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
Rescinded? the border patrol is already overwhelmed. if they lift title 42, it s going to get worse. what s that going to mean? a hell of a lot more encounters. the more serious thing, result in more border patrol agents pulled off the line, sent to process. which opens the border up to what, more criminals crossing the border, more got-away, don t know who the hell they are, where they are going, arrested 42 terrorist, people on the terrorist watch list. so how many will be able to cross the border, less border patrol on the border, more fentanyl, more drugs across the border. over 100,000 overdose deaths. when that surge comes, what s going to result in more agents off the line doing the national security doing, more got-aways, more drugs, more overdose deaths. john: in terms of what might actually happen to the raw numbers, the april statistics and how they broke down. 117,989 people were released into the united states.
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