The U.S.-Mexico border was filled with uncertainty within the days earlier than Might 11. Title 42, the Trump administration-crafted well being ordinance that had been invoked tens of millions of instances to show migrants again from the border, was about to run out, and no one knew what to anticipate. Many predictions had been lurid and sensationalistic: Lots of determined folks would pour into the nation, flood the border cities first after which press northward.
“Proper-wing media says there are 700,000 en route,” a pal…