El Paso continues to be inundated with thousands of illegal border crossers with nearly 2,500 daily encounters over the weekend and just eight days left until the pandemic-era expulsion policy Title 42 ends.In the last 48 hours, Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz tweeted, agents encountered 16,000 migrants at the southern border overall. Officials are warning the crisis will only worsen in coming weeks and agents are bracing for chaos when Title 42 ends on December 21 – just four days before .Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected to visit El Paso, on Tuesday to assess the situation, 'meet with the CBP workforce, review operations, and meet with local officials and organizations.'
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