national security and military analyst rebecca grant, president of independent research. rant, this idea sending money down across the border could make -- they address crime, the gangs, they address food and quality of life, with that be enough to try and slow down migration? >> we are talking about $4 billion in direct aid to these three northern triangle countries and the problem is that this is a very long-term solution if it works at all. the crisis, as we see is right here right now, a lot of it centers on mexico's response and as far as root causes, it the perfect storm. drugs, violence, who can blame them for wanting to come to the u.s.? we need bear in legal immigration and realize there are root causes here within u.s. policy as well. eric: when you talk about u.s. policy, what you think should change? the administration says they are sending a lot of adult back, expelling them, certainly families know they could come in, asked for asylum and often not, especially younger children are sent to family members here. >> yes and i think that's part of what makes it so