director jonathan fahey. we very much appreciate this. do you believe, jonathan, that the president, if you wanted this board are closed, he would close it? >> absolutely. he could close this border, and he wanted this open from the beginning. they campaigned on it and they've made it very clear to anyone that comes in that they will not be deported, absent the most exceptional circumstance. so they wanted this to happen and the only reason they are shifting now is these polls are looking pretty bad provided and particularly on this issue. all of the sudden there's some spring in his step and they're addressing this issue. but they really not going to change, because the hard left has a vise grip on the democratic party and they're not going to let them do anything serious. >> trace: congresswoman, it seems to be like, you look at what happens in texas, you seeing the debate and the menu shut every. it seems like texas and greg abbott have a right to be able to defend their borders. >> of course. and it's a tale of two states. if you look

>> rich: let's get more with former director and federal prosecutor jonathan fahey. if you look at what's going on and what congress is negotiating here, what happens from here? do you think there's much congress can do to address this? >> i really don't, because the core problem as i see it is the administration's lack of will or desire whatsoever to enforce the existing law. congressman cuellar is right, they are encouraging people to come here with the pull factor. even when they do get these asylum hearings six, seven, eight, nine years down the road, if we have an administration similar to this administration, they're not going to be deported. the stated policy is they only deport the most serious criminals that have to be convicted. so people are not getting asylum are not showing up for hearings, or otherwise are not even being deported. i think there's over a million people who have orders of deportation and this administration is doing nothing to deport them. people know once they get here, assuming political winds do not change in this country, they are sta

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