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nbc's homeland security correspondent julia ainsley joins me from queens, new york.logy. it sounds very exciting. >> yeah, andrea, i'm here outside -- or inside, rather, the u.s. postal facility just across the street from jfk airport. this is where packages and cargo from around the world are coming into this facility, and they have customs is border protection on site. i got to see new machines they're using where they actually teach machines using ai to detect fentanyl. fentanyl can be so potent in just a small amount. so they have to use this technology to very specifically target that fentanyl. if they get a hit they think they might suspect fentanyl, they'll take it across this big warehouse to a lab they're just now bringing online to be able to test these packages right here at the site. it's something that secretary mayorkas got to see firsthand. he's just leaving now as you met the men and women conducting this test. fentanyl continues to be a huge problem across the u.s. and for some families who have already lost loved ones, it's too late. >> and tell us

. >> julia ainsley joining me from outside the department of justice. busy times over there.tice department is preparing to file for an injunction because the barrier is still in the water. they are asking for a temporary stay, is that correct? >> reporter: not yet, andrea. right now, we are see if they will ask for that temporary stay. all they said now in the western district of texas is that they believe that texas' policy under greg abbott's operation lone star to put up the buoy barriers is in violation of their right to enforce immigration laws of federal government and in violation of a federal law that governed who can obstruct rivers. they say this is in violation of that. they want the texas judge to weigh in on that, but if they want those buoys removed immediately, they'll have to ask the judge to issue a stay, an injunction or temporary restaining order to say these are in violation and need to be removed until the judge can rule on the merits of the case. it is something i'm keeping a close eye on inside the justice department to see if they might soon file that

joining me now is nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. through more of these allegations. what is this person saying he was told to do? >> these are internal allegations, katy, and they were raised around the july 4th holiday by a texas state trooper that was deployed down there to the border as part of texas governor greg abbott's plan to use his own men and women to do what he says border patrol might need support with. he says while he was there, he saw things, and he detailed these in an e-mail that included having a 4-year-old pass out from exhaustion who wasn't allowed to cross over that barbed wire. he talks about a woman who suffered a miscarriage after she was cut out of that barbed wire. he talks about being ordered to push migrants back into the rio grande and tell them to go back into mexico, and that some of the border patrol, i'm sorry, not border patrol, state troopers, rather, were told to deny water to migrants. now, of course this is coming from one individual, but it sparked a nationwide outcry, and in fact, i took some

nbc's jul julia ainsley is here. what else can you tell us?these are coming from a texas state trooper, sent to the border per the order of governor greg abbott to do more to stop, he says when he tried to give water to some of these migrants, he was told not to. he saw a 4-year-old pass out from exhaustion who was not allowed to cross that razor sharp wire. he describes seeing a woman stuck in that wire when she was released they found out she was having a miscarriage. he was told not to give migrants water, and was told, he said that he was given orders to push the migrants back into the water, to the rio grande and tell them to go back to mexico. when i went to texas dps and asked about the allegations, they called them outrageous, and said they would not be given such orders. they did say they tell their troopers to use common sense and to give things like water in case of medical need, not out of abundance of caution or in the way you would typically see border patrol do when migrants come across after standing for hours in that swelterin

. >>> let's bring in nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley, she's tracking this also that these buoys are actually discouraging undocumented migrants from crossing the border when you look at the numbers? >> no, i mean, really the numbers have come down not because of these buoys but since may when those covid-19 restrictions known as title 42 lifted, and they put -- the biden administration put into place a new more restrictive asylum policy that by and large made it hard for anyone to make asylum, saying they could be tortured or if they tried to apply for asylum else where and were denied on their way to the u.s. those are the policies that really led to the decline that we've seen, that and the fact there's a five-year ban on returning if you are found ineligible and deported. that seems to be what's driving numbers to be the lowest since the first month biden took office. but we have seen the effect of these buoys and especially on that concertina wire is it's really caused more medical issues. cdp and dhs in that letter said they have to spend so much time treat

unveiling new high-tech tools, including a.i., to help officials detect the drug in the mail here's julia ainsley >> reporter: katie wagner is one of tens of thousands of victims of america's fentanyl crisis. >> katie was the life of the party she was so loved >> reporter: her mom lisa tells us her world was shaltered when katie overdosed in 2021. >> i was sentenced -- a death sentence that night. >> reporter: tonight, the department of homeland security saying this new scanning technology could help some fentanyl shipped through the mail, using a.i. to detect it >> we are teaching machines how to identify different contraband >> reporter: nbc news learning that dhs plans to weed out pill presses, used to disguise fentanyl as other drugs, and trace crypto-currency used by mexican cartels profiting off fentanyl but those moves won't cut fentanyl off at the source most of its ingredients are shipped to mexico from china. will any of the efforts you're announcing today do anything to stop that? or is this just a band-aid >> well, we're hoping that the negotiations that we are commencing with china's

here with me now is homeland security reporter julia ainsley who has been down there so often and knowshe land is and how troubling this is for the migrants, many of whom have the legal right to apply for asylum. >> sure, to come here and claim asylum and see whether or not they're eligible. there are new restrictions on that as well. it's an incredibly dangerous area. there were already over 300 drownings in a single year. these bowies make it harder. they're very large, they spin if you get on them. in between the buoys there are sharp objects. we heard about a father who said he got cut pulling his 15-year-old off a barrel that was wrapped in wire. these are things that texas state troopers have called inhumane. texas governor greg abbott sees this as his moment, that he spent billions of taxpayer money on is going to come up against the biden administration. we have to point out really what texas is able to do here is a drop in the bucket. they may be able to intervene 1% of the total migrants that border patrol would intervene. the fallout is a lot of people getting hurt. border pa

joining us now with more is julia ainsley. what more are we learning about the previously unreported >> reporter: well, they are coming from a texas state trooper who sent an email to the organization who said look, the things that i've witnessed are inhumane. says that he was along the eagle pass area in texas where he was ordered by other state troopers to push migrants back into the water. he recalled some horrific incidents including one where a 4-year-old passed out from exhaustion when he was held back because of that dangerous wire, a woman stuck in wire and she appeared to be having a miscarriage. and also orders to push people back into the rio grande waters. and he says that he thought those were inhumane. of course when i did talk to texas department of public safety, they said that that is outrageous, we'd never order those things and our troopers are told to respond to anyone in need of medical and i had. >> and we're showing pictures of the barriers in the eagle pass area. this is the u.s. side of the river. but

julia ainsley is joining us. what happens next and how is texas responding?robust investigation, that texas is blatantly violating the rivers and harbors act along the rio grand. and the barrier of buoys needs to be removed immediately. they think that even though the case may play out later, it may go all the way to the supreme court. that this is now a problem that needs to be immediately remedied. that is why they are asking for the preliminary injunction so that the judge can step in and say that while the court decides, this needs to be removed. but texas has said that they welcome the court fight. earlier this week we saw governor abbott says see you in court saying that texas has all the sovereignty and rights to justify putting the barrier there because in governor abbott's words in his opinion that the state of texas now responsible for enforcing the immigration laws that he thinks that the biden administration has a abdicated. of course there is only a fraction of immigrants compared to the hundreds of thousands by the border control. >> and there i

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julia ainsley is joining us with more on this.w was he allowed to work at this plant? is it even legal? >> it is not legal. it is illegal under u.s. labor laws for anyone under the age of 18 to work in dangerous jobs like that. in fact we understand that he died because he was cleaning a machine that was still on. that is a major osha violation for anyone regardless of their age. now, how exactly he came to work at this plant, we're still trying to understand. we're going through documents now and we'll continue to report this story. so far the company not commenting on those details. but as you know, we've reported a lot on child labor specifically from the guatemalan community and seen a lot of migrants cross the border illegally and try to get jobs to be able to support themselves and repay their smugglers often by assuming another identity that says that they are a different person of an older age with a different name and with the ability to wor in the u.s. so we're still combing through the reports and even looking at the co

joining us now with more is homeland security correspondent julia ainsley. good morning. >> reporter: actually, it was predicted. i remember when i was down there when title 42 was lifting. i was asking people at the border, is it time you can sleep well at night, you no longer have this crisis? watch the families. that's what we did. it shows that since early june, the family numbers have nearly tripled. they have gotten higher and higher. i have talked to some ngos who see this from a 30,000 foot view as well as shelter workers who say a lot of the families who have been waiting for appointments for asylum have grown desperate in the heat, being outside, not being able to get shelter, and also with the violence going on in northern mexico. they are the ones who feel that they are the most vulnerable and it's time to come. families were kept out under title 42. many families were blocked or returned back to mexico while they allowed unaccompanied children to come in. people say, now families are no longer incentivized to break apart. that's a good thing. you will see mor

joining me is nbc news justice and homeland security correspondent, julia ainsley.ave you. hear what of the charges that are facing? i'm understanding that their claim, at least at this, point is they didn't know what they were signing. >> that's, right peter. these are felony charges. they are serious. they are dealing with this conspiracy to defraud and to obstruct the legitimate outcome of this election. they could carry jail. time they very easily are looking at jail. time it's -- but what do these fake electors say they didn't know? it's hard to believe, given where a lot of them, sit one is a city mayor. a small town in wyoming. once it's on that. serving michigan. a lot of people have held very prominent positions in the gop. it's hard to imagine they would sign something didn't know or understand. it's very clear from the conspiracy laid out by the michigan tierney general that the 16 electors knew exactly what they were doing. and they intended to go before the michigan senate and say, in, fact the state of michigan elected donald trump and not joe biden. t

julia ainsley is following this for us. it might mean for asylum seekers coming to the u.s. >> it is a major blow for the biden administration asylum policies. this was the restrictive policy put into place at midnight when title 42 lifted. and it has actually kept a lot of migrants from coming. we know migration numbers are down at the southern border and it was part of the administration's plan to make it harder to claim asylum. but groups like the aclu said it was too restrictive because it made anyone arriving ineligible unless they could prove a hire bar, like they could are tortured upon return or they could prove that they already tried to claim asylum in another country and were denied. but a big caveat here, nothing will be changed overnight because this judge in san francisco agreed with the biden administration and gave them a 14 day stay. in that period of time, we expect the biden administration to appeal to the ninth circuit and this will probably go all the way up to the supreme court and has stays on the lif

julia ainsley joins us from washington, d.c.ction as this case is playing out. what is the government's argument for trying to get these barriers removed? >> their argument is that while this all plays out in court, and it may go all the way to the supreme court, that these barriers pose a public safety risk, that they could lead to more drownings. already each year we see over 300 migrants drown in the rio grande. those numbers can ebb and flow depending on the border crossing numbers. in that thousand foot area, that was an area where the river was usually pretty low and so they saw more migrants starting to come over into the eagle pass area of texas. now they're asking while the judge considers whether or not texas is even allowed to do that, could he order the state to remove the buoys in the meantime. if it's later determined they're allowed, maybe they could put them back. while they're considering it, please remove the buoys. that's what they're asking for. it seems like it might be an uphill battle particularly in the s

julia ainsley, good to see you. what are we expecting to hear from mayorkas?he has been able to imbattle these impeachments, and we know the biden administration sued texas over the string of buoys in the rio river, and they don't have the wind at their back like they used to because we have seen a 42% decrease from may into june because of asylum policies. that's why that ruling yesterday is so critical, because when title 42 went away in mid may, they put in place asylum policies. yesterday a federal judge in san francisco said those are illegal, and he put a 14-day stay on it. should that play out, and they actually have to lift that policy, we could see those numbers rise again. right now given the state of the border, mayorkas should be in a good position to defend those policies, but the closer we get into 2024 when you have states like texas saying they need to take matters into their own hands, we know republicans will use that to hammer home and try to show that mayorkas is not doing his job. he usually stays pretty calm, cool and collected in the hea