Migrants assembled in Mexico hatch plans to cross border after Title 42 is extended

Migrants amassed in Mexico are desperate for relief and say they have been waiting patiently, but now plan to cross into the US illegally now that Title 42 has been extended. In the border city of Juarez, asylum seekers say they have risked everything and spent every penny they have to get to the US. One woman showed The Post wounds on her feet from walking hundreds of miles to the border and a man showed a monkey bite sustained during his perilous journey through the dangerous jungles in Central America to get to the border. They are among the 20,000 people the mayor of neighboring El Paso says are waiting to come over into his city when Title 42 ends. The pandemic-era policy has been in place since 2020 and allows people from certain countries to automatically be turned back by border agents and sent to Mexico or their country of origin.-- More...