noticias telemundo. >> vamos hasta texas donde el gobernador greg abbott firmÓ hoy tres polÉmicas leyesde ellas criminaliza la entrada ilegal al paÍs. y para la seguridad fronteriza entre otras cosas destina nuevos fondos para nuevos segmentos del muro fronterizo y dando la facultad a la policÍa de detener y deportar a migrantes. >> (habla en ingles). >> (aplausos). >> a un lado del muro fronterizo donde se prometiÓ tener mÁs control y poner mano dura el gobernador de texas greg abbott puso su firma en lo que son tres nuevas leyes en el estado.. >> (habla en ingles). >> (habla en ingles). >> (habla en ingles). >> una de las leyes firmadas hoy es la sb4 que convierte el delito cruzar a texas sin documentaciÓn, y permitirÁ a los agentes de la ley arrestarÁ personas de las que se sospecha que estÁn irregularmente en e paÍs. y darÍa a los policÍas per migrantes que protestaron hoy estÁn preocupados porque segÚ ellos la nueva ley pondrÍa en peligro a personas con o sin documentos, especialmente en comunidades fronterizas donde temen que se usa el perfil racial. >> esta legislatura es la coro

el gobernador de texas greg abbott puso su firma en lo que son tres nuevas leyes en ese estado. >> b(en ingles). >> bl(habla en ingles). >> una de las leyes firmadas hoy es la sb4 que convierte en unqen de delito cruzar a texas sin d documentaciÓn y permitirÍa a los agentes de la ley arrestar a personas de las que se sospecha se encuentran irregularmente en el paÍs. y darÍa a los policÍas la autorizaciÓn de transportar los migrantes a los puntos de entrada para asegurarse de que salgan del paÍs tras la orden de un juez. en algunos casos se impondrÍan penas desde dos hasta 20 aÑos en prisiÓn. algunos residentes fronterizos aplauden la medida. >> si estÁn entrando ileg ilegalmente, es la ley. >> pero grupos a favor de los migrantes protestaron hoy estÁn preocupados porque segÚn ellos la nueva ley pondrÍa en peligro a personas con o sin documentos, especialmente en comunidades fronterizas donde temen que se utilizarÍa el perfil racial. >> esta legislatura fue la c coronaciÓn de los deseos an antiinmigrantes y discri discriminatorios por parte del gobernador greg abbott. >> estÁ preocupad

does greg abbott not care? of what happened over abortion, he wanted it to be challenged. is it the same with this bill? you are absolutely _ the same with this bill? you are absolutely right. _ the same with this bill? you are absolutely right. it's _ the same with this bill? you are absolutely right. it's not - the same with this bill? you are absolutely right. it's notjust - the same with this bill? you are i absolutely right. it's notjust your impression. there are decades one could argue, almost 100 years of law giving the federal government exclusive authority for regulating migration. this is meant to be a political move, symbolic move, a performative move. it's interesting to note that the policy will not take effect until march next year which is right on the eve of the major primary elections. i think this is a somewhat cynical move by the governor and the republicans in texas to keep the pot boiling on this issue, to move it to the forefront and show to the base voters that the governor and legislatu

joining me now with the state's response is texas governor greg abbott.hanks very much for joining us this morning. >> always a pleasure. thank you, maria. maria: how will you respond to this federal appeals court demanding you remove those buyy -- buoys? >> >> listen, with all due respect, the appeals court got it wrong, and the reason is because they relied upon a law more than 1000 years old saying we could not -- 100 saying we could not deploy these buoys because the waterway is categorized as a navigable waterway, which is absurd because it is not navigable by definition. when you have literally thousands of people able to walk across it every single day. it's not used for transportation of boats up and down that riverway, and so it's completely not navigable. we had a majority democrats who were on that panel making that decision. what texas is going to be doing, and we will be seeking what's called an unbuffed ruling by the entire district court of appeals, and if we lose there, we will take it to the united states supreme court because we know tha

but, governor greg abbott just signed as before.creates a new state crime for illegal entry into the country. which means, what you are looking at could be a state issue come march of 2024. the aclu has already filed a lawsuit so this is caught in a legal battle. governor abbott has already said that he plans to take this legal battle all the way to the u.s. supreme court. but, it's local communities who are very concerned, because what you are looking at could end up in the hands of counties. and cities, who don't have fun this. i've talked to individuals all along the border, including the sheriff from maverick county where i am. he says that his deputies are not trained in immigration law. and that he does not have space for them in their jails. abby. >> rosa flores thank you for that. for more on this i want to bring in former chicago mayor laurie lightfoot. who dealt with a surge of migrants in her city, as mayor. mayor lightfoot, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. >> now today, as rosa was just saying,

joining me now with the state's response is texas governor greg abbott.very much for joining us this morning. >> always a pleasure. thank you, maria. maria: how will you respond to this federal appeals court demanding you remove those buyy -- buoys? >> >> listen, with all due respect, the appeals court got it wrong, and the reason is because they relied upon a law more than 1000 years old saying we could not -- 100 saying we could not deploy these buoys because the waterway is categorized as a navigable waterway, which is absurd because it is not navigable by definition. when you have literally thousands of people able to walk across it every single day. it's not used for transportation of boats up and down that riverway, and so it's completely not navigable. we had a majority democrats who were on that panel making that decision. what texas is going to be doing, and we will be seeking what's called an unbuffed ruling by the entire district court of appeals, and if we lose there, we will take it to the united states supreme court because we know that texa

but governor greg abbott just signed espy for, this creates a new state crime for illegal entry intoountry, which means what you are looking at could be a state issue, come march of 2024. now, the aclu has already filed a lawsuit, so this is caught in a legal battle. governor abbott has already said that he plans to take this legal battle all the way to the u.s. supreme court. but, it's local communities who are very concerned, because what you are looking at could end up in the hands of counties, and cities who don't have funds. i've talked to individuals all along the border, including the share from maverick county, where i am. and he says that his deputies are not trained in immigration law, and that he doesn't have space for them in their jails. abby? >> rosa flores, thank you for. that and for more on this, i want to bring in former chicago mayor laurie lightfoot, who dealt with a surge of migrants in her city as mayor. they are lightfoot, thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. >> now today as rosa was just saying, texas governor greg abbott to sign that bill

well, mayors of some democratic cities are criticizing texas governor greg abbott for busing migrants to their cities as crisis for the border grows. executive director mark joining us now with more. mark, i've been in new york all week long and i've seen firsthand really the myogrand crisis here that's really overwhelming city resources and there's been more than 160,000 migmigrants that have come throh the seizure disorders shelters here and that's partly governor abbott and heard from mayor eric adams saying he's had enough and tapped out and pointing the blame back at federal government and president biden. here's some of what adams had to say, mark. listen here. >> this is a national problem and exacerbated by governor abbott's cruel, inhumane politics and requires additional solutions. the federal government must take responsibility and lead on the humanitarian crises. griff: mark, what's your take on this >> it was caused by the administration. there's a reason to call this the biden border crisis. that's not a bumper sticker but describes what's happening. >> you know, these d

. >>> for the first time, texas governor greg abbott sending a private plane carrying 120 migrants to chicago, then leaving them at o'hare airport, as border crossings surge to report highs. >>> rudy giuliani filing for bankruptcy, one week after being ordered to pay nearly $150 million for defaming two former georgia election workers. giuliani claiming he's already millions of dollars in debt, with more cases pending against him. >>> two men now facing charges in connection with the death of a patriots fan following a fight in the standing during a game. >>> two automakers issuing major recalls. why notices are going out to millions of toyota and honda owners. >>> and america strong tonight. the teacher's christmas plea on tiktok, and the responses pouring in from around the world. >>> good evening, it's great to have you with us on this thursday night, i'm whit johnson, in for david. and we begin with that deadly mass shooting just days before christmas. a gunman killing at least 14 people, injuring 24 hours at a university in the heart of prague, the czech republic. an area well-kn

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. - greg abbott is the clear front runner.es that matter most to texans. - she's attracting a lot of attention nationally and internationally, but at the end of the day, the people who matter are the people in this state. this is a conservative state. [dramatic music] - davis' plan? not running on what made her famous, but on her memorable life story. - we wanted to make sure that they understood there were all these other things i was fighting for. my own personal story and what education meant to me and how i became the first person in my family to graduate from college, and it lifted me from poverty. - she was raised by a single mother with a 6th grade education. she married young and by 19 was divorced, and raising me as a single mother. she could've buckled under, but instead she buckled down and enrolled into community college. she got herself into harvard law school. - texas made it possible for me to go from that tiny trailer to a successful business and to the texas senate. - but then, some discrepancies in the story.

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now, we have heard from texas governor greg abbott who says this is a necessary tool in order to slowants coming across the border in record numbers. but the white house overnight calling this law extreme, saying that it will make texas communities less safe, and that it is solely the responsibility of the federal government to enact immigration laws. now, there is some legal pushback that is anticipated, starting with civil rights groups, who say that this law is unconstitutional and they do plan to sue. we do know that congressional democrats are also leaning on the justice department to take action. and, of course, this all sets up a potential showdown between the biden administration and the state of texas, very similar to what we have seen in fact in recent weeks with a judge ruling against that thousand foot long border buoy installed by the state of texas at the request of texas governor greg abbott. that, of course, lost its case in court. but texas governor greg abbott says he's confident his law will stand and it is currently set to take effect in march. >> morgan chesky, th

. >>> texas governor greg abbott is trying anything about t the migranant crisis i in his stata. that's's next. loving this pay bump in our allowance. wonder where mom and dad got the extra money? maybe they won the lottery? maybe they inherited a fortune? maybe buried treasure? maybe it fell off a truck? maybe they heard that xfinity customers can save hundreds when they buy one unlimted line and get one free. now i can buy that electric scooter! i'm starting a private-equity fund that specializes in midcap. you do you. visit xfinitymobile.com today. >>> in our national lead, migrant crossings from mexico into the united states are so bad right now, the numbers, that the u.s. customs and border protections is temporarily suspending rail operations there. this comes on the very same day texas governor greg abbott, a republican, signed a new border bill into law. this law makes crossing illegally into texas a state crime. meaning, as of now, police in texas are empowered to arrest migrants coming into or being in the lone star state. cnn's rosa flores has more on the new law that

sent there by texas governor greg abbott. the white house is responding to the flight this morning saying the move by governor abbott quote adds to his tally of extreme policies which seek to demonize and dehumanize people. joining us is whitney wild. were the people on the plane made aware of what was happening? >> reporter: a source tells our colleague rosa flores that when these migrants were approached about taking the flight they were given a voluntary consent form we were not there when that happened, we don't know what they were told, what the form said but generally what happens in situations like this, sometimes volunteers approach migrants and say this is a voluntary form it's going to say that you are agreeing to take this flight to whatever city, new york, denver, chicago. it just depends. so again, a source telling our rosa flores that migrants were approached with the consent form and generally i can tell you in my own experience migrants i've spoken to have intended to come to chicago, so that's the greater con

two of the people flying with the migrants fled in an uber, and then greg abbott, governor greg abbott in texas claimed responsibility for that flight. and what he's saying is that his bussing, he's had an ongoing bussing operation where he's been bussing tens of thousands of migrants to chicago and other cities that it wasn't working. because what chicago started doing was impounding these buses and saying that unless you have a permit, unless you've coordinated at specific landing areas, you could not just drop off these migrants. they started creating barriers to the buses that abbot was sending. abbott said i'm going to start flying the migrants. that's what he has been doing. it is an escalation. abbott has sent over 75,000 migrants to six different cities in the united states, and he says he's doing it to alleviate his border towns that are bursting at the seams. and he says he's going to keep doing it. now, todayd get a statement from the white house responding specifically to this ight in chicago. what a spokesperson sd is yet again, governor abbottis showing how little regard

abbott is sending.requiring bus operator under the impound, fines, jail time. here is camilla bernal. >> reporter: a breaking point at the u.s./mexico border as preliminary homeland security statistics show authorities encountered mon 225,000 migrants so far in december. the highest monthly total recorded in more than 20 years. and from the border to cities all over the u.s., struggling to keep up. because this welcome comes at a cost. >> when you are talking about 10% of the budget to allocate for cities, that's unsustainable. when we have every hotel room in the city full of migrants that have arrived, that's unsustainable. >> reporter: for months texas governor greg abbott has bussed thousands of migrants to these cities led by democrats resulting in turmoil and st straining resources. >> in the summer we had 2530 buses showing up every single day without any coordination or notification. he is now sending buses outside of city of chicago and in some instances 100 miles away where people are dropped

not a greg abbott problem. >> mike: secretary of state antony blinken and secretary of homeland security mayorkas met with the mexican president yesterday. more buses could be headed up to sanctuary cities like new york. send it back to you, molly. >> molly: major concerns for a lot of cities. nate foye, thank you. >> without real significant investment from our federal government, it won't just be the city of chicago that won't be able to maintain this mission. it is the entire country that is now at stake. in no way what the state of texas is doing is helping the cause. >> mike: that was democratic mayor brandon johnson sounding the alarm on the mounting migrant crisis in his home city of chicago. the biden administration failing to make progress on additional border funding. he calls the texas program reckless as the airport and hotels are used to house asylum seekers. congressman, welcome. >> good morning, thanks for having me on. >> mike: what do you make of the chicago mayor sounding off about this being a crisis for the entire country? >> well, now you have mayors in chicago and i

but governor greg abbott insists this bill will go a long way to curbing the large influx of illegal immigration into the state. he signs the bill today. it's not supposed to take effect until early next year. already, immigrant rights groups, as well as legal advocates are saying that this law is essentially unconstitutional. it is racist and bigoted. they go on to say that it is stepping on the jurisdiction of the federal government to enforce immigration laws here in the united states. there was a similar law that was passed in arizona years ago that was overturned by the u.s. supreme court. but governor greg abbott this afternoon is saying he believes this texas version of the law can withstand judicial scrutiny and he welcomes the u.s. supreme court to overturn that precedent. wolf? >> what's the situation at the border like now, ed? >> reporter: well, in various portions of the u.s./mexico border, you're seeing a large influx of undocumented immigration, once again. the numbers are rather staggering. 192,000 apprehensions at the u.s. southern border last year according to the h

. >>> also breaking, greg abbott sig signing a bill to make it a crime to enter texas through mexico illegal. >>> and pushing back on putin. soldiers and their families demanding that they be sent home from ukraine. takes a lot of courage to do that and it's a story that you'll see first outfront. >>> breaking news, rudy giuliani sued again, just days after giuliani was ordered to pay $150 million for defaming two georgia election workers, the same election workers are suing giuliani again. ruby freeman and shaye moss who repeatedly threatened and intimidated as a result of giuliani's lies about them, have asked a judge to permanently stop him from doing that. it all comes as there are growing concerns and questions about how giuliani will pay the women any money given his deep debt and mounting legal problems. katelyn polantz has been working her sources today. you found so much out. let's start with this new lawsuit. what exactly does it do and is it likely to succeed? >> erin, these two women, ruby freeman and shaye moss, they are going to court because they want rudy giuliani not

this is the border while being built by the state of texas, by governor greg abbott. other side is mexico. we are waiting for governor abbott to arrive here actually. as a press conference he will be holding right where you see those vehicles in the backdrop. he will abduct we're expecting him to sign senate bill 4, the controversial bill you just referenced, but back to your question about what's actually going on, on the border right now, there are thousands of migrants crossing into the united states illegally every single day, and this is overwhelming the u.s. border patrol. now, the biden administration has decided to close ports of entry and recently, also rail raise, and in areas being impacted are eagle pass, texas, el paso, texas, and san ysidro, california. is a lot of community from community leaders in these communities because a lot of the border communities, they rely on the revenue from these crossings. i'll give you an example. in the city of eagle pass, the city there says 50% of their budget comes from those crossings, and they have been dealing with

i'm basil, john. >> meanwhile, texas governor greg abbott is once again flying migrants to sanctuarys. a flight heading to new york carrying more than 180 migrants was diverted to philadelphia because of weather. situation there. but abbott's office now says the migrants were bused the rest of the way. the flight is the latest move by his office last week, texas set a flight to chicago carrying 120 migrants. >> the state department is sending more money to ukraine after overnight drone attacks from russia. this is the 54th aid package. it's worth up to 250 million dollars in arms and equipment. russia's attack yesterday killed at least 5 people destroyed a train station and knocked out power to a port city. according to ukrainian officials, president biden wants 60 billion dollars in additional aid for ukraine, but the request is stalled until he can come to an agreement with the senate. let's get you a live look outside this evening at downtown san francisco. i this is always kind of what it looks like when we've had a storm and we're preparing for storms that this nice blue light w

just today, texas governor greg abbott ordering a boeing 777 carrying 350 asylum seekers to arrive in rockford, illinois. the passengers immediately bussed to chicago. abbott, who for months has been busing migrants to so-called sanctuary cities. starting the flights after chicago officials began impounding the buses used to transport them. similar scenes in denver and new york city, where more unannounced buses arrived. since august of last year, abbott has sent nearly 30,000 migrants to new york city alone. prompting the three mayors to require bus companies to give an advance notice and additional restrictions for dropping passengers off with stiff penalties saying the current system is harmful. >> it puts those who have already suffered so much in danger. to be clear, this is not stopping people from coming. but about insuring the safety of migrants and making sure they can arrive in a coordinated and orderly way. >> reporter: those mayors demanding federal support to help manage the increasing numbers of migrants. >> we cannot continue to do the federal government's job. >> repor

the passengers inside boarded buses down for a man handed arranged by texas governor greg abbott. >>telling greg abbott to stop the games are using migrants as potential as political pawns. >> reporter: today, they came together to pressure the federal government for help. >> the federal government must take responsibility and lead in this humanitarian crisis. instead of leaving it to cities and localities to handle. >> reporter: migration was high on the jennifer secretary of state antony blinken's agenda for mexico. lopes obrador expects her to be a key issue in the next u.s. election issue. >> the trouble southern border is already the subject of a new campaign act from the republican front runner. >> president trump had our borders secured, and he will do it again. >> christina ruffini join us down. this is such a complex and sheer when these markets open to the u.s. how long before their case are seen before immigration court? >> there's a bag like more than 3 million cases, these hearings are getting schedule far in advance. as a delaying decisions for legitimate, potentially v

but because texas governor greg abbott has taken immigration matters into his own hands, some here alsoh that governor abbott had a seat at the table. as border authorities near a breaking point from the migrant surge, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and department of homeland security secretary meet with mexico's president in mexico city to discuss ways to drive down the unprecedented number of illegal migrant crossings. the seven-day average earlier this month, 9,600. they are expected to ask mexico to move migrants south, control railways that are used by migrants to move north, and provide migrants incentives to stay in mexico like visas. in eagle pass, texas, apprehensions dropped from 3,000 daily encounters last week to about 2,000 monday according to a law enforcement source, one of two international bridges are still closed to vehicle traffic to redirect personnel to process migrants. the wait time to crosby wednesday afternoon, an astounding 15 hours. many americans who frequently drive back and forth, are opting to cross on foot. she says that when she ditched her car i

i think brandon johnson learned the lesson come up playing greg abbott, don't blame joe biden who rippedment and remain in mexico that did stall to the problem under president trump. we have those deals where we had el salvador, honduras and mexico controlling their southern borders because they knew any migrants that made it to our border would have to stay in mexico while we were processing for legitimate asylum claims. but you cannot blame joe biden if your democrat because the risk is already terrible reelection odds and that's a lesson that others have learned from mayor adams, you cannot blame joe biden you have to blame greg abbott for trying to save the texas economy that has been bruising under this migrant crisis. >> is all well with the sanctuary city and all of that but when rubber meets the road in the budget places like new york city that's when the tune changes from the mayors and these are blue cities. we're just getting started, coming up attacks on our troops in the middle east are ramping up in the military intercepts more missiles coming from iranian backed houthis re

the texas governor there, greg abbott.ghts groups sued to challenge the law. to better understand the lawsuit, i spoke with david donatti, senior staff attorney with the aclu of texas. texas has passed one of the most anti—immigrant laws in the country and one that, to my understanding, is unprecedented in the history of our nation. the law allows any police officer in the state to apprehend somebody they suspect of being here illegally or being unlawfully present in the state and that law will take into effect march 5, 202a. so we sued in federal court asking forfederal court intervention to see to it that that law is never enforced against members of the communities that we serve. there is also a concern that this bill would conflict with the constitution. could you explain that to us? it certainly does conflict with the constitution. over 100 years of supreme court precedent confirm what is true about international law, generally, which is that a sovereign nation, in this instance, the united states, has the exclusive a

texas governor greg abbott signed sb-4 into law and if it goes into effect in march, that means thaters and deputies could charge and arrest migrants like these behind me for illegally crossing the border. but maverick county sheriff tom schmerber says his border community doesn't have the staff to enforce abbott's sb-4 law. >> it's taken away manpower from the security that we are supposed to be doing here in the county. we don't want to do it. it's going to be impossible. >> reporter: meanwhile, the desperation is mounting. in this disturbing video from last week, a woman is seen holding a young child while trying to cross the fast-moving rio grande. she repeatedly cries for help, telling nearby texas national guard and state troopers she is tired and doesn't want to drown, but they don't intervene. cbp airboat also speeds by the scene. eventually, she makes it safely back to the mexican side. from here, these migrants are being taken by bus to laredo or del rio to be processed. texas governor greg abbott says he will continue sending migrants by bus and now by plaintiff sanctuary

amy: and then we will go to texas, where republican governor greg abbott has signed one of the nation's most extreme anti-immigrant bills. it empowers local officials to arrest anyone they suspect to have entered into the united states without authorization. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. hamas leader ismail haniyeh is in egypt to discuss a possible new truce. "the wall street journal" reports hamas is also in discussion with palestinian rivals fatah about a possible joint scenario for ruling for gaza and the west bank after the war. on tuesday, israeli president isaac herzog said the country is open to a new temporary truce to secure the release of more hostages. for now, israel's bloody assault continues with a major attack reported just as we went to broadcast on rafah, near the kuwaiti hospital. on tuesday, more strikes in rafah killed at least 20 people. a woman lost two of her grandchildren in the attack. >> at 2:30 in the morning, we woke up as the house was falling on our head. i did not wake

passengers, instead, boarded buses bound for manhattan arranged by texas governor greg abbott. >> we greg abbott to stop the games and use of migrants as potential political pawns. >> reporter: today, the new york governor came together to pressure the federal government for help. >> the federal government must take responsibility and lead in this humanitarian crisis. instead of leaving it to cities and localities to handle. >> reporter: migration was also high on the agenda for secretary of state antony blinken's visit to mexico where andres manuel lopez obrador said he expects this to be a key issue in next year's u.s. presidential election. >> biden's open border has open the floodgates to record numbers. >> reporter: it's a subject of a new campaign and from the republican front runner. >> president trump had our borders secured, and he will do it again. >> jericka: and christina ruffini joins us now. this is such a complex issue when the migrants go to the u.s. how long before their cases are seen before immigration court? >> reporter: sometimes years. there's a back log of more

he also sent a message to governor greg abbott here in texas indicating that greg abbott, he said, forgetsnt was part of mexico and a lot of immigrants formed this state. we know that he has spoken against the policies that texas has been authorizing under this lone star state plan. among those barriers at the border, the busing migrants to other states and this new law where local and state police will be able to detain individuals in texas and also request documents and detain anyone that's undocumented. they will also be able to take them to the port of entry, jose. >> not one drop of irony behind his request for money to solve a question. i guess he is asking for more money for the venezuelan regime where more than 7 million people have left, or the cuban regime, or the gangs in haiti. thank you. >>> some of the new migrants are likely to end up in cities across the country, including chicago. earlier this week, texas governor greg abbott sent a flight with more than 100 migrants on board to the windy city. the shelter system is housing more than 14,000 migrants. joining us now is the

y es que el gobernador greg abbott aprobó una ley para que a partir de marzo los policías puedan arrestar camino. ellos están en su derecho, pero que nos den una oportunidad. >> o sea, no todos somos malos. >> las consecuencias de esta decisión ya son notables en la frontera norte, donde los cruces van en aumento, dios los va a ayudar. y a pesar del miedo, miles de migrantes como gloria y su nieta se toman de las manos y enfrentan las aguas del río bravo. >> hay que soportarlo como soportamos ese camino, así vamos a soportar lo demás. >> el presidente lópez obrador dijo que protegerá a los migrantes y desde palacio nacional anunció que buscará anular la ley. >> sb4 se está haciendo ya un e trámite. relaciones exteriores para impugnar esa ley. nosotros vamos a estar siempre en contra de estas medidas. >> el primer mandatario también descalificó el actuar del gobernador, a quien llamó señor de malas entrañas, malo de malo landia. >> Él está eh usurpa, dando función. >> y es que de acuerdo con analistas, las nuevas medidas de política migratoria son agresivas y ponen en riesgo los derechos h

as we would just mentioning in the interview, texas governor greg abbott has bussed tens of thousandsof last year, and since then over 75,000 migrants have been bused across the country. this includes over 27,000 to new york city, over 22,000 migrants to chicago, illinois and over 12,000 migrants to washington, dc. and for the first time, governor abbott chartered a private flight of over 100 migrants to chicago, which launched lawsuits against companies transporting migrants. as the war in ukraine approaches its second year, and the un security council increasingly finds its attention focused in the israel—gaza war, the international rescue committee, is sounding the alarm that some of the most pressing humanitarian crises of our time are currently unfolding on the african continent and will only get worse without global action in 2024. earlier i spoke to david miliband, the ceo and president of that organisation, and the former british foreign secretary. so much of our global attention this year has been fixed on the war in ukraine, now the israel and gaza war, naturally. but what d

texas governor greg abbott signed sb-4 into law, and if it goes into effect in march, that means thats and deputies could charge and arrest migrants like these behind me for illegally crossing the sheriff to but maverick county sheriff tom schmerber says his border community doesn't have the staff to enforce abbott's sb-4 law. >> it's taken away manpower from the, from the security that we are supposed to be doing here in the county. we don't want to do it. and it's going to be impossible. >> reporter: meanwhile, the desperation is mounting. in this disturbing video from last week, a woman is seen holding a young child while trying to cross the fast-moving rio grande. >> [shouting in spanish] >> reporter: she repeatedly cries for help, telling nearby texas national guard and state troopers she is tired and doesn't want to drown, but they don't intervene. a cbp airboat also speeds by the scene. eventually, she makes it safely back to the mexican side. from here, these migrants are being taken by bus to laredo or del rio to be processed. and texas governor greg abbott says he will conti

but governor greg abbott has just signed sb-4.s creates a new crime for illegal entry into the state of texas. and what you're looking at could become a state issue. now, this law is expected to go into effect in march. but as you mentioned, erin, it is already caught in a legal battle. we'll see what happens there. but local communities are very concerned about this becoming a state issue. why? i talked to the local sheriff. he says his deputies are not trained in immigration law, and he says his jails don't have room to jail all of the people that you see behind me. >> where are we going to put them? we don't have the space in my jail. we have to take them somewhere else. >> reporter: now, erin, this sb-4 law does not have monies for local governments, for police training. that's one concern. now, back to the lawsuit, governor greg abbott issuing a statement, saying that this law is constitutional and that he plans to fight it all the way to the u.s. supreme court. >> court's going to be busy. so why are all the people behind yo

texas governor greg abbott responding to the insanity by enacting sweeping new powers allowing cops toest illegals and put them back to mexico. basically he is doing the job that joe biden should be doing, but of course, dems are reacting to that by playing come of course, the murder card. >> you look at somebody like greg abbott, my governor, and his solution is to basically say, hey, we're going to kill people that are going to try to come in. that is not a solution. >> the governor of texas needs to take a look in the mirror of the chaos that he is causing for this country. this is not just a chicago dynamic. he is attacking our country. >> the law is incredibly extreme, and it does not make communities in texas safer. just does not. it dehumanizes, which is what republicans tend to do, certain republicans tend to do, is dehumanize immigrants, and also demonize them. >> greg: and as the biden administration gears up the challenge texas, abbott says the white house gave him no choice. >> biden's deliberate inaction has left texas to fend for itself. the authors of the united states c

more than 180 new migrants arriving in the city tuesday, sent by texas governor greg abbott. and officials say last week, 14 buses arrived in a single day. in denver, more than 4,000 asylum seekers are now in the city's shelters, that's ten times the number they had just six months ago. >> we need congress to help by expanding that work authorization, approving those federal dollars, and helping us create a plan for coordinated entry of migrants. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of senators working remotely over the holidays have spent weeks attempting to hammer out a deal for heightened border security. all the while, tonight, that migrant caravan inching its way north through mexico, now about 500 miles from the u.s. border. it had been estimated at 6,000 people, though mexican officials now say it's down to 1,500. secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas in mexico wednesday, pressing the country's president for help slowing the surge, though mexico, too, is requesting aid from america's federal government to help address this unpr

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more than 180 new migrants arriving in the city tuesday, sent by texas governor greg abbott. and officials say last week, 14 buses arrived in a single day. in denver, more than 4,000 asylum seekers are now in the city's shelters, that's ten times the number they had just six months ago. >> we need congress to help by expanding that work authorization, approving those federal dollars, and helping us create a plan for coordinated entry of migrants. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of senators working remotely over the holidays have spent weeks attempting to hammer out a deal for heightened border security. all the while, tonight, that migrant caravan inching its way north through mexico, now about 500 miles from the u.s. border. it had been estimated at 6,000 people. though mexican officials now say it's down to 1,500. secretary of state antony blinken and department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas in mexico wednesday, pressing the country's president for help slowing the surge, though mexico, too, is requesting aid from america's federal government to help add

. >> your governor texas governor greg abbott has issued this border law which has granted texas authoritieshe power to arrest migrants and given the judges the authority to remove them from the country, and the other attorneys are saying that it is not constitutional. what is your view? >> i am dumbfounded and it is amazing that our governor has a law license. if our governor wanted to come up with federal enforcements he should have ran for the president of the united states, and right now he is the governor of the state of texas unfortunately, and you can't make texas law go over and above what federal law says. that is what he is trying to do. historically under operation lone star, they came up with a scheme to arrest people under criminal trespass, and they found that it is number one, cost us more money, and two, put us at risk for more lawsuits, because we did not have air conditioning in the jails, so they were throwing them into prisons, because we did not have the space, and long story short, it was ineffective what greg abbott was trying to do when he tried to arrest the migrants

texas governor greg abbott signed sb-4 into law.arge and arrest migrants like these behind me for illegally crossing the border. but maverick county sheriff says his border community doesn't have the force to enforce abbott's sb-4 law. >> it's taking away from the security we're supposed be doing in the county. we don't want to do it. it's going to be impossible. >> reporter: meanwhile, the desperation is mounting. in this disturbing video from last week, a woman is seen holding a young child, while trying to cross the fast-moving rio grande. she repeatedly cries for help. telling the state guard and troopers she is tired and doesn't want to drown. but they don't intervene. an airboat speeds by the scene. eventually, she makes it safely back to the mexican side. the migrants are being taken by bus to loredo or del rio to be processed. and texas governor greg abbott says he will continue to send migrants by bus and by plane to sanctuary cities. several human rights groups have sued to try to stop the measure. mrgaret? >> thank you. >

greg abbott, ron desantis, have cruelly sent over migrants without any coordination with places likele are getting in the middle of the night, in the cold, not having resources that charities can offer them. and so, these cities like chicago put their foot down and started finding but bus companies that were dropping folks off at hours in different locations. it's unfortunate that it's gotten to this. really what, needs to happen here is that there needs to be coordination. and governors like greg abbott should do this job and actually reach out to the mayors of chicago and new york and los angeles, because it's a political stunt that abbott and desantis and others have engaged in. and they should not be treating these migrants in this way. in the meantime, hopefully, the biden administration would be able to find greater resources for these cities, for these communities, so that they can better take care of these migrants and ensure that they are safe and they're treated humanely and compassionately when they get to these communities. >> and at the border itself, in order to free up

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. >> in texas, governor greg abbott launched operation lone star. >> he's arrested thousands of migrantspassing. >> as if to gurd his state for a war. he's building a wall just like trump did. >> we are building the border wall in the state of texas. >> governor greg abbott has been sending migrants in bus loads. >> then there was the busing. >> where will the migrants be spending the night? >> thousands were dropped off with little warning. even on the coldest christmas eve ever recorded in the nation's capital. >> if you look at what is going on at the southern border, it is a total disaster. >> but the governor who outperformed everyone with his political theater -- >> the cartels are eating our lunch. >> was ron desantis of florida. >> aren't you glad to live in the free state of florida. >> and he hatched a secret plan to fly migrants to the liberal island of martha's vineyard. a former counterintelligence agent was used to target migrants in san antonio with promises of housing and jobs. but when the migrants go the off their plane, absolutely no one was expecting them. they had be

i can tell you the aclu has filed a lawsuit, we received a statement from governor greg abbott and he said he's ready to take it to the supreme court. >> rosa floras, thanks so much. let's bring in walking castro -- calling on u.s. attorney mayor garland to stop the law before it goes into effect, thank you for joining us. your democratic colleague is not on that show, he told me he believes the texas border law is unconstitutional but he wants stricter border policies anyway. take a listen. >> even i am frustrated by the lack of activity or more work that can be done by the federal government. why are we allowing so many people in one at the end of the day, they are not supposed to be here in current -- according to immigration law. >> it does seem everyone is frustrated, it's been that way for long time. our progressives ready to make any concessions to republicans to get some sort of accommodation and border bill passed? >>-first, you are right. it is clear for the last dozen years people have been frustrated mostly with the fact congress has not been able to come together and do c

greg abbott's office said it won't stop transporting migrants to chicago.n former department of housing and urban development and former mayor of san antonio julio castro is here. governor abbott sent over 80,000 immigrant grants to democratic states in the past year and a half. this is not about immigration. this is about his own politics. >> well it is. the mexican president lopez obrador was asked about this yesterday, and he said basically that greg abbott is doing an audition for for vice president for donald trump. i've often said this guy has presidential or maybe vice presidential ambitions. this is political showmanship. it is using migrants to try to score points with a base of republicans that gets their kicks out of stepping on the powerless and this is another example of that. the mayor of chicago describing how these migrants are being treated, not given sufficient food, water, any resources, texas is not coordinating with nonprofit charities that often take in migrants, the way that federal government would be coordinating that if they're mov