Big jump in the crowd at the bor
just days before Title 42 expir.
Good afternoon. Welcome to the .
I'm Heather Meyers.
I'm Carlo Chichetto.
It's a surge border officials
have been bracing for,
and it's beginning to hit hard.
Let's go right to our Shannon H,
who's live there seeing all
of this first hand. Shannon.
Yeah, Carlo and Heather,
I'm here along the border fence,
not too far from Los America's outlet mall,
and this is an area I have beeno
several times over the past week or so.
Take a look behind me.
I can tell you from first hand
experience that even in the
course of just a few days,
the crowd here has grown exponentially
by the hundreds and that has
added to the chaos and confusio.
I'm just trying. Live a better .
Demario Jones is from Jamaica.
He is one of hundreds of migrans
gathered in just one specific
area along the border wall.
The numbers here continue to grow daily
with people from all over the w,
including many young children.
So much so there are now makesht
tents that were here before.
Just give me a few minutes,
let me finish this, OK?
While there today migrants
begged us for food and water.
They also asked us to charge their phones.
Some have been camped out for
days waiting for May 11th.
That's when Title 42 expires,
giving them an opportunity to claim asylum.
The hope for everyone here is te
allowed into the United States as they
wait for their cases to be hear.
However, there seems to be some confusion
as to how the process will work.
Women and children will reportey
have priority,
but others are wondering what about them,
and that's led to a lot of frustration.
Organization The police give us tickets
and the police take random peop.
Without tickets and bring them y
and leave us be. And it's very,
very frustrating to local nonprofits,
including American Friends
Service Committee, are trying to help.
Every day, volunteers have visid
the border wall to gather information
from migrants regarding their n,
so they can share that with US
Customs and Border Protection.
They're also coordinating
the collection of donations,
including food and water.
Beyond that, I'm told what
these people want is clarity.
We would hope that Border Patrol killed.
Provide a little bit of more structure,
a little bit of more process.
Even if they know that they're g
to be waiting here for a while,
it would make sense to provide e
basic information to the peopleo
that they can collaborate collectively.
And back out here live,
you're looking at what appears o
be these migrants getting in li.
We're not sure how they're being organized,
but we can tell you that US cuss
and board officers are there ane
have seen some of these migrants
holding up and waving their passport.
So it looks as though that.
Border Patrol is trying to
organize these people.
In some sense, we're in clear
specifically about what is goin,
but I'll step over there in a
few minutes after this live
shot to get more information.
As for the situation in general,
this is an issue that we're deag
with along the southern border,
so not just here in California
but over in Texas.
And the Biden administration has
sent 1500 troops to the southern
border to deal with this influx.
They've also added appointments
at processing centers and they'e
taken a number of other steps t.
Try and make this transition ea.
But as you guys can see and as
we've seen first hand and we've
showed you with that video,
again,
a lot of confusion and a lot
of people here waiting at
our border. Yeah boy Shannon,
just the images are shocking
compared to the images brought
to us last week when our
coverage began last week on thi.
But for those allowed into the country,
where will they go?
And that's the tricky part, Hea.
This is a question I have
asked several times.
So basically, people will go get processed,
and then some of them may go to family
members who are already in the United States.
Some of them will go to shelter.
And if they don't have any family members,
a lot of organizations are trying to find
host families who can host these people.
The problem, though, is that evn
people who are allowed to be le,
remember, they'll be allowed.
In as they wait for a judge to hear their
asylum case which could take months or years.
So imagine trying to find housing for someone
that has no family in the United States.
Someone who's willing to
house these people for that
much time along the border.
We just see those numbers grow day by day.
A lot more today.
We'll be covering this all week
and into the coming weeks I'm
sure as this situation grows.
Shannon Handy reporting live
for us from the border.
Thanks Shannon.