Ominous warning before Trump inauguration as migrants push for 'one last bite of Biden apple'

A surge of migrants at the border could be seen in the final days and even hours of Pres. Joe Biden's term, as desperate migrants who have risked it all to reach the US take 'a last bite at the apple,' DailyMail.com can reveal. 

Although it's unclear where the surge might happen or how big it might be, Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez, who represents over 600 miles of the southern border, believes the elements are in place for a surge to materialize.

'I think there is a last bite at the apple, where folks are going, "Now's the time to get in before they shut things down,"' the Republican lawmaker told DailyMail.com.

'I wouldn't be surprised if there was one last push to get anyone who was already stuck (in Northern Mexico) over.' 

At least a few thousand migrants are already in cities across Northern Mexico, like Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana, while most await asylum appointments through Biden's CBP One Mobile app - which would grant them legal entry into the US.

Many are living on the streets or in Mexican shelters during their wait, which can be at least 15 days, according to 32% of migrants recently interviewed by a human rights organization. 

Another 59% described waiting one to six months before scoring a coveted appointment.

Any of those asylum-seekers could lose hope in the final days of the Biden Administration and instead try to press their luck in crossing illegally before Donald Trump, who had promised to shut the border down takes office.  

'There's already been a lot of chatter on the border. Everyone knows that there's going to be a new sheriff in town,' Gonzalez added.

Then the are the migrants racing to arrive the at border before Trump takes office and currently moving through Mexico.

People in these large groups have taken to walking at night, instead of the day as they have in the past, to try and avoid Mexican officials who have recently stepped up effort to stopped migrants from reaching the US border altogether. 

At least three migrants caravans are planning to depart southern Mexico before Trump takes office, according to Mexican newspaper Diario del Sur. 

Border Patrol agents are also making preparations for the change in administrations, Gonzalez, who represents border hot spots Del Rio and El Paso explained. 

'Agents are very excited. They're ready to get back to work. In many cases, there's agents that have never been trained properly-- all they know is processing migrants,' he said.'

In the past, Border Patrol agents traditionally chased down any migrant who illegally crossed into the US.

The historic nature of the last years at the border brought a first-- asylum-seeking migrants who entered the US illegally but then invoked their legal right to asylum while seeking out green-uniformed federal agents so they could surrender. 

'(Young) agents don't know how to apprehend-- remember there's been four years of that. Now they're going to be blocking and tackling. They can't wait to really be turned loose and do their job.'

Throughout the last four years, many Border Patrol agents have expressed their frustration that they have released so many illegal immigrants into the country, based on the Biden administration of international law, which guarantees all the right to seek asylum in the US.

Asylum-seekers are typically released into the US while federal court decide if they actually qualify for asylum-- a process that can take year, and 70 to 80% don't end up qualifying. 

Trump has promised that asylum seekers will not be allowed into the US while their cases are decided in court, instead hinting at bringing back his controversial 'Remain in Mexico' plan from his first administration. 

The plan required asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases were decided.