alan gomez, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thanks, luke. >>> the white house has plenty of republican critics, but it's a democrat who's been one of the the biggest this morning in their side. that's congressman henry quear. he's been hammers the president irday this we're. >> i hope it doesn't become president obama's katrina moment. i'm sure that president bush thought the same thing, that he could look at everything from up in the sky. if he wants to do the fund-raisers and after that stop by the board e. it's not too far away. >> last night i got in calls saying who are the local leaders? i hate to use the word bizarre, but under the circumstances when he is shown playing pool in colorado, drinking a beer, and he can't even go to within 42 miles to the texas border, like any crisis, i think a commander should go down there. >> democratic congressman henry cuellar of texas joins me now. thank you so much for being on the program. >> thank you. >> that's a serious charge, what are the biggest mistake tha

for our daily fix, chris cillizza, washington bureau chief, susan page and immigration reporter alan gomez. "usa today" filling up the screen today. we'll start with you, alan, if we can. basically where we left off with congressman castro. this migration, immigration issue right now, should we anticipate that this situation is going to get worse? i mean, doesn't appear much being done right now to arrest it. >> yeah. the congressman was mentioning this a second ago. guatemala, honduras and el salvador, two of the top murder rates in the world. targeting kids, kids recruited into the cartels forcefully. young girls recruited as some people are saying there to be girlfriends of people in the drug cartels. so there's no indication that the situation is going to get any better any time soon. the efforts that the u.s. is trying to work on down there, secretary kerry -- vice president biden was down there a couple of weeks ago and the money we're directing for long-term things like drug prevention, crime, violence. we know that takes a very long time to fix and hard for the countries to get an

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. >> alan gomez is on the immigration beat for "usa today." nsively about the situation there. alan, welcome. >> thanks. >> so i do want to start with the voices of one of these child migrants, 15-year-old maritza from el salvador speaking about why she decided to make this treachero treacherous trip to the united states. she said, i'm here because the gang threatened me, one of them, quote, liked me. another gang member told my uncle he should get me out of there because the guy who liked me was going to do me harm. in el salvador, they take young girls, rape them, and throw them in plastic bags. are we really a country that's going to send a girl like her back to that situation? >> yeah, i mean, when you look at what they're coming from, you heard this from governor perry a second ago. there is a train of thought that a lot of this is due to obama rolling out the red carpet to undocumented immigrants. if you look at the situation in guatemala, honduras, and el salvad salvador, it's staggering. that young lady's tale is one that's repeated all

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alan gomez for "usa today." thank you for helping us understand this tonight. appreciate. that we've got lots more ahead, including multibillion dollar bank fines. the rise of elizabeth warren as the democrat's go-to red state campaigner, believe it or not. and a chris christie you have never heard before and possibly neither has he. but first, a one more thing regarding the crisis of central american kids coming into the country without documentation. united states today deported 21 girls and boys from honduras, back to their home country on a charter flight, departed from new mexico for the city with the highest murder rate in the world. children reportedly range in age from 18 months to 15 years old. this was the first such deportation flight since president obama pledged to fast track the returnle of undocumented immigrant kids to their home countries. be right back. it's a complete checkup of the services your vehicle needs. so prepare your car for any road trip by taking it to an expert ford technician. because no matter your destination good maintenance helps you sa