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The Daily

The Day Title 42 Ended

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

For weeks, officials have feared that the end of Title 42 would create a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that would strain and possibly cripple America’s immigration system. Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, reports from the border about what actually happened when the pandemic-era policy expired. Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

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0:00.0

From New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.

0:04.2

This is Adali.

0:08.2

Today.

0:09.4

And we are counting down to chaos.

0:11.0

Title 42 will officially expire in less than 18 hours.

0:14.4

The pandemic air policy allowed the US government to quickly expel migrants to cross into

0:19.1

the US illegally.

0:20.8

After Thursday, it's going to be a free for all the Biden administration.

0:23.7

For weeks, officials have feared that the end of Title 42 would create a crisis at the

0:29.5

US-Mexico border that would strain and possibly cripple America's immigration system.

0:35.6

Title 42 goes away on Thursday and migrants will be in crisis as soon as next week.

0:41.6

It will be humanitarian crisis because we are not prepared.

0:45.0

My colleague, Natalie Kicrowf, has been at the border and describes what actually happened

0:51.7

when the milestone policy came to an end.

0:58.2

It's Tuesday, May 16th.

1:01.7

Okay, can you hear me?

1:07.0

I can hear you.

1:08.0

Okay, great.

1:09.0

We're just pulling off to this part of the border that I'm trying to get to.

1:13.0

I'm sorry.

1:14.0

It's super dusty.

1:15.0

So, Natalie, just by way of context, it's Thursday, May 11th.

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