Article 67150 Confusion and tension high at US-Mexico border despite upholding of Covid-era rules

Confusion and tension high at US-Mexico border despite upholding of Covid-era rules

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Emergency housing, food and other essentials had been set up in preparation for an influx of migrants at Texas border cities

Along the US southern border, two cities - El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez just across the waters of the Rio Grande in Mexico - were trying to prepare for a new surge of as many as 5,000 new migrants a day as pandemic-era immigration restrictions were set to expire this week, setting in motion plans for emergency housing, food and other essentials.

Even with the ruling from the US Supreme Court on Monday evening that the restriction known as Title 42 would not end after all, as had been ordered by a lower court, confusion and tension were high.

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