El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser declared a state of emergency, which started on May 1, in preparation for an expected mass arrival of illegal immigrants at the Mexico-United States border as the Title 42 public health order expires on May 11.
"May 1st I am declaring a state of emergency in our community and the reason why we're declaring a state of emergency is to make sure that we can stand up and be prepared for … May 11, May 12 to have public shelter and public housing and this is really temporary," Leeser said during a news conference held April 30.
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