#shorts Reporter: Last year, there were some estimates from DHS officials putting the highest level of migrants coming across the border each day at about 18,000 if Title 42 is revoked. Is that still the estimate or do you have a clearer number of what you’re anticipating?

MAYORKAS: So, let me clarify the numbers — the number that — to which you refer. Those weren’t predictions. It is our responsibility in the Department of Homeland Security and across the administration to plan for different scenarios. That’s what we do. And so, what we developed was, in fact, different scenarios to which we plan. And so, we have done so and we continue to do so.

On 5/11/2023, at a White House press briefing, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took questions for almost an hour from reporters on the occasion of the border with Mexico being overrun by migrants as the Title 42 exclusion rule is set to expire nationwide at midnight EDT Thursday.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/f4aKV0gG8E4
Q: Last year 18K each day, Is that still the estimate? A: different scenarios to which we plan