Monday 28 November 2022 06:14 PM Border guards are preparing for a COLLAPSE when Title 42 ends just days before ... trends now

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The impending end of a pandemic-era border policy is leading to U.S. Border Patrol workers' preparation for a massive wave of migration just before Christmas, according to six agents who spoke with the Washington Examiner.

Thousands of agents with Border Patrol are bracing for a collapse of the migration system once Title 42 ends, which was a policy put forth at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic under President Donald Trump that allows immediate expulsion of asylum seekers during a public health emergency.

The policy is set to end December 21 – after President Joe Biden's administration previously attempted to nix the program in May.

For years now during the pandemic, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been able to expel migrants crossing the southern border back to Mexico without first processing them through the U.S. immigration system.

The end of the policy comes as figures show illegal immigration encounters at the southern border reached one of the highest figures ever in October, coming in third to April and May earlier this year.