hector garza here from laredo.quite frustrated about the semantics over whether or not it's a crisis. listen to this. >> we want to make sure that we highlight there's a lot of unaccompanied children. we're seeing the units crossing the border illegally. >> the congressional visits, martha, don't end today on monday. house minority leader kevin mccarthy leading a dozen or so lawmakers to el paso, also under the gun dealing with the overwhelming numbers in the capacity issues getting out of control. martha? >> griff jenkins, thanks very much. joining me now, border patrol agent art del queto. he's worked the border 20 years. vice president of the national border patrol council. art, thanks for being with us today. i want to start by asking you if you can clear up what is being said from the white house on this. jen psaki, the spokesperson at the white house, says that most people who come to the border are turned away, adults, families in almost every scenario. is that what you see happening there? are people who ar

autoridades estadounidenses buscan 3 mujeres desaparecidas en tamaulipas , méxico , cruzaron por laredo4 semanas >> las mujeres llegaron a tamaulipas a las 3 de la tarde del 3 de marzo pasado venían en este vehículo blanco estaban en méxico para visitar un oculista según la oficina federal de investigaciones puede ser un secuestro >> hay unos datos de la investigación que sin entrar en detalle pueden dar a entender que es una posibilidad >> hace muchos años los cárteles de la droga comparten los estados de tamaulipas que siembran el terror en la zona >> hasta agosto del año pasado (información en pantalla) >> (información en pantalla) >> (información en pantalla) >> (información en pantalla) >> (información en pantalla) >> (información en pantalla) >> (información en pantalla) >> por eso en la fronteriza ciudad de nuevo laredo hasta sus habitantes caminan con miedo >> tengo temor porque los cárteles tienen todo controlado >> hasta ahora las autoridades de tamaulipas no se han pronunciado sobre el caso el fbi dice que siguen investigando la desaparición de las 3 mujeres en méxico noticia

yhlos menores no acompañados, uno de los retos más urgentes y los funcionarios también viajaron a laredomenores es que no hay capacidad suficiente. >> (audio en inglés). >> algunos dicen que la situación irá a peor según agentes fronterizos. >> (audio en inglés). >> el sindicato cree que las instalaciones no pueden absorber la mayor llegada de inmigrantes que esta gente ha visto en 20 años. >> ciudades como del río texas advierten que los números actuales de arrestos son una crisis para ellos pero el gobierno evita la palabra crisis, noticias telemundo. >> aunque la zona del río grande en texas es la que sigue viendo el mayor número de inmigrantes, los focos rojos están río laredo y big bend francisco fajardo captó un grupo de mujeres y niños pequeños intentaban atravesar. >> paso a paso con los hijos en brazo desafiaba la corriente y otro inmigrantes les llevaba la ventaja con un camino de peidra y los alcanzamos en suelo estadounidense. >> es la primera vez que lo intenta? >> no, tercera vez. >> ¿qué pasó antes? >> regresan a la gente por méxico. >> lo vimos alejarse y luego fue arrest

the lawmakers coming to laredo where i'm standing. you what it looks like and go to the drone cam in the sky. you are looking at the rio grande. this sector doesn't see many family units as much as single adult crossing. they are up 140%. now where i was yesterday, and the rio grande valley, startling video coming out of there. let us show you. you can see hundreds of my grants lined up on the -- my grants lined up -- migrants lined up where they are coming across the craft over and over again. this is coming as we get news from the rio grande valley and brownsville, troubling numbers. the latest for positive tested out of the 1,700 tested since the 25th, they have had 204 positive cases of the migrants. the city of brownsville does not have the authority to retain migrants so they are free to travel where they want to go. the concern of the covid has caused governor greg abbott and the national border patrol union in the rio grande valley to set up mass vaccination site. governor abbott putting out a statement saying, "it's unfortuna

pudo llegar la frontera es una migrante guatemalteca que se ahogÓ en las peligrosas aguas en nuevo laredontaba cruzar como todos en busca de un mejor futuro. una trÁgica historia que lamentablemente ya se ha repetido varias veces en lo que va del aÑo. alejandro nos cuenta mÁs. alejandro: el cuerpo sin vida de un emigrante fue rescatado de las frÍas aguas del rÍo bravo en nuevo laredo, tamaulipas que pretendÍa cruzar en su desesperaciÓn a estados unidos. >> al parecer viene un tÍo doctor para identificarla. es originaria de guatemala la muchacha. tratÓ de cruzar y obviamente rÍo bravo, pues, no le permitiÓ el sueÑo americano. alejandro: la vÍctima tenÍa entre 30 y 35 aÑos y no portaba documentos. en las Últimas semanas se han ahogado cinco centroamericanos en las demÁs circunstancias en esta ciudad fronteriza y hace un mes le ocurriÓ lo mismo a un niÑo hondureÑo de ocho aÑos. >> yo vengo con mi esposa y mi hija de seis aÑos. es muy difÍcil. se le vienen muchas cosas a la cabeza a uno. alejandro: los patrullajes de agentes de protecciÓn civil por aire y por el rÍo son constantes porque cada

griff jenkins live from laredo today with more. you have some unbelievable video showing people lined up waiting to get on boats, they have to pay hundreds of bucks to the smugglers, this is jaw-dropping. griff: they do, indeed, steve, ainsley and brian. happy friday to you. ly get to that video in a moment. first the president not addressing after 50 days in office the escalating migrant crisis and many thought he might do so because widely viewed that first-day promises like remain in mexico has led to spike on southern border. now at the white house our own peter doocy asking jen psaki about the mexican president's view of president biden. watch. >> he said, they see him as a migrant president and so many feel they are going to reach the united states. >> mexico will have to be -- is an important partner and ensuring we are addressing the flow of migrants. we made a policy decision because we thought it was humane approach. but the facts are -- >> griff: on the heels of february numbers. 1,441 encounters in february compared to

here in laredo, only the rio ground separates it from nuevo laredo, that is where they have constante adult crossings is the highest in this area, they're up 140% here in laredo. they don't get as many family units as they do individuals, and they get an awful lot of narcotics and contraband. now, the video that's really making a lot of play on social media and elsewhere we shot over in the rio grande valley where we were yesterday, you see just dozens, hubs, even -- hundreds, even, of migrants hour after hour. nothing they can do there, and it is really concerning the agents there because of the risk of covid. we're get the -- getting the latest covid-positive numbers, they began testing on january 25th. now out of 1700 people they've tested, they have 204 positive cases. that's a 9.25% rate of positivity. it's prompted texas' governor, greg abbott, to partner with the national border patrol unit in putting out a statement in the last few hours saying they're going to set up mass vaccination sites in the valley. it is unfortunate after months of inaction, we have to publicly call on

, processing them this laredo, and they're going to release them in my community.en this before. don't let the local communities know what you're doing where they're starting to bring people in from the valley, process them in laredo, release them at our bus station. and, again, i've seen this before in the past. elizabeth: okay. he's seen this before in the past. reports coming in, sir, the biden administration put a gag order on homeland security officials to not talk to the media when secretary mayorkas and susan rice visited the border and the detention facilities this weekend. the media was not allowed to join them at these facilities. why? weren't democrats outraged on what was going on under trump, why are they allowed to black this out? >> i suppose they don't have anything good to say about what happened, right? they're in a situation that was completely done by themselves, right? they walked into this buzz saw, but they knew that's what was going to happen. so they don't have anything good to say about the situation yet because they're tapped out in space

you can see the international bridge connecting laredo with its sister city, move woe laredo -- knewway're up 140%. now, one of the agents in this laredo sector who is part of the border patrol unit, vice president hector garza, was talking to me just a few hours ago, stu, and here is what he says that those politicians need to understand. watch. >> we want to make sure that we highlight that we're seeing a lot of criminals coming across, a lot of unaccompanied children coming across by themselves without their parents. and we're seeing a massive amount of family units crossing the border illegally. >> reporter: this after that news of 1 100,443 encounters. and the news we got, new number, 204 have tested positive out of 1700 since they began testing january 25th. that's a 9.25%. now, congressman cuellar says that all these numbers are pointing in the wrong direction. here is what cuellar said. listen. >> i know march, april, may, june are the high peak. so, you know, we're about to see the numbers. if we got 100,000 for february, march is going to be higher. >> reporter: and, stu, one

i now know that they're bringing people from mcallen over to laredo, processing them in laredo, and they'rey and, of course, part of the valley in laredo, and i've seen this before. don't let the local communities know what you're doing where they're starting to bring people in from the valley, process them in laredo. release them at a bus station. and, again, i've seen this before in the past. alicia: congressman cuellar, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it, and we will continue this conversation. >> thank you so much. alicia: security measures being put in place in minneapolis. the city putting up financing and barbed wire in anticipation of potential unrest. matt finn is standing by from minneapolis with why. >> reporter: george floyd's death led to international protests, now the trial is here. more from minneapolis after this break. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? thank you! hey, hey, no, no, limu, no limu! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ wanna build a gaming business that breaks the inter

sucediÓ en esta ciudad en texas localizada a una hora y media del paso fronterizo de laredo.miones. el camiÓn de 18 ruedas se detuvo sin ninguna pena frente a una oficina municipal y al menos 150 inmigrantes se bajaron al apuro. algunos tenÍan niÑos en sus brazos. >> necesitaban agua, atenciÓn mÉdica. le llamamos a la ambulancia y conseguimos agua para la gente. reportero: todavÍa no se conoce cuÁnto tiempo viajaron estas personas encerradas. hay que ingresar a uno de estos camiones para darse cuenta de la hazaÑa que representa tratar de viajar al interior de esas cajas largas. mientras mÁs ingresas, mÁs obscuros devuelve. aquÍ no hay donde las personas puedan sostenerse. la temperatura puede llegar a —10 gracias p mÁs de 90. imagÍnense aquÍ a 200 personas tratando de llegar a un destino incierto. el camiÓn . hablamos con el representante de esta compaÑÍa. asegurÓ que no tiene nada que ver con este transporte ilegal de personas. patricia: ¿cuÁl serÍa la capacidad de estos camiones? reportero: bueno, prÁcticamente todo depende . si es que dejan entrar hasta 200 personas, pero

en laredo se pagan 28,000 dÓlares como salario anual en promedio.radical a la propuesta de la administraciÓn de donald trump que ofrecÍa solo una donaciÓn parcial de los prÉstamos estudiantiles a aquellos jÓvenes estafados por universidades privadas. y el ex presidente de perÚ, martÍn vizcarra se salvÓ de ir a la cÁrcel. el ex gobernante es investigado por presuntos delitos de corrupciÓn. la fiscalÍa dijo que apelarÁ el fallo de la magistrada. y la vicepresidenta de tanzania se convirtiÓ en la primera mujer en la historia de este paÍs de África del este que accede a la jefatura del estado tras la inesperada muerte esta semana del presidente de ese paÍs. desde mediados de febrero este volcÁn sigue lanzando rocas de lava. grandes columnas de humo se formaron sobre el crÁter rodeado de nieve. la erupciÓn de este volcÁn se prolongÓ desde el amanecer hasta despuÉs del mediodÍa. y maÑana el atlÉtico de san luis recibe a los pumas buscando escalar posiciones. y cruz azul recibe al atlas desde el estado azteca en vivo por univisiÓn y tudn. y una artista tra

texas mayor pete saenz in laredo. it caught my eye. had a tractor trailer pulled over, 44 people inside. a commercial tanker, 43 people inside. another tractor trailer march 9, 24 people inside. what are you up against, mayor? >> exactly that. thank you for having me this morning bill. thank you so much. just a brief description. laredo is 160 miles uprivers from brownsville and 600 miles down river from el paso so people know. land port in the entire western hemisphere. yes, we've been -- each region. laredo section is different from the el paso and del rio. we experience more single adults from last year compared to this year, there has been about 140% increase. that's substantial. and 90% of them are single male adults primarily from mexico. of course, these folks then through the cartels or the criminal activity that we have in the border area on the mexican side and overflows to a certain extent onto our side. although our cities are safe but yet matters of this caliber do occur. they end up in stash houses. from the stash houses

ademÁs, estarÁn procesando en laredo y del rÍo. >> la cantidad es tan alta que vamos a recibir 270 diariosen la comunidad, ahÍ vamos a tener un reto muy grande para esta comunidad. marÍa: en el paso, a las familias las traen a esta estaciÓn de la patrulla fronteriza. les toma sus datos y les abren un expediente para que puedan continuar sus solicitudes de asilo en una corte dentro estados unidos. de aquiles transportarÁ a un albergue, donde les realizarÁn las pruebas covi. serÁ la casa refugiado donde le realizarÁn los exÁmenes y les ayudarÁn a llegar a estaciones de autobuses y al aeropuerto para reunirse con sus familiares. patricia: el gobernador de texas greg abbott recorriÓ la frontera y acusÓ a los cÁrteles mexicanos de usar a menores y mujeres inmigrantes para traficar drogas hacia estados unidos. dijo que la patrulla fronteriza no daba abasto para lidiar con el aumento de los cruces en la frontera. culpo al presidente biden de permitir el ingreso desordenado de migrantes y de poner en peligro a los tejanos. el plan de ayuda del presidente joe biden de casi 2 millones de dÓlares est

typically you can find laredo taco product inside of 711 stores.cludes an assortment of side dishes and you will still be able to order the beloved slurpee's amid the pandemic, fast food drive throughs have grown in popularity as an easy and safe way to get your food. >>> can we go back for a second to the mobile office? did either one of you ever have to learn in one of those trailers? >> what was the name, we didn't call it a trailer . >> not a mobile classroom, but yes . >> portable. yes, portable we were in the portables . >> it was hell, right? >> no. what kind of portable were you when . >> i hated it . >> are you were in florida. having these in maryland and going outside in the middle of winter, it always made you feel like you were second-class, i thought, going out there . >> i see that . >> yeah. yeah . >> i don't know >> well, we moved here from colder climates and we were like, wait, the classroom door opens to the outdoors, wow, that's pretty cool, that's a change, thankfully. here's a look at what's going on from the roof camera wher

texas fiscal year 2021 we discovered over 70 houses just in laredo sector those are the stash housesh sardines, we sell 90 apprehensions of smuggling events where tractor-trailers were involved, those were smuggling events and they packed the back of tractor-trailers full of illegal immigrants as they move them up north into the united states that is an out-of-control border and that's a serious issue because in the rio grande valley we see women and children, unaccompanied children but in those parts of the border in rio and arizona were seen the criminal element those bad guys a serious criminal record in the dangerous drugs coming across, something needs to change needs change fast rotted down spiral and it will be very dangerous for border community and our country. elizabeth: if you can speak to the president and the vice president in the white house press secretary and the team what would you say to them, what would you want them to understand. >> i understand there's politics involved with everything and it's a politicized topic, this is no longer about politics is his human s

. >> volÓ hacia laredo desde donde tras un recorrido en automÓvil visita texas. el albergue temporal para menores sin acompaÑantes que el departamento de salud reabriÓ recientemente para ampliar la capacidad de los. la casa blanca prometiÓ un informe de la visita. presentadora: fuentes cercanas a los agentes distritos y que pidiÓ mantener el anonimato informaron a la agencia que casi 100,000 migrantes fueron detenidos en la frontera entre estados unidos y mÉxico en el mes de febrero. esto contrasta con 78,000 detenidos en enero y confirma una creciente oleada de personas que estÁn llegando al paÍs, entre los que hay por supuesto muchos menores sin acompaÑante. presentador: continÚan conociÉndose mÁs detalles de la vÍctima del trÁgico accidente cerca de la petra con mÉxico. en las declaracionesde la familia de los que intentaron venir al paÍs para cubrir sus sueÑos. un nuevo drama de dolor y tristeza de los seres queridos a los que ahora solo les queda reclamar. >> que la querÍa mucho. reportera: era lo que querÍa decirle a su hermana despuÉs de no verla por vario

laredo, 73% of the people coming in are mexican male adults and returning back to mexico.'re being people -- people are being returned back. again, you know, what the law is in the united states. unless they become citizens, which we have 11 or 12 million that have been in the shadows for so many years, they'll never vote unless we change and have few immigration reform. . >> neil: a lot of these migrants will be at a facility in california, once here, you ever think they're going to leave or connect with families back home? >> we don't know. there's about four different categories. those kids will have family members, category 1. mom and dad, category 2. they have maybe a cousin or somebody close to category 3, a distant relative and number 4, where they have no relatives at all. that category of kids are returned. or they voluntary want to go back. just depends on the categories. again, the average number of people that cross per year under the obama administration was about 513,000 per year. we had a high of 2014. the average number of people under president trump was a

alejandro: en el albergue de nuevo laredo, tamaulipas son tantas las familias que no se mantiene distanciamientojandro: el gobierno de mÉxico asegurÓ que los inmigrantes se les hace creer que recibirÁn un mejor trato con el presidente joe biden. >> los coyotes que animan a la gente a decir que ahora es mÁs fÁcil, no ? llegar a estados unidos. alejandro: el aÑo pasado se reformÓ la ley de migraciÓn mexicana y entre sus cambios se prohÍbe la detenciÓn de menores de edad ? un argumento que estarÍa usando el gobierno para no hacer a mÁs familias. patricia: alejandro, quÉ dice el gobierno sobre esa peticiÓn del joe biden para aceptar a mÁs familias alejandro : patricia, buenas noches. hemos solicitado una atenciÓn a la cancillerÍa mexicana sobre estos dichos del presidente, pero hasta el momento no hemos recibido respuesta. patricia: gracias, alejandro por este informe. el presidente joe biden tambiÉn hizo otros anuncios importantes. por ejemplo, dijo que planea presentarse a la reelecciÓn, ademÁs prometiÓ frenar los intentos de republicanos para restringir el voto. seÑalÓ que estados unidos pondrÁ 2

typically you would find laredo taco products inside the stores.cludes an assortment of side dishes. customers will also be able to order slurpee's. amid the pandemic making a drive-through is an easy and safe way to get food. >> >>> in case anyone has ever had a 711 or pick one up for me it is a coke slurpee. i do not want cherry. nothing blew.'s >> you do not want to mix? >> no. you mix things when you are eight. you also drink slurpee's when you are eight. just saying. >> i don't know about that. >> i have not had one in a long time. there is not of 7-eleven near me. i have to go a town over. >> not a whole town over. >>> yes. a whole town town you know, when you are in the cramped suburbs that is a long way, it has to be at least three or four miles. let's take a look at what's going on. it is a breezy morning along the shore at high clouds will overrun us today. mild and breezy in spots. breezy hills clearing and cooler tonight. spring warmth and sunshine this weekend. high pressure anchored over the eastern pacific. that is going to continue

grif live on the boarder in laredo, texas. we appreciate it.n: that is great reporting again. good to see you. bring in the new york congressman who is the top republican on the house homeland security committee and a former president prosecutor experience fighting drug smuggling and trafficking along the border. he will go to the boarder with the house minority leader kevin mccar thank you on monday. congressman, in the visit to get the eyes on the ground on monday, what do you hope to find out? >> congressman: i think we will find out what we already pretty much know. this is a colossal blunder by the biden administration to issue an executive order that now says has a sign saying come on in. i prosecuted cartels in el paso in the mid-'90s. you cannot cross the border without the drug trafficking organizations say so. they control it and that is why they fight violently to keep it. two things to bring across. drugs and they bring across humans. right now they are amping up effort on the human smuggling. we have a crisis on the border and it's

we're live in laredo, texas with the story. >> that bipartisan group of lawmakers coming here to laredoer between laredo and across in mexico. we want to take you up on the drone and give you a little bit of a picture here. this particular sector doesn't see the number of family units and unaccompanied minors so much as the rio grande valley does. this is mostly single adults and narcotics. they are up 141% in the single adults here. that's going to be a big part of the discussion. in addition to being in that meeting senator cornyn, congressman cuellar and border patrol union will be here talking about what the perspective of the boots on the ground is. here is a little bit of what mr. garza told me just moments ago. listen. >> we want to make sure we are seeing a lot of criminals coming across. we want to highlight a lot of uncode children coming across without parents and a massive amount of family units crossing the border illegally. >> the number, bill, you mentioned is exactly 100,441, cbp numbers from february of this year. we also are learning that in the city of brownsville whe

i'll give you one example of my hometown of laredo. we handle 16,000 trailers a day, every single day. we also have about 20-something trains a day that come in and we want to make sure that we have enough inspectors at the border, and to make sure we have the right policy. let me give you one example. hand sanitizers and we know there's been a problem with hand sanitizers. the problem is fda, as those hand sanitizers come in, the custom brokers, those are the people that handle the paper work for the shipper and for the person that wants to buy it, they get down to the border, for example, and then they-- they're told by fda, oh, can't bring them in. so then the shipper doesn't want to deal with them. the person that was going to buy them doesn't want to deal with them so the broker in the middle ends up with this product and then you have local land fills that don't want to accept flammable products for their destruction and then they have to send it at the cost of the custom broker who had nothing to do with this except he deals wit

and with testing by the fda i will give you the example of my hometown of laredo holding 16000 traders every day we also have 20 something trains that come in hand we want to make sure we have enough inspectors at the border and to have the right policy. one example, hand a sanitizer's u but the custom brokers, those that handle the paperwork. the shipper and the purchaser. they get down to the border and then they are told by fda you cannot bring them in. l the shipper doesn't want to deal with them, the buyer doesn't want to deal with them so the broker in the middle and up and then we have tode send it at the cost of the custom broker. that then has to go through millions of dollars for the destruction. why can the fda not allow those back to their country so they can be destroyed instead of letting the broker handled his cost? so we are trying to find processes so if there is an issue with the american business with the cost when it should not be that. >> but that happened in a place like laredo. >> that is very complex and gao working in that particular area and hats off to the in

grabÓ a los cuatro indocumentados luchando con la corriente para pasar la frontera de mÉxico con laredo rescatado por un pescador, jesÚs vargas ayudÓ al menor a salir del agua con un hilo de pescar, dije que agentes de la patrulla fronteriza lo vieron todo pero no intervinieron. >> ya estaban casi al cruzar del otro lado y ellos no tienen derecho y permiso de meterse al agua para eso estÁ el barco, pero el barco nunca apareciÓ, gritaban con todo lo que podÍan y estar viÉndolos que se metÍan uno por uno y el Único que quedaba era el chamo quito. >> la patrulla fronteriza dijo que existe una investigaciÓn pero no pueden dar detalle porque se trata de un caso de trÁfico humano. >> mientras que son * 14 mil los menores no acompaÑados que estÁn en custodia del gobierno, hoy llegaron 200 a un albergue de dallas, donde esperan que lleguen mÁs, edgar muÑoz les ha seguido los pasos a estos menores. >> asÍ llegaron los primeros adolescentes migrantes al centro de convenciones de dallas, cuatro autobÚs los trajeron de la frontera sur. el director de respuesta de fema, confirmÓ a noticias telemundo

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images have been shared with us by congressman henry cuellar of texas, a democrat, who joins us from laredoning to you, ongres. >> good morningo of pictures that you have shared with us, and start with some of the others. the pictures that we want to put up on screen right here, you say that they show dozens of young girls who have been held for far longer than the 72-hour legal time limit. why are these young girls being held for thathere are ty ? what is their status? >> first of all, border patrol does not want to keep people there more than 74 hours. but there are two factors that come in place: one, there is a large number of people coming across every single day. groups of over 100 individuals coming into the border patrol custody. number two, the flow-through, through h.h.s., they're moving and they're trying to get more shelters open, for example, the one in san diego, the one in carrizo springs. so they've got to flow those people out as soon as possible. what we're seeing is at first theriority was g boys. for example, carrizo springs has young boys from 13 to 17. san diego is goi

i talked to the democrat who represents laredo, texas, in the house of representatives, and he had a perfect explanation for why this is the case. a gun license, you have to show a photo id to get the gun license. that process has already been taken care of. they student id does not require you to show any kind of id other than the fact that you are a student at the university, which means that if you are undocumented and you have absolutely no right to vote as a noncitizen, you can still get a student id. allowing someone who has a student id to vote basically be saying if you are undocumented, all you have to do is get a student id to vote, and there would be no questions asked. it is a workaround of the voter id law in texas. you are comparing apples to oranges, and that is from a democratic congressman. sadiqa: it does not matter to m if it is a democrat or a republican. the issue should be a nonpartisan one. if we want to talk about policy change and really care about voter access and who is allowed to have a voice mode we should not be speaking as republicans or democrats. we s

answer it i talked to congressman henry clay our who is the democrat or represents laredo texas in the house of representatives and he had a perfect explanation for why this is the case of a gun license you have to show i.d. a photo id to get the gun license so that process is already been taken care of a student id does not require you to show any kind of id other than the fact that you're a student at the university which means that if you're under occupation it and you have absolutely no right to vote as a non-citizen you can still get a student id so allowing someone who has a student i.d. to vote would basically be saying if you're under occupation all you have to do is get a student i.d. to vote and there were no questions asked which is a complete work around of the voter id law that's in place in texas so you're comparing apples with oranges and that is the answer from a democratic congressman to me and again it doesn't matter to me if is a democratic congressman or republican congressman the issue should be a not artists what if we want to really talk about policy change and w

get it done as simply as possible but numbers are continuing to rise and grow and we are not like laredovalley. process of migrants and refugees and that sort of thing. carley: 150 immigrants arrive at dell rio every day, your community of 35,000 people. i'm hearing you say you don't have the resources to house these individuals that are you concerned about safety? other mayors say members of the cartel, trying to get into the united states themselves. >> two weeks ago there was a high-speed chase, an individual was trafficking humans. the eight individuals passed away, state troopers and the sheriff department is a true safety concern, when you have known human traffickers passing through the counties, a major concern. the legal court through nonessential travel. for human trafficking, or whatever the case may be. >> you mentioned those policies. president biden, one of the first things he did was the remain in mexico policy, he tried to do away with other things like deportations for 100 days which didn't work out. do you feel president biden created this issue and it is on your doorst

i have been told that they are bringing people from mcallen over to laredo and they are going to releasem in our community. >> tucker: those numbers of people being released. the biden administration is purposefully withholding that information. now, why would they do that? how bad is it? this is an elected democrat admitting he has no idea how many people are reporting to his community every day because the biden administration is hiding this information. he is supposed to be representing this county but he has no idea how many of them are criminals. he has no idea how many of them have covid. no one knows. the situation there is that out of control. and it's not just henry claire who is upset about it. another democrat from texas has charged the biden administration as encouraging illegal aliens, which obviously they are. it has gone worse. i don't think frankly that the biden administration was aware of what is happening around here. i don't think they were aware that there were that many coming across. the border patrol is overwhelmed. they are throwing up their hands because they do

we are here in roma, texas in stark county which lies between mcallen, texas and laredo.ind me is an embattled area between two cartels and really one of the most violent on the southwest border and just to put things in perspective with the amount of immigration being seen in rio grande valley sector in the last seven days where we are, cbp has apprehended over 12,000 people. last night starting around 8:00 p.m., we started to see that and actually be getting behind me. this is an island known as salinas crossing where specifically uses certain independent groups to smuggle people into the u.s. and we document over 200 people last night. >> tucker: so you just reminded us that we are not watching simply economic migration. there is a war on going in the country right to the south which the media ignores because it is considered impolite to mention it. but how does that not increase the risk to the united states when you have people coming from a war zone? >> it is a great point. it is something i think that has not been discussed. one of the things we consistently do is

>> i had dinner with henry cuellar in laredo with border patrol two weeks ago or today.der patrol do their job. this is a problem that i think increasingly, you know, the democrat mayor of del rio he raised his hand up and said hey, look, president biden, you guys are failing. you are overrunning our cities, our hospitals, our schools, but also this is the important part and tom just mentioned it, this is horrible for the immigrants, the democrats are saying they are trying to help. they are being literally used as pawns to make money, tens of thousands of dollars per individual sometimes. three to 7,000 for some. $11 million a day for the cartels in laredo, $11 million a day moving human beings for profit. that's what's really going on. president biden now appoints kamala harris to clean up. brian: where is she. >> even worse because she called ice the equivalent of the kkk? tom homan, my friend here, she is making the brave officers of ice and equalgt them to the kkk. said they should be abolished. she said she was for sanctuary cities. she is going to take what's alre

were in roman texas this morning and for the viewers, roma is a small community that lies between laredollen, texas right in the center, and we were sitting on the bluffs at 7:40 this morning when a large gun battle broke out. across from roma, texas, is a small community. that community has been in battle between two cartels between the last few years. the gulf cartel and cartel [indiscernible], known as the [indiscernible] by many. those two cartels have been battling for years and we caught that gun battle this morning. >> tucker: remarkable. >> gunfire, gun battle. >> there we go. we are still alive. >> tucker: not iraq, texas. >> yeah. that's a great point, and that's where we talk about that what's happening at our border is much more in-depth than just the immigration lawyer and i don't want to say just, because it's a serious issue, but it's important that the american people know that what is happening down here is much broader in scope than just people crossing our border and you know, these gun battles are happening -- we were talking with cbp officials, state and local law en

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in laredo, texas, with some of the images.hildren's facility in ka ree sow springs, texas, not far from here. we've been on aerial tours of the border before, craig, but this was the busiest, by far. >> it's been extremely busy. >> reporter: only takes a few minutes to spot them. >> two, four, six, seven, eight, nine, 31 right here. >> reporter: 31 in that group alone? >> just in this group right here. >> reporter: group after group after migrants crossing into the border, as we ride above with the texas department of public safety. >> yeah, that's the smuggler and the coyote returning back to mexico. he's just dropped off looks like hard to keep count. pilot stacy holland has been working the border for more than two decades. you're seeing this all day? >> all day long. >> reporter: especially hard to watch the women holding babies. this is the epicenter of the migrant surge. here in the rio grande valley, texas dps says it's encountered nearly 9,000 migrants in the last two weeks. as washington debates how to slow the surge,

now, when we were over in laredo why he had we did speak to another border patrol agent, hector garza, here is what he had to say about all of this. >> now, we've heard a lot of people say that this is not only a border crisis, but a disaster on the border and i tend to agree with that. we are going to be seeing a disaster. a lot of human suffering. >> and we're just now showing you, we saw one bus coming out since we've been here and another bus, i'm standing in the way, another bus going in for yet another pickup. i'll tell you, kristin and gillian, i've been here a lot over the years, in 2019 and followed the caravan from honduras, guatemala and through mexico, and the agents tell they've never seen anything like this, that's for sure and another thing they like to point out, don't forget who is in charge of this and that is the cartels. nothing crosses that border without the cartel knowing it. kristin, gillian. gillian: great reporting there, speaking of the cartels, we know aside from trafficking in people, adults and especially children, we're also seeing an increase in drug tr