i know you said things are going pretty well in brownsville. local media was reporting an average of about 150 migrants a day coming into the bus station and last sunday there was 234 people. at what point do you reach overcapacity and become overwhelmed and can't handle that, and do you agree that this, as representative gonzalez said, is in a sense a failure? >> i don't think it's a failure at this point. when you have the opportunity to start putting families back together that were separated by the trump administration, i think that's a very positive thing. where the failures lie is in, you know, these other governments, these other countries, central america, south america, that's where the real crisis is happening. and we have a humanitarian crisis, there's a lot of crime, very large drug trade. you know, i'm happy, actually, that the administration is starting to focus on trying to address the issues in those countries and trying to process a lot of these people there. we're not there yet. so at this point i don't see any failures yet. t

i want you to hear from a member of team brownsville.bout what these families having going through and also with this latest wave, how it's different perhaps from previous ones we've seen starting back in 2014. how is that? >> reporter: these families are different because people that we are processing through our bus station are all mothers and fathers of young children under the age of 8. they are crossing, fleeing violence in their countries, fleeing political violence, fleeing poverty, degradation. so we are here to try to bring a little humanity to them, bring a little dignity to them and help them as they go through the process of applying for asylum legally and traveling on to their sponsors throughout the country. >> reporter: andrea, this pandemic has changed so much. we've been here already since back in 2014, a few year later when we saw another wave, and here we are again. how has the pandemic changed the way you and other volunteers are doing this kind of hue manitari work? >> we're very cautious, we wear protective masks, w

most of them heading over to brownsville, texas. got across with one migrant we talked to said he spent 14 months in these dire and difficult conditions but the lions share of the migrants were able to cross legally under biden's new policies and they got dropped off at that bus station in brownsville where dhs officials do not tested before releasing them, the city of brownsville does so. last week we told you that 108 migrants tested positive for covid-19 since they began testing in january. we have brand-new numbers, 185 have tested positive. as they tear this down they say they are not going to reopen it but we do know more migrants are coming in the coming weeks and months. officials here worried about what will happen if numbers surge again. the migrants that can get legally across, stuck living in the streets are trying to find shelters. jillian: thank you. benjamin: the democratic mayor del rio says managing the pandemic with the surge of migrants has become nearly impossible. >> frustrating because unlike city south of us w

brownsville texas and rio grande valley on that side.o kept asylum seekers on this side of the border waiting for their claims to play out. guess what? in the last 24 hours it has closed. most all of the inhabitants inside this camp were allowed to cross into the u.s. and many of them released at that bus station we saw in brownsville. all you are looking at now is the debris and trash within this camp that accrued over two years. the ngo organization doctors without borders calling it inhumane conditions for anyone to live in. many of them families, a lot of children. a very difficult place to spend upwards of two years. we talked to some of the migrants that were still out here that haven't been allowed to cross. one of them is a gentleman named mario with his family here from honduras and been here eight months trying to cross. he believes the new administration, the biden administration will be more favorable to his cause. take a listen to what he said. >> the president, united states, biden, help the people. it is necessary, you kno

these migrant families get dropped off here at a bus station in brownsville. the city of brownsville is now working with nonprofit organizations to give them covid tests right out here in the open. before they go anywhere. so while the feds continue to try and sort things out, local leaders, they are responding as quickly as they can with the limited resources that they have. norah. >> o'donnell: mireya villarreal, thank you very much. and you know the old saying, there's two things certain in life, death and taxes. well, you're getting a delay for one of them. the i.r.s. just pushed back the tax filing deadline from april 15 to may 17, giving taxpayers an extra month to file returns. and we also learned today that the u.s. so far has issued 90 million stimulus checks worth more than $242 billion, as part of president biden's american rescue plan. we're going to turn now to the coronavirus pandemic. health officials are warning tonight about new covid hot spots. 18 states where new infections are rising rapidly. and the c.d.c. is signaling tonight that there m

who lives down in brownsville and he's got an uncle who is elderly.accinated and told hill stop taking the bus because it will keel you. >> by the way, that will be a good question to ask joe biden if he had a press conference. but he's not, and, in fact, even have on the books his first address to the country he says they're going wait for the stimulus package the rescue plan of 1.9 trillion collars ultimately passed which is still putting the facing the touches on. it is amazing you watch joe biden's events raw. how confused when it starts and ends and not to his hand hers and bring up this color commentary he was talking about this rescue plan how he wanted to work with joe biden and biden joe biden's president former senator, so come down to the white house tell me what your plan is so mitt romney and company senator cassidy said spend $600 billion and brought up things to cut joe biden staffers were staring at him sharing their head what to say yes and no to and you wonder how many decisions he's actually making, and how much they trust him. espe

cnn's polo sandoval joins us from brownsville, texas.ity check, a fact check of what's going on there at the border. >> reporter: yeah, victor, in order to actually get a deeper understanding of the reality on the ground, it's important to keep this in mind. we've seen migrants enter the country by at least two means. we have those who have crossed over the port of entry in the last week, those migrants waiting just on the other side of this port of entry after the trump administration implemented its migrant protection protocols in 2019 essentially requiring these asylum seeking families to wait across the border in mexico. last month the biden administration announced they would begin processing those migrants. however they are required to prove they have tested negative for the coronavirus before even setting foot in the country. so considering that, consider the other route here that is really where the debate starts, which is the so-called interior releases. these are families and people, undocumented people, who have crossed the ri

most of them heading to brownsville, texas. migrant we talked to said he spent 14 months in these dire and difficult conditions with the lion's share were able to cross legally under biden's new policies and got dropped off at that bus station in brownsville where dhs officials did not test them before releasing them to the city of brownsville, last week we told you 108 migrants tested positive since they began testing in january. new numbers, 185 have tested positive. as they tear this down they say they will not reopen it but more migrants are coming so in the coming week sentiments officials are worried what will happen if the numbers urge again. the migrants get legally across, they are stuck living in the streets trying to find shelters. jillian: illegal immigrants involved in a democrat from the border paid 10,$000 to be smuggled into the us. the daily mail reports guatemalan migrants, 25 were jammed into an suv that crashed into a semitruck in california killing 13 people. the remaining victims being treated and will be

polo sandoval, cnn, brownsville, texas. >>> the biden administration is putting together a task forceina. it comes after microsoft announce this had week that it found suspected chinese hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in its server software. a source tells us that the attack has the potential to affect organizations that are critical to daily life in the u.s. the white house is urging everyone running the servers, whether government or private sector groups, to update their software now. >>> israel has a much heralded covid vaccination rollout that's not enough to ensure prime minister netanyahu will keep his job. the calculated risk he is now taking and the controversy it's stirring. we will bring you that coming up. stay with us. it shows! our new dove advanced care formula is effective... and kind to skin, leaving underarms cared for and you... more confident and carefree. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... ♪ if you've been taking copd sitting down, it's time to make a stand. start a new day with treleg

here in brownsville, ilt's the city that's responsible for testing these families and making sure they letting them continue on their way. but there are concerns that some of the families test positive and are still allowed to make it into the country, though it's a very important thing to point out here, it's still a very small percentage of those families, the mayor of brownsville saying just a little over 100 out of 1700 migrants have tested positive recently. >> on top of that we know the biden administration, dhs, has been pushing funding for fema to provide money for these local jurisdictions or on-the-ground organizations to do the testing, but it needs a sign-off from the state and the government is holding that up. that's part of the story also. polo sandoval, thank you for that reporting. >>> andrew cuomo being hit with scandals and their office wants to preserve evidence related to sexual scandal allegations. visible is wireless that doesn't play games. it's powered by verizon for as little as $25 a month. but it gets crazier. bring a friend every month and get every month f

he's the mayor in brownsville, texas. thanks for joining us.ealing with testing migrants for covid-19. there was a concern that a good many had crossed the border, better than 100 testing positive. how are things now, mayor? >> good afternoon. things are holding steady. we're still seeing a positivity rate of well below 10%. the numbers came out a couple weeks ago right around 6.3%. the city of brownsville felt it was good to get a handle this and test people out of public health. we've been doing that for a little over a month now. we've had about 2,400 people come in so far, asylum seekers coming to bounceville. we've seen about 200 positive so far. >> neil: you know, we can talk about semantics of the crisis, whether it's open or closed or getting worse or not. seems liking at the numbers, mayor, that it's escalated. i'm wondering whether your fear that those in power don't appreciate the magnitude of this or what it could be. we know of plans right now to put a lot of these minors in a california state facility. that might not be enough. mi

dasha burns joins us from brownsville, texas. how is this recent surge of migrants affecting people who live in those areas? >> alex, we've been spending time in brownsville and these are two towns at the heart of the migrant surge in the rio grande valley and it looks pretty similar. customs and border protection brings busses or vans full of migrant families and mostly those with young children, drops them off at bus depots like this one here where non-profits from there will help the folks get covid tested and help them find food and shelter and between brownsville and non-profit. so far they've seen 80 people here and alex, this is nothing new to these border communities and they've seen it happen under democratic presidents and under republican presidents and they say things look pretty similar this time around as they have in the past. i spoke to the mayor of mcallen. he's been in office since 2013 and he was on the front lines of this in 2014 and 2019, and i asked him if he thinks that the biden administration ask their se

but he did mention brownsville.f brownsville on fox news channel this week actually said that the covid numbers have not been affected by the border crossings. they are still below 10%. he is not having problems that the other border states like el paso and laredo are. also leader mccarthy says he will bring a delegation to go to the border and stop it. he can't. here is the problem. just like agents say and i agree, like a bipartisan group going down as we see one from each party going downright now. the president should go down. has to see it with his own eyes and not just have reports. the bottom line here we need massive comprehensive, bipartisan, immigration agreement. not politicized. because nobody is going to stop people from coming to the country. no law is going to stop people coming to the country unless one, i agree with the diplomacy side of what tomi said. two, if we look at the source and help those countries who are ufferring, even worse than e -- who are suffering and even worse than we with the cri

a brownsville spokesperson said they don't have the authority to prevent migrants who test positive fromlsewhere in the us. larry logan lives in texas and has been to the border several times, she says it is easy for migrants with coronavirus to slip through because there's no real testing strategy in place. listen. >> what a lot of people don't realize, border patrol doesn't test people for covid-19. any testing that is done is done by local cities or ngos and others so all the people that have been released most of them have not been tested for covid-19. while there is a big crowd outcry over masks and the pandemic mexico is a covid-19 hotspot. todd: but there are bigger issues, confused by what they can or can't do under the new administration. >> from an hour to the next they don't know what to expect. one minute it is children 7 and under, the next minute his children 12 and under who are allowed to stay. it is unusual that no one can quite explain, president biden's administration border patrol i'd agents wants to know what is going on and are not getting any answers. >> michael bu

and then you see the river on my side, and matamoros on the other side and brownsville, texas. release protocol in the city of brownsville, texas, which was responsible for doing the testing. we spoke to a volunteer with a nonprofit organization team brownsville which has been assisting the city in this process. her name is alberta and she walked through what happens when they get tested and here's what she said. >> here at there is testing that's done by the city officials. they test every single person. before they received the results they wait here in this portion of the station so this is where people are pending the results. when they are given a negative result they are able to pass to the other section of the station here outside where volunteers provide a backpack to every family. >> but as we have been notified, the city of brownsville doesn't have the authority to retain ones at that do test positive so some could have traveled around the country. we talked to one gentleman named jorge garcia and he was in that camp for 14 months. he is now not allowed to cross and h

officials do not test migrants for covid-19 before releasing them so that falls on the city of brownsville-seekers tested under the catch and release protocols 185 have tested positive since january according to the city of brownsville. back in here, migrants i can asylum-seekers from mexico is hopeful the new administration will be a saving grace. >> i've waited for somebody like this. >> reporter: most of the migrants we have spoken to say if they can't cross legally they will do it illegally between ports of entry where us border patrol agents tell me there were over 1200 apprehensions just yesterday in the rio grande valley sector alone. shannon: thank you so much. on the us side of the border frustration is growing tonight within border communities. leaders say are being left out of the conversation about how best to handle the growing crisis. >> my name is bruneau, i am requesting you to put a halt to any measures about immigrants awaiting court dates, incidents and surrounding areas. we don't have the resources available to house and accommodate these migrants within our community.

joe biden who's reversing his predecessor's hardline immigration policies castro reports now from brownsville texas. they've waited 2 years for this moment the 1st steps of freedom in the united states. it was just this morning these families woke up in a squalid camp across the border and matamoros mexico under former president donald trump they'd been forced to wait there for a chance to apply for asylum in the u.s. . now problems on the other side of finally over after so much suffering and waiting thank god we've triumphed. so for me to see. the of them was you know the president joyce the moment where they're a contrast to the border wall the legacy of trump's crackdown on immigration biden's dramatic pivot away from those policies include a proposal that would eventually offer citizenship to the 11000000 undocumented immigrants currently living in the united states that plan if it becomes law would not help the migrants who are arriving now but they're coming regardless the u.s. border patrol reports a surge in migrants inspired in one office many of them children traveling without pare

from president obama officials in the city of brownsville say they are helping us just migrants in the travel process from covert testing to offering them a place to wait according to the mare they've helped over 2000 migrants entering the u.s. through the brownsville port of entry he added mostly the city within 24 hours we are giving them $94.00 switch it's different roles that they're getting from c.b.p. so we're helping them bring those documents out here and we are also explaining their next steps the health and human services refugee office is reportedly responsible for giving care to minors until a family member or vetted sponsor can take custody of them the usual process entails roughly 30 days right now the h.h.s. shelters are almost aca passed $8500.00 minors these new arrivals are creating a strain for federal authorities under a court order the minors are to be removed from the custody of u.s. customs and border protection within 72 hours and then moved to shelters run by the health and human services is there a way for a family member or sponsor to claim them away proving

on the other where the drone is launching from brownsville, texas, part of the rio grande valley center search year at the border. over there they are seeing anywhere from 1000-2000 migrants. not everyone though in this camp is now been emptied because most of the asylum-seekers were allowed to going to brownsville. not all of them were able to make it in. we spoke to one migrant who spent 14 months inside this camp with his family. here is what he told us. listen. >> were not asking for help. just to be with our family and work and that is all they are asking for. at the end i'm going to be with family. i could cross illegally. >> and guys, let me tell you most of the folks that crossed over, they go to the brownsville bus station, where the city tests them for covid. last week we had the bill number 108 that tested positive, now that numbers up to 185 out of 1 hot thousand 580 that were tested because they were caught and released over there. we have a hundred and 85 positive and ngo here on the mexican side has been testing some of the migrants as well. right now the migrants that we

across the river, you can see brownsville, texas. that's in the rio grant valley sector.'s where the white house team went because the numbers are approaching the crisis levels of 2014 and 2019. now, we want to show you, our viewers, we have a drone shot that we can put up over this migrant camp that held as many as 1,000, about 800 when it closed its doors. it closed because of the new biden policied that allowed asylum seekers to cross in to the u.s. not all of them were able to get over there. jorge garcia needed a translator. he was not able to cross. he told us how his plight is going. here's what he had to say. >> asking with help for family and work. they're all we're asking for. at the end, i'm going to be with the family. i could cross illegally. >> and charles, the migrants in this camp that were allowed to cross unlike jorge, they go to brownsville and dropped off in a bus station where they're tested for covid. the new numbers that have tested positive, 185 out of 1,000 that have been tested since the beginning of january. a whole picture here on the ground of

brownsville said they've tested 1,553 since january. when you call it a crisis or a challenge, we're approaching numbers which we haven't seen since 2014, 2019, and we have the new fold now, the risk of covid and what is being done. on this side of the border there are some ngos testing migrants. none left in this camp but if you look at the numbers that were in this camp, the 800, many of whom have crossed under the asylum new remain in mexico policy being lifted, what about the thousands that are crossing illegally between the ports of entry? the rio grande valley sector where the white house team visited because it is ground zero we're told they're seeing 1500 to 2,000 apprehensions every day right now. that's way up from where it was and under jay johnson, he said a crisis was 1,000 or more. they are getting pummeled there. border patrol agent texted me this morning saying we can't catch them and release them fast enough. harris. >> harris: wow, a crisis rolled inside of a pandemic. you are right to point that out. there is nobody t

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here to talk to the mayor of brownsville, texas.ls coming across down there. 100 who tested positive is a 6% positive rate among that group which causes a lot of alarm where they're going throughout the country. he is coming up in a moment here. meantime one more step on the way to life as we once knew it. cdc set to issue new guidelines for people who have been vaccinated set to allow small social gatherings if everyone has received the shot. jonathan serrie is live in atlanta with the cdc is based. doesn't mean all restrictions have been lifted. good morning. >> good morning, bill. that's right. federal official with knowledge of these proposed guidelines from the cdc says that the agency is likely to continue recommending that people wear facemasks even after they've been fully vaccinated. vaccines have proven highly effective in preventing you from being hospitalized or dying if you get sick with covid-19 but researchers are still trying to determine how much vaccines reduce infectiousness. in other words, if a vaccinated person

>> reporter: yeah, we've been spending time in these border communities like brownsville and mcallen and what we've been seeing, we have been meeting migrant families who have taken desperate journeys to get here to flee from desperate situations, and what we've been watching happen here is customs and border protection has been dropping off buses full of migrant families in downtown areas like this one here in brownsville, and in mcallen. now, this is happening because recently, mexico changed its policy, saying it can no longer accept the u.s. expelling migrant families with children under the age of 6 into its country, so recently, more of those families have been allowed to stay here in the u.s. and these towns, yasmin, this is not new for them. they have been seeing this time and time again under democratic administrations, under republican administrations. i spoke to the mcallen mayor about this. he's been in office since 2013, so he was here for the migrant surge in 2014, in 2019, and again today. i asked him if he thinks that the biden administration and their rhetoric and se

through the brownsville port of entry he added most leave the city within 24 hours we are giving them $94.00 switch it's different roles that they're getting from b.p. so we're helping them rebuild. documents here and we're also explaining their next steps the health and human services refugee office is reportedly responsible for giving care to minors until a family member or vetted sponsor can take custody of them the usual process entails roughly 30 days right now the h.h.s. shelters are almost aca passed to deal with some $8500.00 minors these new arrivals are creating a strain for federal authorities under a court order the minors are to be removed from the custody of u.s. customs and border protection within 72 hours and then moved to shelters run by the health and human services is there a way for a family member or sponsor to claim them away proving to come with some added mental stress for the miners involved reporting for news fuse hugh to talk sweet r.t. . to give us the 360 view on this issue is immigration attorney and democratic strategist alan or and ed martin president

. >> la administración de brownsville práctica exámenes de covid-19 a inmigrantes dicen que recién procesadolos aislaron, a los demás los dejaron aquí más cerca . >> han estado recibiendo a inmigrantes en autobuses, dicen que los que están dentro tienen que seguir los protocolos antes del ingreso a estados unidos . >> los que vienen con covid-19, no vienen del campamento, vienen de la patrulla fronteriza, y de otras zonas . >> cambiaron logísticas para las personas que están bajo este programa . >> la estación de autobús, en esta zona recibe a personas que vienen dentro del país, nosotros tenemos servicios para las personas en (palabra en inglés), para prevenir confusiones, nos movieron a otro sitio . >> 5 migrantes más salieron pvio y esperan su salida al destino final . >> regreso con ustedes noticias telemundo . >> y en esa ciudad dicen que siguen protocollos y aconsejan distanciamiento social a migrantes contagiado . >> y en política el profesor cardona es el nuevo secretario de educación, cardona que era secretario de comisión de educación en connecticut, fue confirmado por votación, ha

they're being released into brownsville, mcallen and harlingen because we have airports and bus stations and charity facilities. and so when those charity facilities can't accommodate them, then we have to provide additional accommodations for them. so we have -- our city council has opened up one of our facilities, community center, in case our local charity loaves and fishes needs that additional space. so that becomes a burden and an expense on the local governments. our local governments really need to have help from the federal government to respond to the release of these immigrants into our communities. >> bill: it is march 9th. did you see this coming? >> well, obviously with the election there were the idea that there would be a change in policy. we knew there would be a change in policy. we also knew there were large numbers of immigrants camped in mexico waiting to be -- to enter the united states to seek asylum. so once the policy changed, then sure, they are going to move across and then try to find their final destinations. one of the things about -- this is not just a bord

todd: 108 migrants tested positive since january 20 fifth. >> brownsville texas city spokesman says theyant. a former congressman joined us last hour saying the message from the biden administration is driving the migrant surge. >> projected a weakness at home and abroad and that is why you are seeing this surge. immigrants coming into this caravan said who will take care of me? that won't happen under a strong resolute president who put america first. >> president biden stopped donald trump's border wall as well. todd: no social media accounts is what they are pushing for the new bill. carley: exclusive details on the measure. >> reporter: house republicans pushing to expand us sanctions law to block individual sanctions for terrorism from using social media platforms. i obtained a copy of andrew bharat legislation. undercurrent sanctions law the president does not have a authority to regulate or prohibit anything to do with the free flow of information but this would change that by giving the president authority to 4 social media company to deny their services to individuals or entitie

and test every one, 108 migrants released into brownsville after testing positive.en on lockdown and trying to get everything going and start dumping these people in and have not tested, that is a concern and what i have been hearing from landowners and ranchers is it is an insult to the people of the border region that we would dump these people into our communities. it is sad that they are being so overwhelmed that they will not test these people. carley: thanks for joining us, appreciate it. benjamin: to extreme weather at least two reported tornadoes touched down during the second day of violent storms, one person was killed in mississippi. carley: powerful winds blowing away two small buildings in alabama. cleanup begins, 24 touchdowns across the south wednesday. senior meteorologist janice dean joins us live the latest. a lot going on in terms of the weather today. >> severe weather outbreak to the southeast and mid-atlantic and national weather service did a great job local meteorologists warning folks, they saved lives. take a look, 2 dozen tornadoes from th

in brownsville, in texas, on the border. fox news contributor investigative reporter sarah carter. >> what we are seeing is escalation in the crisis like we have never seen before. i was here in 2014. under president obama when undocumented especially youth and migrants were coming across the boarder in droves. at that point in time there were over 67,000 undocumented churn that came in to the united states. this year, as you said earlier, this is expected to go to over 117,000. in brownsville, i'm at the local port of entry. they are seeing over 108 cases. i just had that verified by border patrol officials. of the people that tested positive for covid-19. the concern is not everybody is being tested. remember, a lot of the people coming across the border are being released. this is part of the reversal that president biden put in place. being released. they are going to the buses. crowded conditions and the cleanliness cannot kept up on the buss so they afraid that the spread will go across the country. not just here in th

covid pandemic spreading to the immigration christs in brownsville, texas.good, i'm dana perino, this is "america's newsroom." ready for a lot of news today because a lot of things are breaking on a lot of different fronts. we'll take everybody through it what is happening in texas from a couple of different perspectives. pandemic but dhs projecting a record 117,000 children will cross the southern border this year

dhs officials do not test the migrants were before releasing them, so that falls on the city of brownsville. of the 1,553 asylum-seekers tested under the catch and release protocols, 185 have tested positive since january according to the city of brownsville. back in mexico, and asylum-seekers from mexico is hopeful the new administration will be a saving grace. >> and waiting for summary like this, for people to help the mexican people, latin people. >> most of the migrants we've spoken to say if they cannot cross legally, they'll do it illegally between the ports of entry where u.s. border patrol agents tell us in the last 44 hours they've had over 1200 apprehensions and that's just in the rio grande valley sector. bret. >> bret: griff jenkins live just to cross the border in mexico. thank you. the biden administration is making contingency plans to house illegal immigrants within the u.s. one of those potential sites is fort lee virginia. that's where correspondent david spunt is tonight. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening to you. republicans are calling this a crisis, democrats

brownsville, texas, is more than twice what the illegal people coming in twice the national average of sad because we have been dealing with this covid issue for almost a year now and we put all these restrictions on americans, businesses, and travel. it has affected our lives in so many negative ways and yet for some reason we've opened up the border and risk our population along the border but really as they spread through my state and across the country we put people's health at risk and putting us at increased risk for a spike in covid and it doesn't make any sense. >> harris: how do we stop it? >> we have a lawsuit to stop them from not enforcing federal law relating to people coming across the border. they are supposed to be arresting and deporting these people. we haven't gotten into court to show that evidence. at some point, it will take a while. we have an injunction. we need to get back in court and have the opportunity to have the court put it back in place. >> harris: you are fighting another front, too. your office is suing the state of texas capital, austin and surroundi

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up in brownsville and tested positive for covid. your department also recently announced it would be cancelling an information-sharing agreement with the department of health and human services. personally with what i experienced on the border, i think that is a mistake. we have unaccompanied minors as young as one year old, showing up with no adult supervision, with a phone number hhs is to call and turn them over to a sponsor. we need to ensure that the sponsors of unaccompanied minors are not going to turn around and traffic those minors. we've seen cases of this happening. this was conveyed to us by the border patrol agents and by the border patrol union members. we know a small fraction of the unaccompanied minors self-identified to hhs as gang members. for those single and unaccompanied males that their age may be under 18 but there is no verification of what age they are, information not flowing to i.c.e. officials that lead to investigation of armed forces. how are you going to ensure working with hhs that these children are

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according to the city of brownsville. asylum seeker from mexico was hoping the new administration be a saving grace. >> i'm waiting for something like this. >> most migrants say they can't cross legally, they will cross illegally. border patrol agents say there was 1200 yesterday in the rio grande valley alone. >> shannon: griff jenkins, thank you so much. on the u.s. side of the border, frustration is growing within border communities. leaders say they are being left out of a conversation about how best to handle the growing crisis. >> mr. president. i am the mirror of texas and i am requesting with you to put a halt to any measures regarding the release of immigrants awaiting court dates into the city of del rio and surrounding areas. we don't have the resources available to house and accommodate the migrants in our community. >> shannon: the mayor of del rio. talking about the impacts being felt. great to have you with us. >> shannon: i want to talk about something surprising to folks about the issue of people coming a

brownsville, they take them to the greyhound bus stations and dump them off. the city of brownsville has a covid-19 testing site there that they're paying for, not the federal government because the greyhound ceo said i cannot allow covid people on our buses to go to chicago, houston, dallas. that's where they want to go. they want to get away from the valley and get to where jobs and opportunity are. >> martha: if you could give president biden advice because he's in a bind. he said i would like to see a surge at the border. now he has it. how would you finesse this? how would you put a cork in this problem if you were in his shoes? >> frankly, you have to do what. trump did and what frankly. obama did and president bush before him. work out agreements with countries. we did it with central american countries. if we interdict a citizen, we're going to return them to you. in the case of mexico, they were willing to accept central americans back in their country rather than take them back to in nicaragua. you can't just disappear into society. we're going to re

we know in brownsville texas there's 105 migrants that came through that were covid positive, sent on their way on the process. that -- if that happened here where i work, you're home for ten days or 14 days or whatever. why is it that we have different policy for people coming across the border? >> beats me. secretary mayorkas says there's no crisis at the border. that's absolutely incorrect. the crisis was created by the administration sending a message to desperate people that want to come here that just hang on, you'll get in sooner or later. of course, the mexican government became less cooperative. the one thing the last administration did was border security. all of that is being undone very quickly in this new administration. they own this crisis at the border, they created it and they could stop it if they chose to. >> martha: with regard to the prior administration, you were on last friday talking to bret. you said absolutely that you would back president trump, the former president, if he was the nominee of your party. everyone remembered the very strong statement that you