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Majority suggesting she might get better committee assignments than the ones before democrats kicked her off committees last year. we'll see how this all unfolds, katy. >> thank you so much for joining us. towns along the southern border are worried the next few months could be trouble. the biden administration is lifting covid restrictions for entry into the u.s. known as title 42 next month. migrant arrivals in march were already at a 22-year high with those restrictions in place. refugees from mexico, cuba and ukraine fueled the surge and agents on the ground say numbers could double when...

Be applying pressure here. looking at senate democrats in key states. this year in arizona, mark kelly in atlanta and even chris coons, chief ally of president biden from delaware has been calling for the end of this to be delayed. may 23rd that target date but the democrats are talking about delays not just of a couple of weeks but maybe even all the way through november. but, you know, the problem is that the biden administration has long been concerned that the courts will throw this out if they do not end it themselves, right? this is not supposed to be permanent. this was a trump era plan...

Expected to surge as the biden administration plans to end title 42os may 23rd. arizona's attorney general weighs in on this. >> so the biden administration is decriminalizing and deincentivizing people coming here. title 42 is stopping further invasion of this country and they want to rescind that, which will have devastating consequences to the country. >> temporary detention housing for migrants upset the community, they had no say in this. internal watch dog group found ice spent $17 million on hotels like that one, no bid contracts and that space went largely

Deal with what we have now. it's going to be a disaster. >> you have been down there at the border. what is your sense in this? this trip to the border, how -- that arbitrary deadline? >> i can tell you, when i was down in the del rio sector, migrants told us that they were waiting for may 23rd. columbia, cuba, venezuela, nicaragua. waiting for may 23rd, and that's why -- people are living in border towns, that essentially, the biden administration gave them a lot before they can finally start coming over.

Title 42. which is a trump era border control policy which stopped many migrants from seeking asylum in the united states. >> the restriction is set to end may 23rd and even moderates are worried that will lead to a massive migrant surge at the southern border. we have the story. >> reporter: more than 20 states have filed a lawsuit against the biden administration for its decision to end a public health authority known as title 42. that is an authority that has allowed border officials to turn migrants away at the u.s./mexico border over the course of the pandemic. but the cdc recently decide...