On Thursday of next week, the extraordinary measures for the protection of the United States against Covid-19 expire. With them the so-called Article 42, which makes Washington, alleging health reasons, expel undocumented immigrants entering the country almost immediately.

The end of the regulation will, by some estimates, cause the number of people trying to enter the country to double. The government of Joe Biden has ordered the sending of 1,500 troops to the border to try to contain the human surge. It will also exacerbate tensions between different states, and within the Democratic Party.