secretary mayorkas made the round across parts of the rio grande valley. multiple stops to see the latest surveillance technology at work. newly expanded migrant detention facilities. all while talking with cbp top brass and agents on the front lines. we are addressing a level of migration that is historic and they are doing an extraordinary job. mayorkas says they will surge resources to the region ahead of title 42 s possible expiration. we are building safe, orderly and humane pathways to access the benefits that the law provides and that congress has passed. cbp data for april shows more than 234,000 migrant encounters for the month. beating the previous all-time record in march of more than 221,000. people need to understand even with title 42 in place, the numbers so far this year are going to blow last year s
a federal judge is expected to determine the fate of biden administration s plan to lift title 42. this as custom and border protection encounter more than 2 the 21,000 migrants $221,000 migrants, a number that is expected to rise in the, in april. and i ll tell you right now, folks, if joe biden does not keep title 42 or this judge doesn t keep title 43 in place, this is going 42 in place, this is going to be a cast at the southern border by the mere fact that democrats are begging biden to keep title 43 in place. i don t know what s going to happen, but let me toss it to my partner in crime, lara. lara? as it relates to title 42, you re exactly right, leo, it is literal literally the only thing that is preventing a complete flood of people coming over our southern border. you re right, you hear from democrats not just the ones that are in texas on the border,
behavior we re seeing. up to 221,000 in the month of march alone. this is crazy. these numbers are absolutely ridiculous. because there is no deterrent in the system. the biden administration is taking it all the way. the last deterrent right now is title 42. will: that s right, chad. make title 42 separate from covid, independent from covid. true enforcement mechanism for our border as it remains in place. thank you, chad, for joining us this morning. thank you. will: pete, over to you. pete: thank you, will. turning to your headlines the funeral for the alabama prison guard who is accused busting her confessed love from jail draws hundreds of attendees. vicki white turned gun on herself. the pair was driving a stolen car in indiana crashing in a ditch. hundreds of people gathered to
border restriction that the trump administration used to expel many migrants during the pandemic. 21 republican-led states are suing to keep it in place and today they argued their case before a federal judge in louisiana. we have a president that is intent on giving more freedoms, more liberties to noncitizens than he is to the very american citizens he took an oath to protect. reporter: immigrant advocates say title 42 denies asylum seekers their rights, but some democrats want to keep the policy in place. we re going to have more chaos we need to resolve that issue by actually focusing on the border and making sure that the infrastructure is in place. reporter: last year, there was an all-time record 1.7 million illegal border crossings in march, more than 221,000 migrants crossed into the u.s., the highest monthly total ever recorded. how often does this happen every day, it has been happening every day.
speaking with people here, democrats here in this community and others don t want to see title 42 lifted because of their constant concerns. and as you see, republicans are trying to make this a major issue going into this election. it is coming to a head later today, a forecast judge is going to listen to arguments on whether or not the biden administration can lift title 42. with border crossings at their highest level in decades, this morning the biden administration is facing growing concerns that the surge could grow even larger. cubans and haitians are still coming through the area. customs and border protection reported more than 221,000 crossings.