you know, we ve told them, but they said they are going to continue with title you know, lifting the title 42. but the thing is, yes, they re listening to the immigration activists, but my question is, who is listening to the men and women in green and in blue? and more importantly, who is listening to the border communities, the sheriffs, the landowners, you know, the rest of the people that live on the border? yesterday i was in roma where they found the 2-year-old young kid, and i was in roma and i was with a lot of people there, not only public officials but other folks, and none of them said yes, go ahead and lift title 42. none of them said open up the border. they re very concerned because they are on the front lines, and they are the ones that i think we need to listen to. we need to listen to the border communities. so is it your take then, congressman, that this white house is ceding too much power to the cdc on immigration? you know, itle 42 it is a
democratic lawmakers are joining republicans in opposing the bite and demonstration plan to lift title 42 pandemic restrictions at the southern border next month for they feared dropping the trump era policy will cause yet another massive migrant surge. alexandria hoff is live at the white house now at the very latest, alexandria? well arthel, 47 members of congress are now pushing to extend title 42. but the biden administration is standing by the decision to drop this trump era public health measure under the u.s. has the ability to quickly expel migrants to their home countries. here s democratic congressman. yes there listen to the immigration activist but my question is, who is listening to the men and women in green and blue? more important he was listening to the border communities the sheriffs, the landowners, the rest of the people who live on the border. added put the democrats especially those in tight midterm races in a tough spot.
as they can today and they say they will not stop their search until they find their missing soldier. we ll send it back to you. neil: bill, thank you, update us when you know. in the meantime, the border period, it s much more than a fuss, had not gotten that reaction from most democrats until the last week or two, but it started with democrat henry cuellar, saying 40 such democrats now. when i spoke with henry cuellar, he s grateful at that more in his party are seeing what he s seeing. i ve certainly talked to folks at the white house and at homeland security and i think the career people, that is the men and women in green and blue, understand what the problem is. they understand what the problem is, but unfortunately, some folks only look at the stakeholders of the activists,
the immigration activists, but i don t think they re paying attention to the men and women in green and blue and they re certainly not listening to the border communities. neil: all right. texas mayor joins us right now. and mayor, what do you think of what congressman cuellar is saying, that many of realizing this in the mid term election year, but i m sure you can take whatever you can get. i ll take whatever i can get. he is so right. this administration doesn t listen to any concerns of any community on this border. they fall on deaf ears when we try to complain or talk to them. it s just sad. neil: so where are we in this? fou now for the first time a national guardsman that might have died attempting to rescue a woman drowning coming across from mexico. we might see more of this sort of stuff? it very well could happen. the rio grande, we re coming to
numbers are going to definitely increase. thenar with going to see a situation where border patrol is going to continue to be overwhelmed. neil: congressman and i remember, you were honest about it, you blasted republicans and democrats for not doing more to come up with comprehensive reform. be that as it may early on with the biden administration, you were also trying to say what we have is a serious problem here and getting much worse. how has the administration responded to you and your con stat warnings about this? you know, i certainly have talked to folks at the white house and at the homeland security. i think the career people, the men and women in green and blue, understand what the problem is. they understand what the problem is. but unfortunately some folks only look at the stakeholders of the active immigration activists.