Welcome back to square Off.
Arizona border communities are
bracing for a surge of migrantsh
Title 42 set to end on Thursday.
The pandemic era public health e
allowed the Border Patrol to immediately
expel vast numbers of border crossers.
The Biden administration has ben
scrambling to prepare the presit
sending 1500 active duty troopso
the southwest border to help ou.
Yuma's already seen record-breag
numbers of migrants.
The county supervisor who deals
with border issues are there toe
they need more help from the fe.
I don't know that you can prepae
for that. Many people coming acs
the border community of Yuma has
struggled to keep up with a sure
in migrants over the last two y,
but nothing like what's coming.
Everybody will be impacted.
An estimated 2000 to 4000 migraa
day are expected in the Yuma Se,
double or triple the current
elevated number of border cross.
The stresses will be felt by the food bank,
the Regional Hospital and
transportation services.
Border Patrol shared with us lat
week that based upon the number,
they would cease intake
into central processing.
And simply go to St. releases.
The entire southwest border is on edge
as the covet error restriction n
as Title 42 comes to an end May 11th.
The program's been used to quickly expel
migrants more than two million times.
I don't have a high level of confidence.
Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten
Sinema have both expressed a dim
view of the Biden administratios
ability to manage the projected surge.
Arizona can't bear that burden.
And that the federal administran
needs to step up and do its job.
That's what Jonathan Lines would
want Democratic Governor Katie s
to tell the Biden administratio.
Governor, how are you helping
communities deal with Title 4?
How are you helping communities
deal with Title 4, too?
When? When is that?
We haven't heard from you in we.
Governor Yuma.
Mayor Douglas Nichols has seen s
community's resources stressed o
the Max over the last two years.
By 10s of thousands of border crossers,
there is no shelter in Yuma.
Is top concern how to transport large
groups of migrants from the reme
desert in southwestern Arizona o
services in Yuma and then elsew?
Arizona is now in the 100 degree range,
and when you get plenty of peope
come across with no resources,
that's only a recipe for for de.
And so there's this is a
real humanitarian issue.
This just isn't a party issue.
This is a this is a human issue.
And many of those migrants haven
waiting for months or even yearo
apply for asylum in the United States.
But in order to start the proce,
they need to download a new app.
It's called C BP1,
and they have to connect it to a smartphone.
The app allows them to set up appointments
with US immigration officials,
but migrant advocates say the th
tool puts hundreds of thousands
of people at a disadvantage.
We're not saying everyone
needs to win asylum.
We are saying under the law,
everyone has to get a process
because that's what the law requires.
And if this were your family in danger,
you'd want to process too.
You're more than willing to
follow what the process is,
and most of my clients are.
But you need to be given
instructions on where to go,
what to do and the opportunity
to speak and explain why you and
your family's life is in danger.
And that's really what's been dd
to them and what will continue e
denied to them if you only use the app.
And Democratic Governor
Katie Hobbs is expected to travo
Tucson early this week to share her plan
for helping border communities.n
we come back, the political
fallout here in Arizona
from the end of Title 42 plus,
why is Carrie Lake getting cozyh
a Hungarian strongman? Stay wit.