On 5/3/2023, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Is Unable To Provide Any Detail On Biden’s Expectations For When Title 42 Ends
Reporter: You mentioned that the administration is preparing for what is to come or what will occur after Title 42 lifts. Can you describe or provide some detail as to what the White House is anticipating when this COVID-era border restriction expires?

KJP: So, not going to — look, we know — and I’ve said this — we have tools that are in front of us that the President is going to use to deal with what we are seeing at the border … And we’re doing this without help, without assistance from Congress, Republicans in Congress in particular. And — and we’re doing everything that we can to be prepared for once Title 42 lifts.

I don’t have any numbers to share for you at this time. I don’t have — we don’t have a kind of speculation or hypotheticals of what will happen once Title 42 lifts.

How confident will drive down numbers? more assistance to mayors? A: $290M to support cities
Reporter: Well, and to that end, the administration has taken unprecedented measures, be it deporting now certain non-Mexican nationals to Mexico for the first time, preparing to roll out an asylum regulation. How confident is the President that this will drive down numbers while also facing criticism from his own allies that he should not be taking these steps? And then also, is he talking to the mayors who are asking for more assistance?

KJP: So those are two separate questions. I’ll take the first one. As you talk about criticism for our — from our allies, the President put forward a plan to manage the challenges that we’re seeing at the border on his first day. And, you know, again, Republicans refuse — they refuse to come to the table. They’ve refused to pass the plan to fund — to fund the plan that he put forward.

As it relates to cities, I have said this yesterday that, you know, we’re in regular communication with cities — mayors and cities across the country … And, you know, they are also in regular touch with border communities. And we’ll be awarding an additional 250- — $290 million in the upcoming weeks to support them. So that is the assistance that we are providing to them. We are committed to managing this challenge …

Q: any additional steps when Title 32 ends? A: Republicans need to stop political stunts
Reporter: If I could just ask you a follow-up on yesterday with the announcement on 1,500 troops going to the border. Does the administration plan to take any additional steps in the days ahead? … do you feel ready for what may be coming next on the border?

KJP: … Republicans need to stop doing a political stunts and need to come to the table and — and deal with this in a bipartisan way. The President has taken this very seriously. As you all know, on the first day of this administration, he put forth a comprehensive immigration plan …

Q: how many migrants will Mexico continue to accept? U.S. providing any funding to Mexico?
Reporter: And on the steps that you are taking to prepare for the end of Title 42, this agreement was announced, you know, overnight between the U.S. and Mexico. Can you just help us understand how many migrants will Mexico continue to accept under this new agreement and for how long? You know, they had agreed to, I believe, 30,000 a month.

KJP: So just a — just a couple of things so folks are aware. So while Republicans continue to push to lay off 2,000 Border Patrol agents, we are firing on all cynd- — cylinders to prepare for the return to Title 8 on May 11th … we’re using all the tools available to us. I don’t have a number to share at this time. But this is something that, again, we’re taking very seriously as we head towards the lifting of Title 8 on May 11th …

Reporter: As part of this agreement, though, Mexico has agreed to continue accepting migrants from these four countries that have been turned away at the U.S. border. As part of this agreement, is the U.S. providing any funding to Mexico?

KJP: So, not going to get into — these are diplomatic conversations that are happening, diplomatic — diplomatic discussions. Certainly not going to get into that from here.

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No Detail On When Title 42 Ends, will drive down numbers? $290M to cities; Biden’s plan on Day 1