a pandemic restriction that was put in place at the onset of the pandemic continues to this day even as we ve moved forward from the pandemic to some degree. significant development. thank you very, very much. priscilla alvarez reporting. let s go to the southern border where tens of thousands of migrants gathered hoping the trump ere ended. layla is joining us from el paso, texas. what does this ruling mean for the unfolding migrant crisis reporter: well, let me share a story with you, wolf. i actually just spoke to a mother to relay the news. she s a mother of a toddler and i said hey, this is what the supreme court ruled and this is a mother that earlier today was in tears as she told me about the violence that she was fleeing in venezuela, in tears as she told me about not being able to feed her toddler on her journey up here. she says she tried to cross legally because of title 42 she was sent back and so she found another way to cross and she
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are talking to the states making this case, that the number of border crossings is automatically linked to the number of fentanyl getting across the border. if he is going to make a ruling that would cause the lifting of covid restrictions, what impact would that have on drug smuggling? the states are saying the border needs to shut down to prevent illegal drugs from coming in. of course, it s illegal to bring illegal drugs across the border no matter what covid restrictions we have in place. he is saying that the rule is too expansive, title 42 should never have been something that the cdc had the power to do, this is immigration and shouldn t be on cdc to be able to shut down border traffic due to covid. what we are getting at is that this is a judge who we thought might be very sympathetic to the states who want to keep the restrictions in place. we know he already ordered a temporary restraining order to keep the government from lifting this before the may 23rd date and we know tha
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appointee and had been quick to make that temporary restraining order after the last set of oral arguments. now it seems like he might be pressing the republican states. he wants more information on why they want a preliminary injunction. what they are asking for is a higher bar. they want the federal government to be prevented from lifting title 42 on may 23rd. he is pushing them for more evidence. this comes, of course, as the number of illegal crossings at the border hit a 22-year high in march. what are officials doing to prepare for the end of the policy if it s struck down? they are rushing more personnel to the border so they can then interview asylum seekers as soon as they cross the border and make quick decisions on who can stay and who will be deported. people we have talked to say they are still worried that they could be overwhelmed and face a big backlog in health care and