Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva weighs in on the county's preparedness as Title 42's expiration date draws closer.
TUCSON, Ariz. — As the end of a COVID-19 era immigration policy draws closer, local shelters and officials are preparing for the influx of migrants. Title 42 allowed authorities to turn away migrants at the border, sending them back to their home countries or Mexico.
"We estimate that right now there will be about about 300 migrants a day but that could be up to 1,500 a day," she said. "All we are trying to do is deal with the consequences of the federal government," she said."Consequences that we have no influence on or say in." "And then they have the opportunity to eat and shower because many have been traveling for a long time," she said."And then we ask them where is their final destination.""I just did a tour of Casa Alitas and many of the people were from India," Grijalva said."Everyone has a destination and Tucson isn't it."
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