Team border coverage and updates
UPDATE (9:35 PM) - In Imperial County, the migrant assessment center in Calexico will be open on Friday and will only be for families and children.
There will be three drop-offs at 6 a.m., 7 a.m., and 11 a.m.
UPDATE (9 PM) - Title 42 has ended officially at 9 p.m. local time. The border is currently busy at the Yuma border.
UPDATE (5:30 PM) - Samantha Byrd says there are currently not that many migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border due to how hot it is to travel during the day.
UPDATE (5 PM) - At the Yuma border, migrants continue to arrive.
You can read Vanessa Gongora's article HERE.
UPDATE (4:30 PM): In Calexico, Karina Bazarte says there is not much activity happening but migrant assessment centers are set up and ready.
You can watch the press conference below:
UPDATE (3:31 PM): Mayor Nicholls mentioned Border Patrol will begin releasing migrants into sections of Yuma starting Friday morning. Releases will not be in neighborhoods, but in commercial areas where migrants will be able to get resources and transportation. Local law enforcement in Yuma County is prepared to keep both the community and migrants safe.
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls (@MayorNicholls) announces local migrant releases to take place tomorrow: https://t.co/Wz24XzLRVu pic.twitter.com/U8vxyMIs68
— Adam Klepp (@FOX9AdamKlepp) May 11, 2023
UPDATE (3:13 PM): Nicholls also said that he urges the Yuma community to remain calm and that the migrants who are being released have been "thoroughly screened."
UPDATE (3:12 PM): According to Adam Klepp, Nicholls, during his press conference, said that 141 migrants will be released locally tomorrow.
UPDATE (3:02 PM): Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls starts his press conference. To watch, click HERE.
UPDATE (1:00 PM) - According to Abraham Retana, activity on the border is slow, and less than ten migrants are waiting for Border Patrol.
UPDATE (12 P.M.) - President and CEO Amanda Aguirre of the Regional Center for Border Health says the center is expecting an influx of migrants coming to the Yuma Border and has prepared for the large number of migrants they will see after Title 42 is lifted.
Read the article HERE.
UPDATE (11:34 AM): Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls will hold a press conference at 3:00pm Thursday.
NEW: @MayorNicholls is holding a press conference at 3 p.m. where he will ask President Biden to issue a 'Federal Emergency Declaration' due to the end of Title 42.
— Adam Klepp (@FOX9AdamKlepp) May 11, 2023
Presser will be live streamed on https://t.co/eywk1GC4lM
UPDATE (11 A.M.) - In Imperial County, busses have been arriving with migrants, and the migrant assessment center is open. Read the article HERE.
UPDATE (10:44 AM) - Adam Klepp spoke with Senator Sinema who said Air Marshalls were sent to the Yuma Sector to assist with processing.
Just spoke with Senator Sinema about the current state of the Yuma Border. She says Air Marshalls were sent to the Yuma Sector to assist with processing.
— Adam Klepp (@FOX9AdamKlepp) May 11, 2023
"It was their [Biden Admin.] job to prepare...and it was their choice to end Title 42 today."
More coming on @KYMA11. pic.twitter.com/jRGw8MGaG7
UPDATE (8 A.M.) - Steel beams are being placed in the Yuma wall gaps.
Meanwhile…steel beams are being placed in the Yuma wall gaps. pic.twitter.com/WFLaQNhhNQ
— Adam Klepp (@FOX9AdamKlepp) May 11, 2023
UPDATE (6 A.M.) - About 200-300 migrants are waiting at the Yuma border this morning waiting for their chance to seek asylum in the U.S. and are waiting to be processed.
(KYMA, KECY) - KYMA will be doing team border coverage throughout the day and will bring the latest updates to come.
The Title 42 pandemic-era health policy that allowed the U.S. to expel migrants at the southern border for the past three years will be coming to an end on Thursday, May 11 at 9 p.m. local time.
Title 42 superseded Title 8 during the national health emergency declared by the federal government.
All migrants will be processed under Title 8 after Thursday, but the Biden Administration is implementing a new rule to make asylum more difficult to achieve.
Check out Adam Klepp's Twitter feed to keep up with the latest at the Yuma border:
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