The Biden administration launches a “targeted enforcement operation” in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday to process and potentially deport and deport illegal immigrants in one of the border crossing hotspots – as numbers along the border soared ahead of the deadline the actions of the law. 42 later this week.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and officers will conduct an operation in El Paso, where approximately 2,200 migrants are currently camped or living on the streets a few blocks from the main ports of entry connecting El Paso . Paso with the Mexican city of Juarez.

This comes amid a wider surge, with more than 26,000 people detained and more than 7,000 “breakouts” in just 72 hours, according to official statistics.

Fox cameras have already shown images of huge lines of migrants crossing part of Texas, most of them single adults.

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This comes ahead of the end of Thursday’s Section 42 public health ordinance, which has been used since 2020 to rapidly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, nearly half of all encounters with migrants ended in Section 42 expulsions.

The repeal of the order is expected to bring a huge number of migrants to the border who believe they will have a better chance of entering the US after the order ends. The Biden administration has said this is not true and has warned that it is tightening penalties for illegal entry while encouraging migrants to use expanded legal routes instead.

During the operation, agents will “process individuals for screening and inclusion in Section 42 or Section 8 exclusion procedures, as appropriate,” the CBP said. Those deemed to pose a threat to national security or public safety will be transferred to ICE for detention.

“As we have repeatedly stated, individuals who have no legal basis to remain will be removed,” Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said in a statement. “People should not listen to smugglers’ lies and use legal defenses instead.”

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However, the agency stressed that none of the agencies will take action “at or near the location that would, to the greatest extent possible, restrict people’s access to essential services or participation in essential activities.”

Meanwhile, CBP will cut operations at the nearby port of entry in Paso del Norte. The agency encourages travelers to use alternative ports.

The Biden administration has been trying to discourage migrants from traveling north while taking a series of measures to deal with what could become a historic number of encounters in the coming days.

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Last week, he announced the deployment of 1,500 troops to the border, as well as the establishment of processing centers for migrants throughout Latin America and a deal with Mexico. non-Mexican illegal immigrants.

The Department of Homeland Security also announced an additional $332 million in funding for NGOs and local governments to help migrants released from detention.

The administration has also upset immigration activists by introducing a rule that could revoke asylum eligibility for migrants if they cross the border illegally and cannot claim asylum in a country they have already traveled through.

Meanwhile, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mallorcas reiterates a statement that the border is not open and stresses that migrants could face consequences, including a re-entry ban and criminal prosecution if they illegally enter after Thursday.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Majorcas speaks to reporters in Brownsville, Texas. (Fox News)

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“The border is not open,” Mallorcas said last week in Texas. “It was not opened and will not be opened subsequently until May 11th. And smugglers who exploit vulnerable migrants are spreading disinformation. They are spreading false information, lying to lure vulnerable people to the southern border and these people will only be returned.”

Daniel Wallace and Bill Melugin of Fox News contributed to this report.