this administration stands markedly different than the prior administration, markedly different. we have, in fact, a family reunification task force that has now reunified 700 families that were cruelly separated. we have, by the prior administration. we have rescinded the public charge rule that punishes individuals who migrated to the united states just for accessing public resources to which they are entitled. we have granted temporary protected status to quite a number of countries. this president has led the unprecedented expansion of lawful pathways. we stand markedly different than the prior administration. we do not resemble it at all. what we do, and by the way, we have rebuilt an asylum system that was dismantled in the prior administration. we have resumed refugee processing all around the world and these regional processing centers are going to accelerate

the refugee process in an unprecedented way. we are a nation of immigrants and we are a nation of laws. and those laws provide that if one qualifies for humanitarian relief, then one has established the basis to remain in the united states, and if one has not, then one is to be removed. and that is exactly what is going to happen. >> we have to go, we are out of time. >> what is the rough cost to american taxpayers since the roughly 4 million people have come into the country illegally since january of 2021, as those people show up at community hospitals, as they enter the school system, get other government help. do you have a taxpayer cost? >> let me turn that questionp around a little bit. i'm going to turn it around to match the question that an international partner asked of me. and the question that the international partner asked of me is what is the economic cost

of your broken immigration system? since there are businesses around this country that are desperate for workers, there are desperate workers looking for jobs -- desperate workers in foreign countries that are looking for jobs in the united states, where they can earn money lawfully and send much needed remittances back home. what is the cost of a broken immigration system? that is the question that i am asked, and that is the question that i pose to congress because it is extraordinary. >> do you have a cost the taxpayers are paying now? >> i believe i have addressed your question. >> final two. >> i want to ask one more on the regional processing centers. i know you said it takes a ton of coordination but can you give any more detail as to what is standing in between set up, personnel thing, a matter of nailing down location, working out agreements with international partners, a little bit more.

>> yes. >> all of them? >> yes. yes. it is -- there are a lot of moving pieces. >> thank you. i just wanted to ask about messaging. because for years the administration has said that the border is closed and migrant crossings continued to notch records and you just said your message to migrants who are travelling unlawfully is do not spend your life savings coming here only to be apprehended if and when you arrive here. but i'm wondering what you think it will take for that message to land. >> the question is a very important one because it speaks of two things. one is of course the efforts we make but the second is a phenomenon that we are confronting and that is the smuggling organizations that spread disinformation to vulnerable migrants. they lie to migrants, as a

matter of fact, when i was in panama speaking to my counterpart, the foreign secretary in panama, and the secretary, the minister of security, they were speaking of the fact that smugglers in that region of the world, before the migrants enter the dariaen, incredibly treacherous terrain, they are deceived into thinking they are going to be on a two-day tour. and so the smuggling organizations -- >> john: as we cross the top of the hour, secretary mayorkas continues to take questions in the white house briefing room, i believe this is probably the last one. we heard a lot about what the administration's plans are going forward. i think one of the key points we have to examine here, sandra, to your point earlier, with senator graham, mayorkas says this is all going to take time to gain effect, and you point out they have been working on this for two years, and how long have they known this day is going to

come, and why are they now telling us as people are expecting catastrophe along the border that this is going to take time to address. >> sandra: and throwing every resource they have at their disposal at this, and this on your screen is the result. bill melugin is joining us live from the border in brownsville, texas. back to the white house here a short time from now, bill. but you've been listening to what the white house is saying here. what's the take away? you've been covering this so closely for so long. >> bill: sandra, a few things jump out to me. number one, secretary mayorkas says they are surging 24,000 border patrol agents to the border, it's not possible. there are only 19,000 border patrol agents. number two, we heard our colleague, jacqui heinrich ask him about mass releases, he took issue with and said mass releases, that's not how he would characterize them. well, that's exactly what is happening. i can walk a mile away from where i'm standing right now, go to brownsville where the bus

terminal is and all around the area are young venezuelan men with their ntas going other places in the country. mass releases are happening along the southern border, how they decompress the border patrol facilities. and the way they play with the words, they say the people are placed into removal proceedings, that is accurate. but removal proceedings under title 8 also mean release with an nta, with a court day that could be several years down the road. if the secretary was trying to say mass releases are not taking place that, is completely false. >> sandra: bill, not to mention he was asked a similar question i asked senator graham, but he was also asked by a reporter in the room roughly what is the cost to the american taxpayer since the roughly 4 million people have come into the country illegally since january 2021, he said let me turn that around and gave a lengthy nonanswer to that

question. bill, he's been tasked with stepping in front of the tv cameras and the american people in taking these questions almost as if he's saying they are prepared for this. but this is something they could have been preparing for and laying out strategy every single day. they didn't have to wait for title 42 to be lifted to enforce the law. >> you are exactly right, and what is the plan and is it working. the last three days in a row we have had more than 10,000 border patrol apprehensions each day. these are all time records. those are the highest single day numbers ever recorded, never seen before, and it's expected to go even higher after title 42 drops. and your question about the taxpayer money, that is something i've been wondering as well and something we will probably never find out because when you think about it, i mean -- every day we have been here, we have probably seen like 30 to 40 busses coming in nonstop, taking people in and out. think about the transportation costs all around the country,

you think about the taxpayer funds that are going to ngos to house, provide food and help transport these migrants around the country. just the amount of money it takes to house all the migrants in cbp facilities for the last more than two years. we are talking millions of dollars a day. for the last two years with millions of people who have come across the border, that number -- that cost to the taxpayer is staggering and likely will never know it. there are so many different federal agencies, you know, overseeing this sort of a thing. i put in a freedom of information request with fema in 2001 trying to find out how much they were giving to ngos, i still don't have a response. but i want to point out as we see the record illegal crossings, we are noticing such a difference in approach between the state of texas and the federal government. the federal government is essentially come on in, guys, here is the paperwork, we'll get you on a bus and out of here. the state of texas about a mile

behind me right now, they have rows of razor wire laid oup, you can see it on the live drone, texas troopers and soldiers behind the razor wire and they have started physically blocking people from coming not country illegally and it's interesting to see. for the last two years we have always seen texas dps handing migrants off to border patrol to hand them off to federal custody and now we are actually seeing texas physically stopping people from entering the country and mayorkas hinted maybe the feds would file a lawsuit, let the doj speak whether what texas is doing is legal or not. it shows the ongoing friction between the federal government and the state of texas and you can see on the live drone, the very different approaches on the banks of the rio grande. >> sandra: bill, we will check back in with you a short time from now, brownsville, texas, via our drone footage. thank you. john.

>> john: sandra, let's bring in house majority leader steve scalise, with us on this busy day. don't know how much of mayorkas you got a chance to hear, wondering what you thought of what he said. lindsey graham a short time ago on our air referred to him as baghdad bob in the press conference. >> well, john, sandra, i appreciate the attention y'all have been giving to this. when you listen to secretary mayorkas, over and over again he continues to spread this false narrative that the border is not open. what border is he talking about? cuba's border? i have no idea if he knows just how bad this problem is. he created it, president biden created it, they don't want to solve the problem. we are bringing a bill today, we will pass just in the next few hours off the house floor that will secure america's border and the president opposes that bill so. that tells you exactly where the biden administration is. they want an open border, they created an open border,

secretary mayorkas knows it, he's not shooting straight with the american people. the people see a wide open border, 5 million minimum coming in the last two years since he's been president and only worse. drug problems, 300 young kids a day dying in america from fentanyl and other drugs coming over our open southern border because of joe biden's policies. they don't care about this problem, house republicans are taking action to fix it. time the senate and the president get engaged in the fight. >> sandra: leader scalise, great to have you and see you. a team put together a chart quickly so we could clearly show this surge in border encounters over the past two years since president biden took office. clearly see the first few years on the chart there, and starting in 2020, it has gone straight up to the point of the number of undocumented migrant crossings at the southern border in the

last year topped 2.8 million. breaking any record we have ever seen at that border. and he just said, mayorkas, preparing this and throwing every single resource they have at it and this is the result. >> if this is the best they've got, they all ought to resign right now, this is a national embarrassment. what's happening. look, the "new york times" did a report a few days ago said the biden administration lost track of 85,000 young kids that have come across our border illegally. how do you lose 85,000 young kids? where are they? human trafficking going on, well documented, all kinds of other abuses the drug cartels are controlling america's southern border. does this president have no concern for the loss of human life every day? 300 young kids a day dying from the drugs across the open southern border and he won't do a thing about it. house republicans are, we are

going to pass a bill today. i want the president to look at this and say it's time we join with republicans to do something. we are not going to wait for him if he's going to create this crisis, we are going to pass a bill to fix it. the american people are watching the vote today. not too late to call the member of congress and how are you going to vote on the securing america's border act. on the floor in two hours. >> john: hr2, reimplement some trump era border policies, including the remain in mexico and migrant protection protocol policy, likely get by in the house, we know it will go nowhere in the senate and even if it were, the president says he's going to veto it. but i'm wondering -- is the strategy to say here is what we as republicans are doing and then hang that around the president's neck as the border comes unglued? >> well, john, i think the american people are watching this and getting more vocal. they are seeing how bad it's

been but it's getting worse. with the end of title 42, it's getting dramatically worse. people will get engaged. i don't think it's a given that this bill is dead in the senate, there are a lot of senate democrats who are hearing from their constituents. and you know what, if they are not, if you are angry about this, call your senator today. call your house member today. you can do something about it. there's a bill that will end catch and release. the idea if someone comes across illegally, you make the border patrol agents catch them and let them go into the interior of the country, we don't know where they are going, no governor, no mayor is told how many are showing up by dark of night on a bus or plane, this is a national disgrace. where are they housing them, how much money is going. we have cut off funding to any group using taxpayer money to transport people illegally through the country. we end this in this bill as well. we give border patrol agents the tools they need. they are doing a wonderful job. i've embedded with our border patrol at the border just about a year ago and they will tell you what the problem is.

we give them the tools in the bill so they can do their job and allow for the hiring of more border patrol agents. not to process people to come here illegally but to secure america's border and back to a functioning legal immigration system. >> sandra: congressman, i'll ask you a similar question i asked senator graham, i believe it's an important 1 and 1 on the mind of most americans as they see the images and it's something you and i have talked a lot about in recent years. but what is the cost to the average hard working american family, senator graham said their sovereignty. when it comes to our ability to get medical care, comes to our ability to have effective schooling in this country, we know and as we have been reporting, it's not just a border issue, not just border towns that are dealing with this. this is all over the nation. >> sandra, every town in america is a border town because of president biden's open border. they are not just staying in

texas. i spoke to governor abbott yesterday. he's right there on the front lines and we have seen the devastation in texas. it's all around the nation. they are sending them all throughout the country, into communities. they are going to end up at schools, how are they going to house, how are they going to school these young children. why are they keeping these people. if people are breaking laws, we have a bill next week, that says some of these people coming in illegally are violating the laws. the biden administration will not tell people the answer to these questions. we are going to demand those. we are going to have hearings where they make them come in and give us the answers that the american people want to know. how many have come in illegally, where are they sent, how many are on the terrorist watch list. we know of dozens already that were captured on the terror watch list. >> sandra: wanted to mention the images back to live images right there, brownsville, texas, as it is just over and over again one after another the migrants making this incredibly dangerous

journey, crossing over the river, swimming across. happening right now. >> john: and if we could, leader scalise, ask you one more quick question. mayorkas was talking tough about using title 8 and expedited removal to get people out of the country. we know that moves more slowly than title 42 does and the policy does nothing to stop people from getting into the united states in the first place. the only people doing that at the moment are the texas national guard with the concertina wire stopping people from coming in, and mayorkas made a comment yesterday he said he thinks that talking about that or looking at that is the purview of the department of justice which seemed to me to be a suggestion and to bill as well dhs is going to turn the policy in texas now with keeping people out of the country over to the doj. do you expect we'll see the doj in a fight with texas about what the national guard there is

doing? >> well, governor abbott like i said has tried a number of things to better protect texans and the rest of america from the crisis and receiving pushback and fighting from the biden administration because the biden administration wants an open border. if secretary mayorkas wants to do something today you can do it today, end catch and release, let the border patrol secure the border. stop using taxpayer money to transport people illegally throughout the country, remain in mexico protocol back in place. start building the wall again. they paid the contractors to abandon the work sites. we reinstate construction of hundreds of miles of border wall. all of those things were working. joe biden could start them today if he was serious about the problem. clearly he's not. we are. our bill does all of those things and more. the president opposes our bill because he doesn't want to secure the border. we are going to keep fighting to

get this done. i think the rest of the country will be engaged in this in the weeks ahead, demanding the senate pass the bill and the president sign it. >> sandra: i think it's a fair question to ask whether we would see this type of activity from the white house. and secretary mayorkas, and if you did not see the president's polls in the weeks and months leading up to this, and look at the pictures, it's going to get worse as the white house predicted itself. >> john: thanks, congressman. updating the breaking news as we roll through hour two of "america reports," almost halfway through hour two, title 42 will be a thing of the past, escalating the years' long crisis. >> sandra: and the white house

admitting what they are calling a challenge at the border and fears from the title 42 is even front page news for the media. but only here at fox news have we been reporting from the front lines more two years now, nothing to show for it. >> john: long lines of people coming into the country illegally, now it's about to come to a head. and fox news reporters and analysts are spread across the country to bring you the coverage that you have come to expect. fox team coverage continues now with william, live in tijuana, mexico, thousands of migrants are camping out along the border. are they waiting for the clock to strike midnight? >> looked that way last night. this is the busiest border crossing in the world here and yesterday they had swat drills in case they have to close the

port of entry. as we swing to the right, you can see a line a half mile long of individuals waiting to get into the united states for their interview. most of those are day workers tomorrow, that could change. and we pan over to the right here, you are going to see how close we are to the wall itself. so, aerials this morning from just this area show a large group gathering there. last night we saw them as the end of 42 approaches at 9:00 local tonight. at one point they had to stop food distribution and the border patrol pick-ups because the crowd got unruly. you know, they have come from every corner of the globe, no common language, they are desperate, frustrated and everyone wants the chance to get in. now, we saw also yuma yesterday, migrants pouring through a hole in the wall there where president biden has refused to close. experts we talked to fear the numbers are simply going to overwhelm the border patrol and

ice capacity. basically making existing immigration law irrelevant. >> i think it's going to be full and many people is going to try to cross and jump the wall but you never know, you never know. many things can happen. >> i think they are going to disappear inside middle america. i think they are going to vanish, get away from the border, lay low. wouldn't you? >> so why is -- you know, the expiration of 42 such a big deal, it takes time. ten minutes to process somebody under 42, a fingerprint, a photo, do it on an ipad on the field. a title 8, a good 90 minutes at the station and requires a lot of paperwork because there are criminal penalties. that creates the bottleneck that creates the overcrowding, border patrol can only hold for 72

hours, right. advocates fear the administration is not going to hear asylum claims fairly. >> what i see is that the biden administration is not complying with asylum rules and placing people in greater harm as we see the individuals behind us. >> so what i'm told, you guys, it's going to be important of how fast can an asylum officer hear a criminal interview, and appeal you are entitled to, how fast will the immigration judge hear your case. can you be held in ice custody, the administration is not doing of families and minors and will it trigger the mass releases because they can't meet the deadlines or don't have the capacity to hold the people. that's a challenge that could be happening tonight and beyond. at least 9:00 local here. >> john: one of the conditions for the parole release you are

talking about, if u.s. border patrol has apprehended 7,000 noncitizens per day across the southwest border over 72 hours. we are way, way beyond that. william, great reporter from tijuana. good to see you. >> go ahead. >> john, i was going to say, i looked just for -- in 2020, in may, total of 25,000 apprehensions. we have eclipsed that in three days. back to you. >> incredible the numbers we are seeing. great reportering. thank you so much. sandra. >> sandra: john, in this video also just in to us, more video from brownsville, texas and we have seen this over the years getting worse and worse. this is the amount of trash, clothing, that is left behind by these migrants that are making this journey to the southern border and over it. obviously they are ditching these items and anything that they are travelling with as they

make this journey. as i note that as title 42 is set to be lifted just hours there now, there are environmental experts that are warning that this is going to lead to an environmental degradation along the u.s.-mexico border noting that a lot of the trash you are seeing here is left in environmental refugees, you know, major wildlife areas along the border. it is an absolute mess and we see more and more video like that. jose sanchez, texas department of public safety. could you weigh in on this moment as we take in the breaking news, the new video coming in to us as we see the video of the migrants -- their belongings that are left. right at the southern border. as they cross over, sir. >> you know, we have been dealing with this for a long time, ever since we had this migrant explosion. i'll tell you, this is just part

of the chaos and disaster we are dealing with. we got this mess, we have no assistance from the federal government to help us with this, you know, more importantly, what the trash you see on the border, you also see in people's homes they are trespassing and the other disaster in the homeless. governor abbott has done a great job in helping us and giving us the resource that we need to be down there to secure our border to protect our citizens because we listen to what our citizens have to say. i don't think the federal government is doing a good job of that. if they were, they would be down here and provide the resources to help out. it's disheartening we have all the citizens having to go through this, the migrant situation is horrible, the smugglers are awful people, they could careless that the humans they are smuggling.

we have seen deaths, and our demographics change from urban communities to mountain terrains, to deserted areas, and so when we are talking about the deaths, talking about people that have been left behind, that have been left behind by the smugglers because they could no longer go with the group and died because of an injury or dehydration, also talking about the smugglers in the vehicle when they try to evade us and pull them over for the unlawful acts and hence get into an accident and killing migrants. the whole situation is terrible. it's chaotic, we are fed up with it. but again, thank goodness we have governor abbott, you know, and director mccraw that back us up what we are doing. we deployed thousands of soldiers and troopers to be here on the border to have that show of force to make sure we don't have any more existing problems after title 42 goes away. so we are preparing for the worst, we are ready for the worst, and we are going to carry on from there. >> john: jose, it's all about

the smugglers and they are making billions off the migrants flooding across the border. and as you point out, they don't care what happens to them, they just want the cash. what do you expect is going to happen tonight at midnight when the bell rings, title 42 comes off, we are back to title 8, going to take a lot more time to process these migrants after they come across the border. do you expect that these cartels, the smugglers are going to push waves of people across the border? >> i think in the state of texas, i think we are going to have a good presence we are not going to see waves come across between the ports of entry. i believe the ports of entry will be crowded with migrants trying to come through. of course we are preparing for civil unrest, not just amongst our department but with all the law enforcement agencies here on the border so we have had several meetings, we have contingency plans, everything in place to prepare for the worst but i think our presence and the amount of resources here and

personnel, i hope we don't have a big problem. i do fear the problems will be in the other states that don't have the security and the resources like our governor is doing in texas. >> sandra: director sanchez, you talked about the burden this places on those in these border communities. this was an el paso resident on fox and friends earlier this morning. >> what's happening is they are not just your typical citizens coming in. a lot of these people are ex-convicts, released from the jails. we are so concerned with a lot of the gangs that come in from south america but during covid far more dangerous alliances, organizations have been formed and this comes directly from people that work in homeland security and it's a very dangerous situation. >> sandra: director sanchez, obviously it's quite remarkable, but it's happening all over the country as they are being bussed

to nonborder cities and states. you seem like a reasonable guy to do your job every day. you said a moment ago you are receiving no assistance from the federal government. that stands in stark contrast what we heard from secretary mayorkas who says they have been preparing for this for two years, deployed every resource at their disposal to the border. is that not the case? >> well, it's not the case at all. look at the crisis we are going through right now. i have never seen the reporters we have in the el paso area because of this crisis. and if you are talking about two years of knowing this, what were you doing during the two years? why are you waiting until now on d-day the end of title 42 to deploy resources and come up with the plan. we could have cut down on this a long time ago, messaging has been horrible to the people, they are coming across and telling us through social media they are told to come across, that the borders are open, and they are open.

and they are open because our border patrol agents are having to process a lot of the migrants so they have been pulled off the line. this is why we are stepping up and along with our texas military division and trying to hold these lines because not only with the human smuggling, also the drug smuggling profiting behind this. that's why you see the increased problem with fentanyl is because of the porous border. if we could secure the line like prior to this, three years ago and the past two decades border patrol was on the line holding it strong we would not see all the problems in the country today. >> john: we saw what happened, director, when the border patrol was holding strong and the line with the horses, mounted border patrol agents came in and did nothing wrong and investigation later found, and so why would the border patrol agents want to put themselves in that position again. we have seen lots of video of texas national guard working

hand-in-hand i assume with dps, concertina wire along the riverbanks stopping people from coming up the riverbank and getting feet on u.s. soil after they wade across the river. do you expect that the doj will challenge that policy? >> no telling. but we are prepared if it does happen. let me tell you, that concertina wire has proven to be a deterrent. if we did not have that, and the wire, and the boxes, imagine how many worse it would be on the texas border. through all the mechanisms we put in place, done a great job trying to deter what could have been more horrific than what we are seeing now. >> sandra: final question to you, director sanchez, what gets you out of bed and back in the uniform and the front lines every day knowing the struggles you told us you have?

>> i'll tell you right now. it's the men and women we have working in law enforcement. they motivate me. they get up every day because of this purpose of trying to protect our border. they love our country, they love our state, love our community. and i'm not just talking about the texas department of public safety. our border patrol agents, local law enforcement partners, even our down to the first responders and talking about firefighters and ems, they also get called to assist us, in the instances, the migrant deaths and climbing the wall and breaking an ankle, we have this purpose. why we put on the uniform, why we wear the badge and the gun, it's because we are here to protect and serve our community. >> sandra: thank you for your service, sir. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> john: as we just heard, the concern now is with the states

far away from the border. one of those states of course is new york, where homeless shelters in the nation's largest city are way overcapacity. now leaders in the big apple are forced to get creative and where they can house the additional thousands of migrants set to arrive once title 42 expires tonight. their ideas include building tents in central park, or even using iconic manhattan landmarks such as the flat iron building and hangars at j.f.k. airport for temporary housing. city officials have cautioned none of the plans are finalized but time is quickly running out to find some sort of solution. sandra. >> sandra: and in denver, colorado, the democratic mayor there is activating an emergency response. he says that back in march 20 to 30 migrants arrived every day. on tuesday, nearly 400 migrants arrived in one day alone. he is now warning the cost is

too much for that city. >> burden alone. our reserves are not bottomless, and if this situation extends for a prolonged period of time some hard choices are going to have to be made. and to be clear, my team and i already are beginning to talk about service cuts. denver residents shouldn't lose the services and resources they depend on and pay for with their tax dollars because congress and the federal government are failing to do their jobs. >> sandra: the same story in city after city across america, even ones as far away from the southern border as portland, maine. that's where madison is right now, are they ready to take in more migrants there? >> sandra, what we are hearing from local leaders is they are at capacity. there is no more space here. take the expo center behind me as example, this opened as an emergency shelter in april before they even opened 170 of

the 300 spots were full. by the end of the week, they were at capacity. they are taking care of 3800 people receiving assistance, whether it's shelter or city services. with the overwhelming of that group being asylum seekers. nearly one-third of that number came just this year alone. the the city anticipating that number will continue to grow with the expiration of title 42 mere hours away. with the city at capacity, organizers tell us they have no idea how they will handle a surge other than just trying their best. >> there's no way to get ready other than just be in the know that you may be having, you know, people coming down to your state, coming down to your state. you don't know who is coming. you don't know how many numbers, how do you plan for ten beds. how do you plan for 15 beds. >> the migrants that make their way here are mostly from south africa, congo and angola. these groups fly to south

america and then make their way to the mexico-u.s. border and cross into the united states. the help costing this city a lot. portland has spent roughly $26.5 million this year on general assistance. this fiscal year. last year the city spent $10.1 million. now, this includes all homeless individuals receiving assistance but again, the overwhelming majority is migrants. we are currently 2,000 miles from the closest point on the southern border. and portland says it is all tapped out for shelter resources. it is unclear what will happen if and really frankly when more migrants come here because again, the city and even nonprofits, they continue to say they are at capacity. in the meantime, on the city's website, there is a donation button where people can donate in order to help fund this crisis. i'll send it back to you guys. >> sandra: madison reporting live from portland, maine. thank you very much.

alert, this news just in to us now, rockland county, suburbs north of new york city, they have been taking issue with the number of migrants new york city mayor adams has been sending up to the suburbs and this just in. the county of rockland has been granted a temporary restraining order in new york supreme court against the city of new york and mayor eric adams, which now will prohibit the city from proceeding with their plans to turn one of the hotels there, the armoni inn and suites, to a shelter for 340 migrants. a lot of residents in the suburbs were taking issue with this. they say due to the city's lack of honesty and clear disregard for local and state laws in the state of emergency in orange county, the county sheriff's office will remain posted outside the hotel as a precaution, even as the decision is made and a quote from one of

the attorneys representing rockland county, the city of new york lacks authority to establish a shelter outside its boundaries in addition to failing to follow new york state rules and regulations required to do so. they are detailing that they are already living through a severe housing crisis subjecting what they are saying many low income families in rockland to overcrowded and unsafe living conditions. so we will likely continue to follow this story very closely north of new york city, john. >> john: let's bring in texas congressman from more on this, we want to ask you about negotiations to raise the debt ceiling, but first of all, congressman, this is a mess. the repercussions are echoing throughout the entire country and you've got the department of homeland security secretary mayorkas at the podium saying we have it under control. what do you say?

>> a different b word in texas we sometimes use, but i'll say baloney. >> john: there are a lot of cattle in texas. >> where i was going. the president has ceded operational control to the drug cartels. the president's first job for a common defense and uphold the laws of the land, that's not happening. he has the tools, the authority, he doesn't have a will. the last president had a will. where there's a will, there's a way. but he is i think content with placating the left instead of putting the citizens and safety first and now you have the deluge of and record flow of people, crime, drugs, and gang violence and none of it's good, and it's not just hurting texas and texans, it's affecting everybody in the country. >> sandra: i'm just digging through some of the latest news out of here, amazing how it's coming in fast and furious with

hours to go, you see the count down clock to the title 42 being lifted. just -- i think people watch this and they want know how their local communities are going to be directly impacted by this. i mean, you know, at first covering this earlier years you saw just the border towns dealing with this. the land owners, but now it affects everybody. looking at the press release out of rockland county, suburbs north of new york city saying we cannot handle any more. to the point where they are getting a restraining order in new york supreme court to tell the mayor of new york city don't send them here. we can't handle it. >> yeah, the daily surge is up by twice the amount to about 10,000 a day, and counting. i think the message is clear when title 42 goes, people think they are going to be able to more easily and readily cross

the border and infiltrate to the interior of our country. i will tell you they have been doing that even when the president had title 42 authority. in fact, if you look at the laws today, he has the authority to send people back immediately for any purpose and for any duration. and then i would tell them, say to my fellow texans, the constitution is clear. if the federal government fails to repel an invasion of drugs in this case in my opinion, enabled by the drug cartels, they have the right to enforce the laws, detain and secure the border. and there's another clause that says if there is imminent danger such that will not permit delay which is essentially the self-defense power for states, then the states can step up and protect their citizens and do what this federal government is miserably failing at, our last line of defense, our last hope,

if we can't use the power of the purse and oversight and some of the measures we have in congress. we are trying to do everything we can to stop it. >> john: congressman, you talk about the tools to cut down on illegal immigration. members of congress are trying to give the president more tools to cut down on it. senator tom tillis, senator sinema, senator joe manchin want to give him two years to expell authority, not title 42, but the same authority, he didn't want anything to do with it. we had leader scalise talking about hr2 a vote in the house in the hours ahead, the president has threatened to veto that and put back in place some trump era policy, reduced immigration to 40 year lows. looks like biden is saying it's my way or the highway, but at the same time, blaming congress for not dealing with the problem. >> again, i don't think the american people are buying it and for the administration, the

secretary, the president, the president's spokesperson to say it's under control, the border is secure, when the secretary of homeland security own numbers contradict that. the president has not complied with court orders and remain in mexico, and the border wall directives. he has made clear. he's dug in, pander to the left and will open the border and millions more will come in if we don't exercise as texans, and all sovereign states, our right of self-defense. it's -- these are extenuating circumstances and will require extraordinary leadership to stop it. but it's not going to come from the white house, that's clear. >> sandra: congressman, a lot on the plate of a white house obviously that has a president that has already announced he's running for re-election, and you've got the border crisis,

you've got the debt ceiling, big questions over where the economy is heading next, a lot happening in a few days right now. >> well, you mentioned the top two self-inflicted crisis that are affecting the american people, and certainly the most immediate safety and security risk is the border, but the cost of living crisis is real. and six out of ten americans are living paycheck to paycheck. 45% of americans say if they had a crisis that cost $1,000 or more, they couldn't -- they couldn't address it. we are in a bad way because of the reckless spending, the failed economic policies and every american is tightening their belt, changing their spending habits, and republicans have raised the debt ceiling and done it responsibly couplepling with common sense spending

reforms and asking the president and schumer to do the same. >> john: karine jean-pierre said the republicans are not doing anything about the debt ceiling, the white house does not like it, close by asking you this question. would republicans ever allow the debt ceiling deadline to pass and have the united states go into default? >> well, i will answer it by saying we have sent a bill that doesn't allow it. we have sent a bill that we had consensus in the house that got 217 republicans that responsibly raises it, pays our bills, protects good faith and credit of the united states and addresses the spending that's created this inflationary fire storm a lot with other bad things for the economy and is jeopardizing the future of our country, our children's future with respect to debt crisis. we have done that. we haven't seen any response, any counteroffer, and right now at least they're at the table talking but talk is cheap.

we need action and we need it soon according to the president's own secretary of the treasury. >> sandra: congressman, draw your attention to the screen, the new images coming in, it's happening live, appears the migrants have some sort of raft perhaps leading them, holding hands, tied together some way, making their way across that river happening right now, congressman. your reaction to the live images. >> my reaction is we have a security and safety crisis for the american people on account of a derelict president and homeland security secretary who refused to enforce the laws. i don't think they need tools. they need a political backbone to do something about it. i'm watching the images there, and we also have a humanitarian crisis. and my colleagues tell me they care about poor people and the vulnerable, these are the poorest and most vulnerable and the drug cartels are abusing

them, they are being exploited in every which way and i would just something respectfully this president is aiding and abetting this humanitarian crisis and it's sick, it's sad and does not have to be that way if the president will be the leader we need in this hour. >> john: sad to see the desperate people trying so hard to get into the united states, and all because they got pushed there by cartels that have sold them a bill of goods that their journey will be rewarded at the end. but unfortunately, the bill of goods in many cases has come true, so -- congressman, great to talk to you. >> thank you, john. thank you, sandra. >> sandra: thank you, sir. >> john: so the problem with the cartels, likely to get worse, when title 42 expires as we all know, it's already a national crisis, the dea in los angeles reporting they have seized 40 million doses of fentanyl over

the past year, up more than double over the year before. christina coleman is live in los angeles, how are prosecutors looking to take on the deadly fentanyl dealers, they are across the border. >> that's right. the shipments, the drugs making it here to the streets of los angeles and federal prosecutors are slapping some of the drug dealers with federal charges, fentanyl laced pills. good news to the father of daniel, he says his 16-year-old son died just north of los angeles in april of 2020 after ingesting a fake pill he bought off snapchat. his dad has partnered with the dea to spread awareness. he shares his story, including the moment he found his only son unconscious after he suffered from fentanyl poisoning. >> one of the most horrific things i've ever seen in my life, and i've seen a lot of bad things in my life, but finding

your own child in that state will stay with me, burnt in my mind forever, absolutely horrible. >> just so sad to hear. also i got a rare look inside the dea drug lab here in the southwest region. not only did i see thousands of fentanyl-laced pills, but disguised to look like black tar heroin, and just some of the drugs the lab receives on a daily basis. >> more than 100,000 fentanyl pills in the exhibit alone and they tell me they believe all of this was manufactured in laboratories in mexico to look like oxycodone. and all of these pills were seized in one drug bust in los angeles. the u.s. attorney office and dea office announced a dozen federal cases involving 13 alleged drug dealers and one of those cases involves a man accused of selling fake percocet pills

laced with fentanyl in a shopping mall north of los angeles resulting in the deaths of two teenagers. >> the two forces driving fentanyl-caused deaths are accessibility and deception. >> and again, this is why authorities are urging families or urging parents to discuss the dangers of fentanyl with their teenagers. john. >> christina coleman with the latest on that. thank you. sandra. >> sandra: thank you, john. brand-new video coming in now into fox news, showing migrants gathering at the u.s.-mexico border crossings, families waiting to cross and this shows a baby crying, clearly some of the families have gone through so much as they are quite frankly not discouraged from making that dangerous journey and john, it is something when you see babies caught up in the middle of all this. >> john: it really just reinforce the humanitarian tragedy of all of this, and again, it's the cartels who are selling these people on a trip

to the united states based on policy coming from the white house that by and large turns out to be true. that when the people get their feet on u.s. soil, they are processed and many are released into the united states because of the backlog, in some places they will be here for a decade before their cases are ever heard. and so if you are a migrant in a country looking for a better life and the cartels say hey, it's going to be a dangerous trip, it could be fraught, the chances are you are going to get to stay, would you take the risk or sandra, would you not take the risk? >> and that is a huge question right now. just looking through some of the things we just heard from the secretary mayorkas at the white house briefing, saying that our borders are not open when clearly we are watching this happen and they are, talking about the resources they have thrown at protecting this from happening, two years in the making, they have been preparing for the lifting of 42, but this is the result, and this is the result that we are all seeing

together, john. >> john: yeah, lindsey graham saying a short time ago on fox that perhaps mayorkas does not have a tv screen in his office, all you have to do is look at the pictures that we are sending back from the border, these pictures from the ground, pictures from drones that are flying over levees in brownsville to know that each and every day thousands of people are entering the united states illegally and a large number of them are going to get to stay and now because of overcrowding and the lack of processing ability, customs and border protection is going to be releasing a lot of these illegal migrants into the united states with a notice to appear but no way to track them. basically as jacqui heinrich pointed out in the white house briefing, dhs relying on an honor system that these people will show up to report themselves, show up for some sort of court date. mayorkas denying that it's an

honor system, but then again using the words, if they don't honor their commitment to show up then an enforcement action will be taken against them. so it is an honor system, but the secretary's own admission, but if you have no way, sandra, to track where these people are, how do you process and enforcement against them? >> sandra: indeed, and from mayorkas a short time ago, he also chose to not take ownership what we are seeing on the screen but instead blame congress, you've heard the white house consistently blaming republicans for this chaos at the border saying that the border system in this country is outdated, and broken, and that they are not being provided the resources or congress is not approving the resources they need at the federal level to fix this. >> john: of course you'll hear people say oh, but these are all people who were seeking asylum

in the united states, and they probably have a legitimate claim. well, take a look at the new video just coming into fox from the border. this is from the el paso area. cell phone camera catching the arrest of some migrants who entered the united states illegally, barely a fraction of the 30,000 or so migrant detentions at the border in just the last three days. with that surge expected to spike even higher after midnight tonight when title 42 expires, nine hours from now. but get this, here is the crux. the source who provided video of this arrest to fox news tells us that those migrants had been deported already and then days later, at least one of them already back in the united states illegally. so, these are people who have claimed asylum, gone through expulsion process, deported from the united states and now they are back. >> sandra: i'm also being told we have a live shot up now where

a newser is about to take place in a border community where -- in anticipation of the lifting of title 42. ok, santa clara, california this is, that is obviously a podium shot where they have zoomed in, but we are told that they have a sign up that reads what again? welcome to our community. so as title 42 is about to come to an end, these are the various ways where communities are preparing for that, it is the yellow sign in the background there, obviously the camera is preparing for a news conference, john. >> john: it said report isaac i- ice activity in the area, are they working against the customs and unless i read that sign wrong, it would seem to suggest if you have immigration and

customs enforcement activity in your area, report it to the organization, i mean, you can extrapolate from that what the reason would be. we'll listen in and see where they go. >> sandra: we'll continue to monitor that for what this begins. on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy not just busy with debt ceiling talks as the house speaker intervened to block squad member rashida tlaib to use a room in the capitol, but bernie sanders stepped in to celebrate a palestinian holiday, frames the founding of israel as a catastrophic event. it comes as anti-semitic attacks are on the rise, including here in new york city, where incidents like this are becoming prevalent on the streets. two years ago this month, 29-year-old joseph borgan was beaten as his attacker shouted

anti-semitic slurs. is tlaib rubbing this today? >> she's hosting this event last night and you can see in the pictures fellow squad member cory bush is also there pictured attending, and tlaib writes this in the caption, she says let the headlines read mccarthy tries to er erase palestine but fails. she wanted to hold it in the visitor center in the capitol, but speaker mccarthy, who returned from israel, pulled rank and big footed here holding instead a celebration of the u.s.-israel relationship in the venue. said bernie sanders stepping in to allow rashida tlaib to hold this in his committee room is a

disgrace. other republicans say tlaib's event does not change u.s. policy here. >> every american has the right to free speech, including in this place, and we have seen it today as well, but i'm going to be loud and clear that we have an ally that is in israel and we will stand by our ally, israel. >> and we have not yet heard from the two democratic leaders on this, but important to point out tlaib did not try to hold the event in the capitol when nancy pelosi was speaker. she did, however, introduce a resolution to recognize it. >> sandra: thank you very much, aishah, thank you. john. >> john: and more new video just in, this of california democratic senator diane feinstein returning yesterday for the first time in three months following a shingle infection, she spoke moments ago. listen here quick. >> how you doing? >> i'm doing very well, actually. >> are you going to be able to

maintain a full schedule? >> i'll get rid of this very soon. >> john: she is in a wheelchair there, and she came back off three months of rehabilitation from shingles, she did not look good, but looking better, sandra. >> sandra: says she is doing well, hope she is. thanks for joining us, everybody. jam-packed two hours. i'm sandra smith. >> john: if you thought today was >> martha: thanks. the story breaking this hours, there's simply too many people for customs and border patrol to process. so now what they're doing according to our own bill melugin is what they call mass releases, which is essentially this facility is fill, that facility is full, so there's no room for you. welcome to america essentially. you're free to go. we hope you show up eventually and register with ice. so we don't know who these people are, who ar