California Braces for Unprecedented Wave of Migrants at the Border

California Braces for Unprecedented Wave of Migrants at the Border
View of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Otay Mesa, Calif., on Aug. 13, 2021. Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images
Brad Jones
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom warned this week a long-expected flood of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border into the United States could “break” the state.

He visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 12, nine days before the anticipated end of Title 42, which is set to expire on Dec. 21. The policy, created as part of the Public Health Service Act in 1944, was triggered by former President Donald Trump to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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