EL PASO, Texas (CBS4) — Now that the Title 42 immigration policy has come and gone, El Paso city leaders will be considering extending two emergency ordinances that would continue its help in addressing the migrant crisis.
Monday morning El Paso’s city council will meet and discuss both ordinances regarding the mass migration through El Paso.
The first ordinance they will consider extending would continue to authorize the city manager to assign personnel and resources to assist in addressing the humanitarian and public safety situation that has resulted from the migration numbers at the southern border.
The second ordinance the council will consider re-extending is the disaster declaration.
Mayor Oscar Leeser first declared the state of emergency for the city on April 30 and extended it on May 8.
The city of El Paso’s website explains the state of emergency was originally declared due to the new wave of migration causing a humanitarian, security, and economic crisis.
In the final days before Title 42, the average number of border crossings at the southern border was averaging upwards of 10,000 daily.
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Since the end of the Title 42 policy, US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said that number has gone down significantly.
El Paso City Council is scheduled to meet on Monday at 9 a.m. for a work session and again on Tuesday for its regular meeting.
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