ICE Juvenile Coordinator: Agency Is 'Preparing to Utilize Its Limited Resources to Respond to a Historic Border Surge'

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing for a “historic” surge of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, with the number of those arriving anticipated to triple. This comes as the Biden administration ends Title 42, a provision that allowed Border Patrol agents to deny entry and expel migrants to stop the spread of COVID-19. The policy will end May 23 after it was put in place by former President Donald Trump at the onset of the pandemic.
According to a report from Fox News, ICE’s juvenile coordinator wrote in a filing in a case on family detention that the agency is “preparing to utilize its limited resources to respond to a historic border surge, with projections forecasted to triple current arrivals.”
The agency added that it is seeing “border enrollments” ranging from 1,000-2,000 per day.