john: america reports, waiting for a federal judge s ruling on the fate of title 42. decision could come down any minute as border states brace for a bigger crisis if the trump era immigration order is allowed to expire on monday. i m john roberts. gillian: great to be with you, john. gillian turner in for sandra smith. border areas are seeing a big surge in activity in anticipation of the title 42 decision in the del rio sector in texas, 1800 migrants in 24 hours. a large number of those people were single adults. that s the migrant demographic that is likelyest to be expelled under title 42. john: texas governor abbott says it will only get worse. it would surpass the population of houston if title 42 is not renewed. 18,000 pouring into border states every day. bill joins us from the border in eagle pass, texas. what are you seeing there? john, good afternoon to you. del rio sector getting hammered with activity, nearly 2,000 illegal crossings in just 24 hours, an
This is of the 234,000 that came across the border. can we put the numbers up on the screen if we ve got them? yeah, it s thanks. 117,989 were released into the united states. 113,248 were removed. of those removed, 96,908 were title 42 expulsions. so, as of monday, 96,000 figure is going to go away. now, a lot of those people will be placed in removal proceedings, but how many of those folks might be released into the united states? the vast majority of them. and that s a bad message. enter the country illegally, you won t be detained, you ll be released. and i.c.e. can t remove you. the secretary said numerous times, if you don t qualify for asylum, you ll be immediately removed. oh, really? how many of the i.c.e. removed