Originally instituted by Trump, the Title 42 public health order has been at the center of litigation since Biden took office.
A federal appellate court in D.C. previously denied an effort to stop an order bringing an end to Title 42 enforcement.
Democratic County Judge Ricardo Samaniego indicated illegal crossings in El Paso could spike to 5,000 daily when the use of Title 42 ends.
The U.S. Supreme Court previously decided that Biden could terminate the program, but the case is still awaiting its final resolution.
The agency reported more than 2.4 million encounters with illegal aliens along the southern border last fiscal year, an all-time record.
Commissioner Chris Magnus indicated that illegal immigration from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba accounts for many of the arrests in August.
Apprehensions, most of which occur in Texas sectors, have already surpassed the total from the last fiscal year.
Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar has been a critic of the Biden administration on illegal immigration.
Enforcement encounters with illegal aliens subsided, with many of the expulsions still carried out under the Title 42 public health order.
In April, a U.S. district judge blocked the Biden administration’s plans to end Title 42, a decision lauded by proponents of strong border security.
Illegal immigration continues to increase as the Biden administration seeks to end Title 42 expulsions that began during the pandemic.
A federal judge blocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from ending the use of the Title 42 public health order.
