to the end of Title 42.
As a crisis grows at the US
Mexico border, we're seeing the
impacts right here in our regio.
Yeah, Title 42 expires in less than 7 hours.
This Trump era policy allowed the US to
quickly expel migrants due to COVID-19.
And as it comes to an end,
the number of migrants waiting
to cross into the US well,
you can see from the pictures it's surging.
Yeah, here's a look now at the S
Mexico border crossing and El P.
You can see the people gather jt
on the other side of the fence.
Waiting for midnight right now r
Hundreds of people are standingn
the line at the border near Yum,
AZ, to enter the US There's
a large group of migrants
gathering at the Rio Grande,
a lot of them waiting across the river,
only to be stopped at the bank y
Texas State Troopers and then te
a look at this aerial footage at
the border entry in San Diego.
All those cars and trucks are in line to
cross when the clock strikes midnight.
We know some of those drivers
have been waiting there for day.
All right,
so there's no question that
this is a humanitarian crisis.
We're talking about families he,
some with small children hopingo
find a better life in our count.
We also know there is a lot of
confusion and misinformation out there
surrounding the end of Title 42.
So right now at 5, we're going to take
a look at what's happening here at the
border and what's happening at .
That start right now in our backyard.
We're early This morning,
a bus full of migrants arrived
in the Vice President's doorste.
Rafael Sanchez Cruz
is live outside the Naval
Observatory right now.
Rafa, we've seen this happen be.
I guess we're wondering now,
what are the groups on
the grounds telling you?
Are they expecting us to see
even more of these buses
pulling up in the coming days?
Leslie Lorenzo they are.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is keeping
with his promise to continue bug
migrants to cities ran by Democs
including here Washington DCA.
Message he's echoed several tims
this week as we wait for title 2
to expire in a matter of hours.
And just this morning at around0
another migrant bus from Texas h
several dozen migrants pulled up here
to the Naval Observatory the residents
of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Our cameras were.
There when the migrants,
including families,
stepped off the charter bus ande
received by members of SAMU First Response,
the organization assigned to
this task by the DC government.
Now this bus arrives after a log
pause of migrant buses arrivingo
the District and at a time whenC
migrant shelters are at capacit,
according to Mayor Muriel Bowse.
Now advocate groups are calling
on emergency shelters as they
expect more buses to arrive in
the upcoming days and weeks.
Let's take a listen.
If we can help folks who want
to move out of the hotels,
find housing and be able to do ,
then that frees up spaces for
folks who are currently sleeping
outdoors to go into the hotels.
We have not gotten a commitment from the
Bowser administration that theyl
let people go in if others move.
At the moment, they're not.
We're still pushing for, obviou,
emergency shelter for everybody.
Yeah. And Rafa, we've reached
out to DC's office.
Oh, yeah, sorry about that, Lor.
I'm just going to say that we've reached
out to the office of Migrant Services,
that's under the Department of
Health and Human Services to get
the numbers and what their plan
is moving forward about how many
migrants are staying at the shes
and what they plan to do for the
that don't have a space at thes.
But we're still waiting for that response.
Yeah.
On that same note, Rafa,
we know that Mayor Muriel Bowser said
this week that the migrant shelters in DC,
they're pretty much at capacity.
So you have this bus arriving t,
You have more in the coming day.
Where they supposed to go?
Well, a lot of these advocate gs
say that some of them are staying with
some of their volunteers and ots
are just staying in the streets.
We're actually in communicationh
some of those people that are sg
that they don't want to disclose
where they're staying because they're
fearing that they are in danger,
but they're just waiting until a
space opens up or they might hae
to pivot and go elsewhere where
they do have a place to sleep.
And we were just
sitting here writing some notes
thinking about, you know, our area is
porous and so DC is that capaci.
But we also have neighbors in
Maryland and Virginia and we wee
wondering what that fallout might be.
That's something we'll certainle
talking to you about and learnig
about more in the days ahead as well.
Rafa, we'll see you in just a little bit.