overflow processing center when Title 42 expires — which could happen as soon as this week, depending on whether the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Biden administration from 19 Republican-led states who want to keep the policy in place.
The Border Patrol already has a Central Processing Center in El Paso, but it will not be able to meet the demand post-Title 42 – when as many as 5,000 migrants per day are anticipated to enter the city.
“It's still going to get worse before it even gets better, and that's what we're preparing for,” El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said Friday. “That's what I call the unknown.”
“As we know [Border Patrol's] CPC, central processing center, has a capacity of 1,400; we know that their breaking point is 5,000,” El Paso Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino said at a public meeting the same day. “With this surge, they know that they will not be able to hold it.” ...
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