The border crisis will only get worse after Title 42 ends

Think the border was out of control before? Just wait a short eight days, after which the Biden administration must stop deporting people under the Title 42 COVID health-emergency measure. An estimated 47,000 are waiting to get in, and thousands more will follow. 

The sheer numbers threaten to overwhelm El Paso and other border towns. Expect more buses to arrive at Port Authority. 

Most of the media will describe this rush as “asylum seekers” and it may be strictly true that they say they mean to ask for asylum. But economic opportunity...