clay higgins is a member of congress in the state of new guinea. he has an understanding of what is happening there. congressman, thanks for coming in. what do you any the real number of people crossing foreign nationals illegally, purely contemptuous of our laws into our country every month? >> during the month of march, tucker, the real number is closer to 250,000. if you have 172,000 apprehensions or interdictions, then the real number of illegal crossings would be somewhere close to 250,000. because we have never caught 100% of illegal crossings as everyone knows. a good solid number to keep in mind historically has been about 85%. now because the biden policies have pulled law enforcement primary mission, men and women off of the border and out of law enforcement rolls into processing centers to help with the -- those guys are overwhelmed. the numbers are just too much. obviously the interdiction percentages have gone down. if you have 172,000 with illegal crosses and you run an interdiction percentage of 70%, my sources tell me, then the 250,

. >> was a major a major air louisiana republican congressman clay higgins says the biden administration's policies are making the problem worse. circumstances have invited this activity to our border. but ehrenreich lynn moment from the american immigration council says the situation at the border is starting to improve the number of children in border patrol custody has dropped 80% since late march. and as of this morning, the average time in border patrol custody for unaccompanied children below 48 hours by law. children must be transferred out of cbp custody within 72 hours and the biden administration is now able to meet that requirement because of the network of emergency shelters. >> it opened around the country. but advocates warned those shelters are not permanent solutions. thankfully here as well. the biden administration's efforts have begun to pay off last thursday for the first time since reporting began more children. back to us custody. that injured in washington, alexandra le mon. >> president joe biden will give his first address to a joint session of congress tonight. wh

. >> was a major a major air louisiana republican congressman clay higgins says the biden administration'slicies are making the problem worse. circumstances have invited this activity to our border. but ehrenreich lynn moment from the american immigration council says the situation at the border is starting to improve the number of children in border patrol custody has dropped 80% since late march. and as of this morning, the average time in border patrol custody for unaccompanied children below 48 hours by law. children must be transferred out of cbp custody within 72 hours and the biden administration is now able to meet that requirement because of the network of emergency shelters. >> it opened around the country. but advocates warn those shelters are not permanent solutions. thankfully here as well. the biden administration's efforts have begun to pay off last thursday for the first time since reporting began more children. back to us custody. that injured in washington, alexandra le mon. >> coming up next on kron, 4 news at 10. we'll have a live report on the progress. san francisco i