SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — ABC 10News has brought you continuing coverage from the U.S.-Mexico border over the last two weeks in anticipation of Title 42's expiration. The end of the pandemic-era and Trump administration policy will shift how the U.S. Customs and Border Protection processes migrants seeking entry into the country.
As 10News Anchor Wale Aliyu has learned, an influx of migrants has grown at the border in south San Diego County, counting down the seconds Title 42 has left.
Our newsroom has brought you their stories all week: They are here in search of a better life. They are tired after braving long journeys to get here. They are hungry: Some people even ate leaves to sustain themselves.
They are desperate for help.
When Aliyu reported from the border earlier this week, many of the migrants asked 10News crews to charge their phones, so they could connect to the world and complete the necessary asylum process.
The surge of migrants is only expected to grow once Title 42 officially ends at 8:59 p.m. PT Thursday.
Watch the video at the top of this page or below for more on this developing story.
CONTINUING COVERAGE:
- Thousands wait along southern US border as end of Title 42 nears
- Title 42 is ending. So what laws take effect now?
- San Diego County asking Biden administration for help amid migrant surge
- Migrants from Haiti wait near the border, hoping to enter legally
- Border Patrol updates app necessary in asylum application process
- Border Patrol Union representative says processing stations are over capacity
- Feds finalize new immigration rule as Title 42 expires
- Migrants at San Diego border confused about what happens when Title 42 ends
