El Paso Declares State of Emergency Amid Growing Number of Asylum Seekers as Title 42 Set to End

In Texas, the mayor of El Paso has declared a state of emergency over concerns the city won’t be able to provide shelter and resources to the growing number of asylum seekers arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. An average of over 2,400 daily asylum seekers have been apprehended by border authorities in El Paso in recent days. Local shelters are beyond capacity, with many asylum seekers forced to sleep on the streets in freezing winter temperatures. This is El Paso’s Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser.