. >> reporter: for seven generations, roberto escobar's family has farmed the land near roma, texas.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 of migrants along the u.s. southern border. the department of homeland security says that accounts for about 7,000 migrants being caught every day. but dhs is also bracing

. >> reporter: for seven generations, roberto escobar's family has farmed the land near roma, texas.short little ride. you're right on the river. >> often times i walk this way. my ancestors settled right here. >> reporter: migrants have crossed the river and through this property for decades. he says what is new is the staggering number of migrants crossing now. he represents the vocal opposition to lift the 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 of migrants along the u.s. southern border. the department of homeland security says that accounts for about 7,000 migrants being caught every day. but dhs is also bracing for a worst case scenario if title 42 is lifted of capturing 18,000 migrants per day. for more than 40 years, jorge has run mcallen's sports, a custom apparel a

. >> reporter: for seven generations, roberto escobar's family has farmed the land on 75 acres near thetimes i walk this way. my ancestors came and settled right here. >> reporter: migrants have crossed the river and through this property for decades. that's not new. but escobar says what is new is the staggered number of migrants crossing the river now. 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'll get worse. >> reporter: u.s. customs and border protection says in april there were 234 now apprehensions of migrants along the u.s. southern border. the department of homeland security says that acounts for about 7,000 migrants being caught every day. but dhs is also bracing for a worse case scenario if title xlii is lifted of capturing 18,000 migrants per day. for more than 40 years,