Pandemic-era migration rules known as Title 42 expire

Right now all eyes on the southern border as a rule that allowed the US to quickly expel migrants due to the pandemic known as Title 42 ended overnight. Estimated nearly 60,000 migrants are waiting near the US-Mexico border. Yeah, this comes as new policies announced by the Biden administration are facing legal roadblocks. Erin Parseigian joins us in studio this morning with What Happened Overnight. Yeah, here's the suit filed by Governor DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody and overnight a federal judge in Tallahassee blocked the Biden administration's policies of releasing some migrants without a court notice. US Customs and Border Patrol says it will comply with the ruling but say it will lead to severe overcrowding in migrant facilities. The order is in effect for two weeks and as more migrants wait at the border, a new rule takes effect.

Those who cross the southern border without permission will be ineligible for asylum if they did not ask for protection in another country like Mexico along the way or on a CBP app. Those unable to prove they qualify for exemption will face deportation and a five-year ban from the US. Meantime, a local immigration lawyer says the chaos at the border is already hitting home for some families in the Tampa Bay area who may have loved ones seeking asylum. You have people who have been granted so to speak permit to show up at the border but they get caught up. You're talking about 80,000 people on the CBP app waiting to be processed. They are family members here in Tampa. They are anxious.

And he says due to the huge backlog of cases it may be several years before asylum seekers have a day in court. The Biden administration acknowledges the next few weeks will be challenging. Live in studio, Erin Parseigian, Tentamba Bay.

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