to cancel flights. but overseas it's a lot more difficult. some airlines facing real problems because they have many more of these 737 maxes in their fleets. >> drew griffon reporting for us. erin bu erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, a world of hurt. a white house official says that's what americans could be facing as trump threatens to shut the border this week. plus voters weigh in on accusations against joe biden, what women are saying tonight and you may be surprised by this one. and beto o'rourke meeting with cheers he calls for an end to the electoral college. good idea or sore losers? let's go out front. and good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, a whole world of hurt. that from a trump administration official who tells cnn it would be, quote, catastrophic if the president shuts down the southern border this week.

it is a drastic step but one that could come at any moment from this president on twitter. he has repeatedly said he's willing to do it and do it this week if mexico does not do more to stop the fleof migrants crossing the southern bordered. the president's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney says it can be done and here's how. >> if closing the ports of entry mean that, that's kpaktdly what he intends to do. >> but of course the devil is in the details. because just shutting the southern border is not really easy. forget all the parts that aren't formal border crossings, the border itself is 1,900 miles long, a little bit more. there are more than two dozen ports of entry, so it would be a massive feat with a massive price tag. according to forbes when it comes to trade alone would cost

the united states economy roughly $1.7 billion a day. a day. and the states that would feel the most pain, you can see them on this map. okay, the red. of the top ten of the them, all but california are actually red states. and illinois, i'm sorry. california and illinois, all the rest voted for trump in 2016. including let's just say michigan. the president barely won that. it is a huge risk to hurt those states. is it one the president really will take? well, he certainly shaehasn't s away from making the threat. >> mexico is going to have to do something, otherwise i'm going to have to close the border. there's a very good likelihood i'm closing the border next week and that's fine with me. >> the president showing no signs he's going to back down from that threat. of course at this point all it is a threat, but he's been pretty explicit the timing could

be in the next few days. >> reporter: exactly. and in some ways this is not the first time the president has done it, but aides within the white house and administration are a little bit on edge today as they try to figure out exactly when president trump might make a decision like this and whether he'll do it at all. this is something that's been kicked around in the white house for months and months. they've gone through all the various scenarios what this might look like and the economic damage being a key point here that aides have raised to the president as to why it's not a good idea. but we're hearing that obviously he's upset about what's going on at the border. he's angry nobody is doing anything about it. and the president who at one point said i alone can fix it wants to do something about it, even if it means billions of dollars of damage to the u.s. economy. aides told cnn this afternoon it's anyone's guess what he wants to do. some of them are looking at twitter just like the rest of us. but they've also pointed out there's been not much of a decision making process in the white house around this, and

they haven't really gamed out how long a closure could last, what it might look like. so with that in mind there's a sense that the president is not quite at a decision point yet. he's perhaps going to the border on friday. but this situation is getting so dire and so serious and causing him so much anger really that i think aides believe he could be serious this time around. one thing also being considered within the white house according to sources is perhaps naming some kind of immigration czar to deal with this issue of illegal crossings at the southern border. that's an idea that's been talked around for months and months sort of like closing the border. but at this very moment when the president feels the situation is at a croesus point, all of these things have come back onto the table. it's anyone's guess whether he'll go forward. but it's clear within the white house many people have been making this argument that the damage to the u.s. economy would be equal to what it is to mexico if not greater. mexico being the second largest

trading payne to the. so that argument has been made to president trump. the problem is this a president who wants mexico to do more, and he is convinced this is the way to do it. even though aides also tell him that closing the ports of entry, for example, it's not going to do anything about illegal crossings between ports of entry. so it may not even solve that problem either, erin. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. let's depot down to tony martinez. obviously you're on the front line of what we're seeing right now. just trying to understand about what exactly you are seeing right now. we understand it's about 2,000 migrants have been released as of friday in the rio grande valley. can you explain to us what the process is to vet these individuals, right? they're coming in and now being released out of detention centers. so what's the vetting that is happening? >> well, i think probably the

most important part is that everybody understands these people cannot be given over to us without their paperwork being processed by the customs and border protection officials. so they generally come to us with all their paperwork. they also have to be cleared from a health standpoint. and what we had happen last week is we had some health issues with some of the folks and we resolved those. and on saturday they presented to us about 100 folks that did not have their documentation, even though they had been processed but they were released without the paperwork given to them as they should have been done. but thus far we have a system in place that we have a drop off point. we tried to get them transported to wherever their final destination is as quickly as we possibly can. and if there's some impediment, then they will be taken to the shelter, given some food, clothing if need be, and taken

care of until we can get them transported. >> so when people hear about all these individuals being released from detention centers, it sounds like you're saying that you do know who they are, they have been vetted. you're able to say for sure none of these people being released are criminal. they're going to appear in court as ordered on their court date. you're 100% confident in that, mayor? >> well, i'm as confident as confident can be in the sense that i've been working in the shelter for the last couple of days, and i've experienced this migration situation for a good part of the last three or four years on a very, very special personal way. so they come with telephone number, we get those telephone numbers. we call the relatives. we say, you know, do you already have arrangements for transportation, or if you don't go ahead and make some arrangements so that we can get them going to your house or wherever it is that they're

going. we've got a good system. we can handle whatever we've got going right now at this particular point. i think what's important to the public is to know that this uncertainty of how many they're going to release is something that we've been talking with the customs and border patrol about. and so therefore they have really worked pretty well with us. but for some reason lately it's been a little bit different. >> there's two things i want to get to the bottom of. one it sounds like you're saying you're able to handle the numbers coming through. this whole it's flooding, inundating and out of control, you take issue with that, right? >> no, we feel very comfortable and we're prepared. and the numbers haven't overwhelmed us at this point. >> the second point because the president uses this as a talking

point, crime. you're sure that criminals aren't being released? >> you know, we haven't had any increase in crime. as a matter of fact, we're the 54th safest city in the united states, and i think as of this year just even the homicide has been reduced. i think we had four homicides last year and we have just one this year. we have a very, very good -- >> i understand what you're saying there. but i'm talking about that might go on somewhere else. anytime you get a headline in new jersey now or a headline -- >> i don't know how they can get through the process -- they have a criminal check. so by the time that we get them, you know, unless something goes wrong between now and whenever something happens that's untoward towards society, but for the most part -- >> they've already been checked. yeah, they've already been

checked. and they wouldn't be given to us if they had criminal records to begin with. >> and so what's going to happen to these kids? where are some of these families going? >> they're going all over the united states, to be honest with you. this past weekend we've had people who have gone to tennessee, south carolina, north carolina, kentucky, and i think probably we're basically just a way station for these people to get to their final destination, and i think that's where your biggest problem's going to be in the long run. you're going to have figure out -- we know the impact here, but they're here for a very short period of time. what's the impact on the other communities. >> let me ask you because you know it could happen at any moment, the president has threaten today close the border. he seems very serious about it. a lot of people around him say don't do it. they say it would be bad for trade, it could hurt people.

the word catastrophic was used by one white house official. but he seems very serious. mayor, what would happen if the president goes ahead with this and closes the border? what would you think happens? >> reporter: it would be disastrous for us to be honest with you. we have probably about -- i have three ports of entry here, and we have approximately 10,000 vehicles coming across on a daily basis. we've got about 3,000 or 4,000 people that cross on a pedestrian level. the trade, we have a lot of auto parts that come here that we eventually ship out to ohio and to michigan. we have tons of crossings in the sense, and we have some agricultural products that right now is the time of the season for the harvest. and so it would create an enormous problem for us, you know, and i would like to see

the administration reconsider those kind of efforts. and if there is some sort of, you know, end game that we somehow or another coordinate all of our efforts and try to do how do we solve this problem, otherwise you're going to have, you know, rising car prices, rising food prices. the ripple effect would be tremendous. >> thanks for your time again. >> thank you. >> and next a white house whistle-blower speaking out, claiming dozens of officials were given security clearances desite, quote, serious disqualifying issues. what were they? well, democrats are now threatening a subpoena for the white house. and voters reacting to two women who say joe biden made them feel uncomfortable. is it disqualifying? and it's one thing almost every 2020 democratic candidate agrees on. >> yes, let's abolish the electoral college. >> get rid of the electoral college. >> now democrats are actually

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quote, serious disqualifying issues. issues like foreign influence, conflicts of interest, even drug use. the staffer alleging the white house overruled concerns for 25 individuals, and a source tells cnn tonight that two of them were indeed jared kushner and ivanka trump. and now the oversight committee plans to issue subpoenas to the white house to find out exactly what went on. manu raju out front liveoon capitol hill. and what else are democrats saying this whistle-blower told them? these are obviously very serious allegations of widespread seeming abuse. >> reporter: yes, serious concerns raised by trisha who's served in democratic and republican administrations for 18 years, now working in the personal security office at the white house. she raise said concerns not only about the 25 individuals whose security clearances were granted despite these concerns that were raised but also about systemic

problems within the security clearance process at the trump white house. she alleges to the democratic and republican staff on this committee that i mean an unusually high number of people with interim security clearances were given access to classified information after they were later deemed they should not have gotten classified information. she also contends there was not adequate staff to review the security clearance process, and not adequate security personnel to overlook the personnel files. and in her testimony behind closed doors, a day long, last month, she also made the case that white house officials retaliated against her after she personally raised concerns, even doing things such as putting personal security files up very high so she could not reach them in what she says was an effort, to quote, humiliate her. republicans say she had concerns but they were mainly directed at

carl klein who was the personal security director at the white house. and that's who alieg elijah cum want subpoena going forward. >> thank you very much, manu. and out front now the democratic congressman jerry conally who sits on the house oversight committee. so you've had a chance to hear from her. what have you learned that is most concerning about this whistle-blower, congressman? >> i think we had reports about a year ago that there were problems with mr. klein being too ready to give interim security clearances to people whose security clearance applications were still pending or problematic. i don't think we understood this was a systemic problem that extended to permanent security clearances as well. this whistle-blower says she identified at least 25 individuals whose security

clearances should not have been granted or had huge problems that were swept aside. that's very troubling. we're talking about the white house. we're not talking about -- and what can go wrong with security clearance having, you know, corners shaved in order of expediency or asestitance to get one even if they don't qualify. >> do you acknowledge, congressman, that the president of the united states does ultimately have the power to do what it appears he did, to grant security clearances even over the strenuous, you know, push back of his security team? >> yes, i think that is a power of the president that's ultimately in his hands. that doesn't mean he should use that power especially when it favors a relative, and especially when it overrules their unanimous set of concerns brought to the attention of the white house about a particular individual and the

recommendation they not be given the clearance. >> so obviously this memo, this letter that we have and that you of course heard from the whistleblower, 25 people she says that this happened with, according to the memo by the republican staff, they've responded. they said, this is of course the whistleblower, two examples when the obama white house granted security clearance eligibility to individuals of questionable backgrounds. and the examples there one was with someone of foreign citizenship and another was someone with a drug problem. is that what you're seeing on the trump list as well? are those two things that are equal? this is just something that happens in every administration? >> no, they're not equal. and as i said what this whistleblower has said is that this is systemic problem in this white house. and it involves drugs. it involves criminal activity.

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tonight, breaking news. a source telling cnn at this hour that the allegations against joe biden won't dissuade him from running in 2020. they are noting, though, that his final hasn't been made. this comes tonight as we are learning about a second woman who has come forward to allege that the former vice president touched her inappropriately, this at a connecticut fund-raiser in 2009. she says, quote, it wasn't sexual but he did grab me by the head. quote, he put his hand around my neck and put his hand in to rub noses with him. when he pulled me in i thought he was going to kiss me on the mouth. another woman says biden smelled her hair and kissed the back of her head at campaign rally in

2014. let's go to jeff zeleny. what more do you know about biden's thinking? >> we do know the former vice president is planning to proceed as he was always going to and likely to jump into this race by all accounts at the end of april or so. now, all of his advisers we have spoken to said this is not going to change his mind. we saw a string and apraid of former female staffers coming out in support of him. one thing is clear, if he runs, it's a new world order. >> hello, everybody! . >> reporter: at democratic presidential hopefuls took the stage today in washington it was the candidate in waiting, joe biden at, the center of the conversation. >> he kind of already has the reputation for being kind of handsy, and women develop gut instincts for these things. so when someone kind of shows their face, we're like where know who you are. >> reporter: she's weighing both

as she considers new allegations against the former vice president. >> i think it's perfectly valid to have complex feelings for people like joe biden, and i continue to have complex feelings. >> reporter: as voters mingled at one of the largest democratic gatherings yet of the 2020 campaign, other women said they wanted to hear more from biden. >> i'm willing to allow him to apologize and evolve in his thinking around these issues. >> it's not a disqualifier? >> i don't think it's a disqualifier. i think if we look back at a lot of candidates they have something they're concerned about. >> reporter: the conversation comes as biden is apologizing for his statement on the sworn record including the supreme court hearings of clarence thomas. >> her reputation was attacked. i opposed clarence thomas' nomination, i voted against him. >> reporter: critics say he should and could have done more. the allegations against biden

have reverberated across the democratic presidential campaign where for the first time in party history five candidates are women. >> is it enough in this case, though, to say oh, that's just joe being joe? >> here's what i think. i have been through a lot of this in the past year, questions about a lot of other male politicians. and i would say this if we spend our whole time talking about what men have done or could do, we're never going to talk about what women can do. and my position is we be some extraordinary women running for president right now. >> reporter: senator klobuchar, she said she spent a lot of time over the past year talking about male politicians with problems. of course al franken is who she's referring to there. the question is this. not if joe biden decides to jump in, it's if any of this can keep him out and change the calculations and what other democrat candidates choose to

use as an issue ufbt this. this is something that changes the biden calculation, but they say his plans haven't change. >> thank you very much, jeff. and i want to go now to our political commentators joan walsh, and maria cordona, democratic strategist. so maria, you've seen these allegations that are out there. you don't thinkthality they are necessarily disqualifying for joe biden, why? >> well, look, let's be very clear this certainly does not rise to the level of any kind of sexual assault or a sexual allegation, and we just need to remember that. however, i do think that it's -- it depends on how joe biden continues to respond to these, whether they are going to be disqualifying. i think that if he apologizes to lucy flores, apologizes to this woman who now has her story in the hartford current and he

publicly says he needs to go a little bit further than what he's done this far. he needs to acknowledge his behavior has made women uncomfortable and he's gone too far, that he realizes that and that essentially he's going to cut it out. that he's going to check himself on this kind of behavior moving forward. that means he's not just listened to them, which he says he's doing, but he's got to do more and acknowledge that his behavior as inoc ws, and as innocent as he may say that it is, and i believe that it was. but it's not how he intended it, it's how he made them feel that actually matters and that's what he needs to acknowledge. >> i agree with maria it is not necessarily disqualifying. women voters and men voters will make the decision whether it's disqualifying or not. and i also think he has not quite gone far enough with his

semi-apology. we know that times have changed. they have changed in the adult hoods of three of us, i think it's safe to say. and things that even each of the three of us might have thought, well, it's just boys being boys, it's the cost of doing business in a man's world, we have come to realize it's a violation of our personal space, our integrity. >> although never would i have thought that about an eskimo, a nose rub. i'm saying that one feels different if indeeld thd that happened. >> 20 years ago that would have been very, very weird. >> so yes. and i think, you know, i got a release today from his office, and i have to say they are going a little bit far. they are starting to say some of these things are photo shopped. they're saying -- there's a reference to a cottage industry of lies. if we can go on youtube and

maybe some of these things are misunderstood. and we do have where the former wife of the defense secretary that says that photo that looks awkward, it was not. har he's my friend. a close male friend can touch you in a way that a stranger can't. they really need to be careful not to be too defensive and discrediting these women who are coming forward. >> and i think it's important to note the politics of this. number one i want to say just for the record just because something is politically expedient doesn't mean it didn't happen or it should be demeaned because of that. that being said, there is a political element to this. lucy flores she supported bernie sanders last night. she went to a beto o'rourke rally this weekend. and to her credit when she was asked why she's coming forward now she said politics is part of the reason. >> the reason why we're having these conversations about vice president joe biden is because

he's considering running for president. and frankly, the reason why i felt so compelled to finally say something is because over the years as this behavior was documented, as it was frankly dismissed by the media and not taken seriously, that conversation was not coming up in the discussions. >> so, maria, is this all about joe biden being a front-runner? i mean, i have to say i really give her credit for admitting it happened. but, yeah, the reason i'm coming out is speak is because he's a front-runner and that seemed very genuine. >> yeah, i agree with you. yes, right now he is the front-runner and there's a very good possibility, i mean everyone has a good possibility right now. but he could be the nominee. and so this is the kind of information that needs to be out there. but i also agree with joan that his campaign, he needs to be careful not to go on the defensive. because one thing that democrats

i don't think have learned our lesson as much as we should is that elections are not so much policy based because we know that joe biden from a democratic standpoint has been great on most policies. he has a terrific record on womens issues overall, right? . and that's what his campaign has said, and that's true. but voters will make decisions viscerally. and if what they keep seeing and hearing are these comments from women who made joe biden feel uncomfortable and his instead of apologizing and acknowledging it moving forward, his just being defensive that's not going to bode well for him. >> there's also a point, they're going on offensive. and that's -- i'm not equating at all the allegations, but i am saying in terms of the way of handling it, that's out of someone else's play book. >> it is. and that's problematic. and i want to say on behalf of lucy flores she actually was a whistle-blower in the sanders campaign about sexism and the

way women were treated not by senator sanders but some of the staff. we should also say she was willing to say some tough things about her own candidate. he's not her candidate this year. she's not endorsed anyone. i appreciate it was a political decision. he is the front-runner. this is something we need to know, but it's not as if she's out there doing this for senator sanders. she's not. >> he'll of course say it has nothing to do with his decision. and next a growing number of 2020 candidates taking steps to kill the electoral college. >> the electoral college is at this point indefensible. >> one person, one vote and get rid of the electoral college. >> i'll talk to a senator who's trying to make that a reality. plus a surprising new twist in the battle between jeff bazos and the national enquirer. now accusing saudi arabia of hacking and leaking explicit texts to bazos' girlfriend. o's ?

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new tonight, growing calls by democrats to abolish the electoral college. greeted by tears today as they called for an end to the way the united states chooses its president. and they're not the only 2020 candidates that are democrats making that call. >> we should abolish the

electoral college. >> yes, let's abolish the electoral college. >> get rid of the electoral college. >> one person, one vote and get rid of the electoral college. >> the electoral college is at this point indefensible. >> out front now, democratic senator jeff murkily of ofrg. he's introduced new legislation proposing a constitutional amendment to eliminate the electoral college. that's what this would take. it's a big decision, it's what this country was founded upon. so, senator, i know you've come to this decision knowing that and having thought through it. there's only been two times since 1888 that we have ever had a different person win the popular than the electoral college. obviously they've both have been in this century. why do you believe now is the time to get rid of the electoral college than any other? >> we know it was founded as an effort and strategy to accentuate the strength of those states who were slave states. and there's just no

justification for it now. but think of the modern consequences. it means that any state that leans significantly blue or significantly red gets little attention in the election, and the weight of the voters in that state get little chance to weigh in, if you will. that would change completely if you're on a palmler vote. because every citizen's vote would weigh equally, and that's had the way it should be. >> the former republican governor of california, arnold schwarzenegger says, okay, guys you're making a big stink about this now. he's pretty critical of what you all are saying. and here he is. >> you talk about the electoral college, they should get rid of. that's not going to do it. there's people saying wait a minute, you have a bunch of babies whining here because they lost the election. no, show leadership. >> says you're a bunch of babies whining. is this just about being a sore loser? >> i think schwarzenegger needs to learn a bit about american

history and the dark side of how the electoral college was founded, and it also wouldn't hurt for him to embrace the notion that whoever wins the election should be the person who takes the office. that's the fundamental nature of democracy. >> but you're only making this stand now after hillary clinton won the popular -- this isn't something i've heard people argue about before. there is this event that happened and then it became a big deal. >> it's true. it's been in the conversation for a long time. i remember back in high school this question being debated. but certainly in history has shown we have a system that the flaws have been exposed in. and it diminishes the authority of our president which is something we should be concerned about. >> he has not been dissuaded one

way or another by the allegations out there, a campaign rally in nevada she tez when he touched her inappropriately. biden has not fully apologized, but he has said in my many years on the campaign trail and public life i've offered and not once, never did i believe i acted inappropriately. there's now another allegation tonight, i don't know if you're aware, senator, but from a second woman who spoke to the hartford current about him rubbing his nose with her and made her feel very uncomfortable. do you think these accusations are enough to disqualify joe biden from running? >> i think that the important point here is that women need to be listened to very, very carefully. it is completely possible that two individuals involved in the interaction will view that interaction very differently. and men in particular need to listen because the kind of sense

of personal space that maybe in the past people were offended but didn't speak out, now they're speaking out. it's so important for us to listen. but as to the political realm, i think it's important for voters to weigh this as part of their consideration. >> all right, thank you very much. i appreciate your time, senator murkily as always. and next a private investigator for amazon jeff bazos claim the saudis stole the texts, the sexts to his girlfriend. and jeanne moos, why the race for 2020 is cursed. >> so [ bleep ] proud of you guys. introducing the all-new 2019 ford ranger, it's the right gear. with a terrain management system for... this. a bash plate for... that. an electronic locking rear differential for... yeah... this. heading to the supermarket? get any truck. heading out here? get the ford ranger. the only adventure gear built ford tough.

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them from the saudis. atena jones is out front. >> reporter: a january "national enquirer" expose about jeff bezos' affair with lauren sanchez, a stunning new twist. a probe conducted by bezos' long-time investigator leading to a specific claim about saudi arabia. writing in the daily beast, our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the saudis had access to his phone. his team spoke with a long list of sources, including middle east intelligence experts, trump advisers and sources at the even quirer. ami denied the saudi link. ami's statement read american

media has and continued to refute the unsubstantiated claims that the materials for our report. while texts and photographs sent were shared with the even quirer by michael sanchez, the tabloid knew about the messages before approaching sanchez. he believes the saudi government was the source of that knowledge but says it was not clear whether ami was aware of those details. >> he is implying the saudis may have tipped the even quirer off. >> sanchez admitted to leaking to even quirer but claims he acted out of support telling page 6 i would never sell out my sister. everything i did was to protect jeff and lauren.

he did not present any concrete evidence to support his allegations, but he said he had turned over his findings to federal officials. his claims turned what was a tale about the richest man in the world into a geopolitical mystery. bezos impe implied that ami tri extort him which was upset with the news coverage over the murdered journalist. bezos and the post have been frequent targets of trump. >> he owns amazon. he wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it. that's not right. >> and now saudi officials have not responded for comment. becker says he is not going to comment further. meanwhile michael sanchez called the claim a smoke and mirror's

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theyll wt to be sworn into the white house. well, to get there they're hoping that swearing will help. here's jeanie. >> this is the story of a cuss word added to the presidential campaign. >> so [ bleep ] fraud of you guys. >> beto o'rourke swears not to publically swear using the f word as president trump uses a swear word to describe swear words. >> they're trying to take you out with [ bleep ]. okay? >> it got so much applause, the president decided to use it at his next rally. >> for defrauding the public with ridiculous [ bleep ]. >> and even spawned its own hashtag. >> many of the president's supporters are going ape [ bleep ] over the president

saying [ bleep ]. >> inject the trump directly into your veins read another tweet. but beto o'rourke's stronger course word. >> i was like, yeah, what the [ bleep ]. >> delivered with his ten-year-old daughter beside him. >> in the past, it was ted cruz who used an ad to attack beto for his language. >> sharing his whit. >> how [ bleep ] is that? >> what the [ bleep ] are these guys doing? >> come on, beto. >> great point, and i don't intend to use the f word going forward. >> for the innocent old days where joe biden delivered the f bomb in a whisper. >> and many of beto's supporter says their guy dropping the f bomb is the bomb, that it shows his passion and disarming him makes us a nation of ninnies.

but these days even self-help books help themselves to expletives. >> so [ bleep ] proud of you guys! >> ridiculous [ bleep ]. >> new york. >> thank you for joining us. anderson starts now. good evening. with president trump threatening to shout down the entire u.s. southern border and suspending aid, aid which is meant to prevent people from leaving those countries coming to the u.s., we begin tonight with a headline you might have missed. it reads secretary nielsen signs compact to stem migration at the source. that's from a press release from the department of homeland security and, yes, it is not the catchiest title, but the message is clear enough. the trump administration, along with guatemala, honduras and