in the month of march, over 170,000 migrants were apprehended at the border. a 15-year high. and the numbers are only forecast to increase. linsey? matt gutman, thanks so much. there s major fallout tonight in the battle over georgia s restrictive new voting laws. major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta in protest. the republican governor calling it a cancel culture move. and there are some surprising reactions to boycotts from leading georgia democrats. abc s steve osunsami is in atlanta. reporter: it s a strong message tonight from major league baseball to republican lawmakers who just passed and signed new voting restrictions in georgia. baseball commissioner robert manfred jr. is siding with a good number of black americans and business leaders who believe that the new rules are voter suppression, saying, i have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year s all-star game and mlb draft. major league baseba
discrimination against gays, whether it s here or go back to last month s controversy in arizona. i think this is exactly the point. that what is happening is there exists a legal standard by which they are allowed to exclude certain people. so what s happened in the classic tradition of american protest is people have said in that case, i m going to use the other levers at my disposal. and one of the things that mayor de blassio said is i will join in this protest. we re all going to take a stand. even though you may legally do this, we don t feel it the ethnic heritage parades in new york city that some of which are from very conservative constituencies like the columbus day parade, the west indian day parade, celebrate israel parade, they do not have this sort of exclusion policy. so you are definitely seeing the culture move in this direction of more inclusiveness. let me read for you what boston s lead parade organizer said. the theme of the parade is st.