El Paso clears migrant camps ahead of Biden's first visit to border and crossings drop to a trickle

January 11, 2023

‹ Slide me › In December, migrants were sleeping rough in makeshift camps around the Greyhound Bus Station in downtown El Paso. El Paso declared an emergencyBut on Saturday, the same streets had no sign of the migrants who had camped thereWHAT IS TITLE 42? Title 42 border restrictions are a public health order that enabled U.S. authorities to turn back most migrants, including people seeking asylum from persecution. 'And we've seen our number of encounters and illegal crossings in urban El Paso go down dramatically.' Robert Pena, executive director of the El Paso Republican Party, said he expected it to go down like Vice President Kamala Harris's trip in 2021.