Border communities along the US-Mexico border, from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, are bracing for an increased influx of migrants as the pandemic-era rule known as Title 42 expires this THURSDAY.

Communities have already seen an increase in the arrival of migrants in recent days and weeks. In Tijuana, MexicoAccording to Enrique Lucero, director of immigration affairs for Tijuana, some 6,000 migrants are waiting in shelters, homes and other neighborhoods in the city – which is near San Diego, California.

“We are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis,” Lucero said.

Lucero pointed out that more and more migrants decide to jump the border fence and swim across the border. But the number in the shelters is not decreasing because migrants are arriving every day and from nationalities that I have never seen before such as Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

“This tells us that smuggling gangs are getting stronger and using social media to deceive migrants,” Lucero said.

In El Paso, TX -a city in a state of emergency-, thousands of migrants have been living on the streets for days. City authorities closed the street in front of a migrant shelter for public safety reasons and advised motorists to be careful in the area.

Earlier this week, the head of the El Paso Border Patrol tweeted videos and photos of large groups of migrants who have surrendered to the Border Patrol and are waiting to be processed by US immigration authorities.

In Del Rio, Texasthe rate of migrant arrivals has started to increase over the past two weeks, according to Tiffany Burrow of the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition (VVBHC).

Burrow says his respite center in the city has received migrants from El Paso and Brownsville. It’s a practice Border Patrol calls decompression, or moving migrants from capacity areas to facilities with processing space.

In McAllen, TXthe number of migrants handed over to Catholic charities in the Rio Grande Valley has increased from 150 to 400 a day in the past two weeks, according to Sister Norma Pimentel, the organization’s executive director.

“We anticipate the numbers will continue to increase, particularly once Title 42 is lifted. Our humanitarian response will continue to provide care to all migrants released to us by Border Patrol,” Pimentel said.

The city of Brownville, TX – where the community mourns the death of 8 people after a car hit a crowd – declared a state of emergency after the sudden influx of migrants.

The non-profit organization “Team Brownsville” receives about 1,000 migrants a day in its respite center, according to Sergio Cordova, one of the founders.