Migrant surges hint at chaos at US-Mexico border once Title 42 expires

Migrants queue near the US-Mexico border wall to turn themselves in to US border patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, on 13 December 2022. Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

More than 1,500 undocumented people hurried across the US-Mexico border into west Texas all at once last weekend, surprising the city of El Paso, which is no stranger to dealing with migration.

The group included many Nicaraguans, who said they were freed by Mexican authorities after being kidnapped last week.