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river. >> reporter: for seven generations, roberto escobar's family has farmed the land near roma, texas. 75 acres that sit on the edge of the rio grande. short little ride. >> yeah, short little ride. >> reporter: right on the river. >> oftentimes i walk this way. my ancestors came and settled right here. >> reporter: my grants have crossed the river and through this property for decades. that's not new, but escobar says what is new is the staggering number of migrants crossing the river now. >> that's the mexican side. >> reporter: escobar represents the vocal opposition to the biden administration's efforts to lift the covid-19 pandemic era policy known as title 42, which allows immigration officials to block many migrants from staying in the united states for public health reasons. >> it's going to get wild here. we don't stop immigration right now and then by lifting that, it will get worse. >> reporter: u.s. customs and border protection says in april there were 234,000 apprehensions