House Republicans set to pass immigration bill as Title 42 is due to end at midnight – live

Public health measure implemented by Donald Trump as Covid pandemic began expires

Good morning, US politics blog readers. Be they Republican or Democrat, Washington’s political leaders have for years failed find agreement on reforming the nation’s immigration system, despite saying the rules are badly in need of an overhaul. That basic fact does not seem set to change, even though today at midnight Title 42, a public health measure implemented by Donald Trump when the Covid-19 pandemic began that allowed migrants to be quickly expelled at the US border and blocked most asylum applications, expires. Joe Biden’s White House is bracing for what could be a surge of migrants along the frontier with Mexico, while Republicans are today expected to push a measure overhauling the US immigration system through the House of Representatives. It’s not expected to go anywhere in the Senate, but you can expect to hear a lot about immigration for the rest of this week.

Here’s what we expect to happen today:

Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will appear at the White House’s briefing to reporters along with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at 1pm eastern time.

Besides Title 42, other provisions of the Covid-19 public health emergency end at midnight tonight, including vaccine requirements for federal employees and air travelers.

Expect to hear more about the CNN town hall with Donald Trump last night, including debate over whether the network should have held it all, and reaction to the former president’s lies and opinions.