by 24 states works through the court. the judge says that he s siding with those states after they argued lifting title 42 would put a burden on their local health care systems. the justice department says it plans to appeal. now, this comes as president biden is visiting south korea, one of our closest allies in asia. the president met with his south korean counterpart today. topping the agenda, boosting military cooperation and containing north korea s nuclear threat. peter doocy is live in seoul, south carolina, with more on the president s first asia trip as president and white house reaction to the title 42 ruling. peter. reporter: yes, arthel, we ve got all that. the administration thinks that it is time for border patrol officers to stop using covid as a reason to deport illegal border crossings, but this federal judge is basically saying, too bad. if. all this ruling is, is a stay of execution. the biden administration is doing everything they can to transform ame
and that moderate democrats, that the president tries to work with all the time on everything else want to be, it could be a back door win for the white house. arthel: all right. peter doocy reporter: but we re never going to hear them say that. [laughter] arthel: well, you and i are talking about it, so that s something, i think. [laughter] all right. peter doocy there with the president in seoul, south korea, take care. eric? eric: as we wait for the results of the administration s appeal, how will keeping title 42 for now affect what s going on there on the ground on the border? bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas, with the latest for us now. hey, bill. reporter: well, eric, i can tell you in the immediate hours after that federal ruling on title 42, we saw more illegal crossings here in eagle pass, and that s because that ruling essentially just keeps the status quo in place. title 42 has been in place throughout this entire border crisis. we ll show you what we saw. take a