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That title 42 is not an immigration policy it was actually implemented as a public health measure to try to stop the spread of communicable disease. the ending of title 42 is appropriate because we are now beyond the pandemic and it has officially ended. the biden administration does have challenges at the border because all that title 42 did was effectively dismantle our asylum process and create a bottleneck at the southern border. the lifting of that, obviously, means that we are going to see...

Denver, like new york city that many of the migrant groups tell us continue to be some of the most popular destinations for asylum seekers that are processed and then released subject to the outcome of their proceedings. and that is going to be the shared focus, not only whats happening and what will happen on the border, but what we may see in places like new york city that have sheltered well over 60,000 asylum seekers and thats led to a rocky relationship between the officials and neighboring...

Tough spot not entirely of its own making, because immigration has basically been neglected by multiple administrations. in the beginning, the lifting of title 42 may have been sort of a mixed blessing for the biden administration because it allowed them to hold back at least migrants for the short-term. as were seeing now, with the court order lifted, its more like a curse, because we have a perfect storm of increased migration, legal challenges on both sides and widespread dissatisfaction with...

Political pressure from both sides of the aisle. there have been democrats within his own party who have warned that they believe that the administration has not sufficiently prepared for the lifting of title 42. the president has also faced criticism from republicans who have tried to highlight this moment as a political vulnerability for president biden. one of those lawmakers, the congressman from texas, compared the scenes that are playing out at the border to the chaotic withdrawal from afg...

The country, but enforcement of our border laws. >> reporter: in addition to those political critiques, the administration has been grappling with multiple legal challenges, chief among them a case in the state of florida where a federal judge blocked the administrations plan to release migrants from cbp custody without set court dates. this is something that previous administrations have done to try to ease some of the capacity issues at these facilities. that plan is now on hold for two weeks ...

Protecting all these benefits that are people need. >> there has been so much tension on the lifting of title 42 i think its gotten lost that the house gop passed an incredibly restrictive border patrol bill this week. talk me through your biggest concerns about this, understanding its never going to pass the senate. >> theres a lot of concerns. first of all, that bill does a lot of awful things besides just demonizing migrants. but it even goes to defunding nonprofit organizations that actually...

To black americans its just a disservice to all americans. >> and they can handle the age-appropriate matters of all these things, my daughter was four years or when we started talking about slavery and harriet tubman and martin are the king assassination. we often condescend the kids and their ability to handle complicated information and kids are very good at handling complicated information. they are very good at telling you when you had enough. america was built on white supremacy, it was bu...

Border. that doesnt count the 1.2 million got aways. as we approach tonights lifting of title 42, 11:59 p.m. this evening, more than 10,000 migrants are crossing our border illegally each day. that is the most on record. and the president of guatemala told a congressman that 80,000 more are on their way to the border right now. president biden wouldnt even take his call. what we are dealing with is unprecedented but the biden administration they are more interested in finding someone to blame. >...

Sergio, thanks for being here. we know this story isnt all about title 42 lifting. on a very basic level, why is this happening? we see a lot of politicians pointing fingers, but what are the facts? >> thank you and good morning. we do not have a border crisis. we have a forced migration crisis around the world and in the western hemisphere. if you look across the atlantic over to what has happened in ukraine, over 7 million people have been forced from ukraine as a result of an authoritarian le...

Independents. yeah, they will also say, we know the playbook. we ran this in 2020. we beat him in 2020. and we dont think very much has changed. does it allow them to skirt over the elephant in the room, which is the age issue, which seems to show up in polling, however fair or unfair it is, it shows up in polling much more as a negative for joe biden than it does for donald trump? no, they also realize they have to address that, in the ways they present the president out on the campaign trail, ...