. >> "good afternoon, welcome to the rio grande valley processing center..." >> it opened this summer in response to an influx of unaccompanied minors from mexico and central america. >> do you think this is an immigration issue or a refugee issue? do you think some of them will be granted political asylum? >> we're not talking about criminals. these are innocent children, fleeing desperate times, whether it's poverty, whether it's violence, whether it's the draw of a better life in the united states. >> the obama administration has made it clear: most of the children will be deported. but they continue to arrive -- twice as many as last year, and 4 times as many as in 2011. >> we've been riding along the border all week and we're seeing some action in this area. we're not far away from the river and from mexico. we see some border patrol vehicles over there and some people on the floor, we're going to go check what's going on. >> border patrol has apprehended another group of undocumented immigrants from central america. one by one, their names are taken, their belongings bagged. in

texas governor rick perry attended a briefing this morning about recent apprehensions in the rio grand valley region. >> we know these cameras are effective. but obviously the drones, 24/7, looking down on all kinds of weather day and night, and then you have fast response teams, that is the type of messaging that gets into cartels, anyone else that's engaged in illegal activity. >> the last 24 hours, we had three narcotics seizures right here. >> flying in a chopper with governor perry along the border, he spots two men swimming from the mexican side to the middle of the river. >> they're crossing the river right here. see right there? >> yeah. >> now they're turning around and going back to -- >> so this helicopter was turning. >> more than 55% of all apprehensions along the southern border happen here in the rio grande valley region. homeland security secretary jeh johnson is in south texas as well, opening a new detention facility. the president and his team have constantly touted increased security along the border. >> today we have more agents and technology deployed to secure our south

. >> "good afternoon, welcome to the rio grande valley processing center..." >> it opened this summer in response to an influx of unaccompanied minors from mexico and central america. >> do you think this is an immigration issue or a refugee issue? do you think some of them will be granted political asylum? >> we're not talking about criminals.

i look had 60,000 children unaccompanied, crossing my border in texas through the rio grand valley sector. as a result of doca. you can't deny that the traffickers are going to message this action, and exploit it. i have had high-level people in the state department tell me this. they are worried about this being taken down to the central american countries, and exploited, and we're going to see a surge in illegal immigration. it is going to happen, and this department needs to be ready for that to protect the nation from it. because it's coming in my judgment there's no question about it. the last question is on fraud. 20% of doca applications denied as fraudulent. we saw that after 1996, the world trade center bomber, one of them had fraudulent documentation. what are you going to do to verify that these people are not fraudulently entering the country, including what could be security threats to the country? >> congressman that is something that i too am concerned about. fraudulent applications have the potential to undermine the whole process, and so in the implementation, in the plan

installing them over the rio grande valley to help them out securing the border. you can do some these questions of militarization in the story, "the green monster". in politico magazine. garrett graff joined us for the hour or so. jason is on the line. caller: good morning. you for c-span. i have two questions. what amount of the border are agents and resource support to the mexican border, as opposed to other areas of the border -- you mentioned two thirds of the border is under the jurisdiction -- of course, that includes maybe the coastal areas. most of problems are on the southern border, as we know. the second question is, you the tsa -- i ioned believe it is housed within dhs as well -- can you compare the size of of those organizations? most people have much more contact with tsa. thanks. guest: it's a great question. this gets into some of the challenges that border patrol policing the mission handed e government has it -- iin round numbers, 21,000 the border patrol, about 3000 of them are on the canadian border -- it is actually much longer border than t

the numbers in the rio grande valley in texas are the lowest that they have been in two years and a point that needs to be emphasized about the executive actions that we announced, a large component of them is border security. a large component of our executive actions prioritize the deportation of those who recently arrived here illegally. january 1, 2014, on. those have been here for a number of years who have kids here, who were u.s. citizens, who become integrated members of society. the president has said, you have the opportunity to come forward and submit to a criminal background check and be accountable. but as to the future, we are prioritizing the removal of those who come here in the future because our borders are not open to illegal migration. >> as you know, there's been an outcry of the house of representatives today voted to block the executive order. there are 17 states threatening to sue the obama administration because of the executive order. this certainly is a divisive action that the president and you have taken. >> well, i want the american public to understand that

in the rio grande valley border control captures 108 of these families a day. four out of five from central america. detention centers are so fall that the government processes the families and released them as they wait for deportation hearings. >> it's the same seen repeated twice daly. a homeland security bus pulls in. an officer sustains aside. families mostly single mothers with their children poor out. as the maying rants line up to buy bus tickets to join family they are orderly, nervous and chusted. some have been on the road for 20 days. >> how was your trip here? very tiring. six of the families are from guatemala, another six are from honduras. nine from el salvador. i asked why did they make the journey now, they said one thing has not changed in their home countries, too little opportunities, too much violence. this woman lived in massachusetts for two decades working as a cashier before returning to guatemala to bring back her son. >> he was a newborn when we left him. the two jourpied for 15 days and swam across the rio grande before they were de

slightly owing principally to the spike that we saw in illegal migration and south texas in the rio grande valleyor of our southern border. everybody already saw this here of those crossing of the border. 55% of the increase is due to the rio grande valley center and we served those resources into south texas to deal with that phenomenon can be put more people on the border and we crack down on the smuggling organizations and the numbers of those coming from central america, and that is where they are all coming from and so did the number of repatriations. the high water mark for that search that summer was june 10 of 2014 and after that point once the gate began to put in place are added resources the number declined dramatically. and a lot of it was seasonal and when the new year's comment, but illegal migration prints up and then it goes back down again. last summer in the rio grande sector it we ran up automatically and then it declined beginning on june 10 to the point where the number of those crossing was not the lowest it has been in almost two years and it is significantly lower than it

these family units continue to cross the border at record numbers in the texas rio grand valley.s an average of 108 of these families apprehended each day. and the detention centers still remain so full that the government processes these families and then release them as they wait for a deportation hearing. it's the same scene repeated twice daily since the peak of the immigration crisis. a homeland security bus pulls into the public terminal in texas, an officer steps aside, and a stream of families mostly single mothers with their children pours out. they are orderly, nervous, and most of all exhausted. some have been on the road for more than 20 days. how was your trip here? very, very tiring? six of these families are from guatemala, another six from honduras, and nine from el salvador. i asked them why make this journey now. they said one thing has not changed in their home countries, too little opportunity, too much violence. linda lived in massachusetts for nearly two decades before voluntarily returning to guatemala a year ago to bring back her son. >> he was a newborn w

in texas women in the rio grande valley now hundreds of miles from a clinic, they're going over the mexican border to buy a drug which causes miscarriage and is sold over the counter there as an anti-ulcer medication. some women can't or won't get to a clinic. they're undocumented immigrants and fear arrest, they have no money, there's too much shame around abortion to risk being seen by someone who knows them. but now with clinics disappearing, more and more women will have no choice but to turn to pills, as women do in ireland and other countries where it is illegal for a woman to end a pregnancy. some will end up in emergency rooms. some will be injured. some may die. this is what law supposedly intended to protect women from dangerous clinics will have accomplished. this is what the so-called pro-life movement will have done for life. as e mentioned earlier -- as i mentioned earlier, a single discovery or invention rarely leaves up to its promise of social change. each the birth control pill, an immense event over the clumsy, infallible methods that preceded it have fallen short. half o

. >> "good afternoon, welcome to the rio grande valley processing center..." >> it opened this summernaccompanied minors from mexico and central america. >> do you think this is an immigration issue or a refugee issue? do you think some of them will be granted political asylum? >> we're not talking about criminals. these are innocent children, fleeing desperate

in the texas rio grand valley.e on that in part two of our series later this evening. >> heidi reporting. many try to cross the boarder because of constant violence. amnesty international says there has been a 600% rise in reported torture cases picture or this mexico's police or armed forces. why so many people in mexico are living in fear jose rodriguez once thought that hard work was the secret to success, but 35 years after opening his own butcher shop life for his family hasn't gotten better local ganged kidnapped both of his children, he had to sell fearly everything to pay $50,000 in ransomes. and he still owes $10,000. now he is constantly on the look out for danger. >> you can't get rid of this fear, you have to live with it. when you see a car coming the first thought is they are coming for me, that fear will never leave you, i don't wish nine to experience the held i have lived through. >> violent crime is all too common in mexico, more than 100,000 people have been killed since 2008, and another 22,000

. >> "good afternoon, welcome to the rio grande valley processing center..." >> it opened this summern response to an influx of unaccompanied minors from mexico and central america. >> do you think this is an immigration issue or a refugee issue? do you think some of them will be granted political asylum? >> we're not talking about criminals. these are innocent

i had 60,000 children unaccompanied crossing my border in texas through the rio grande valley sector. sass a result of daka, you can't deny that the traffickers are going to message this, now this executive action and sproexploi. i've had high level people in the state department tell me this, they're worried about this being taken down to the central america countries and exploited and we're going to see a surge and a wave of illegal immigrations. i'm telling you, it is going to happen and this department needs to be ready for that to protect the nation from it, because it's coming in my judgment. there is no question about it. the last question is on fraud. 20% of daca applications denied at fraudulent. we saw after 1996 with being the 1993 world trade center bomber, one of them, had fraudulent documentations exploiting the 1986 amnesty law. what are you going to do to veri verify that these people are not fraudulently entering the country without posing security threat to the country? >> that is something i, too, am concerned about. fraudulent applications have the potential to und

everyone probably saw the images of the kids crossing our border in the rio grande valley sector. summer'sed last resources into south texas to deal with that phenomenon. we put more people on the border. we cracked down on the smuggling organizations. we began repatriating people faster. the numbers of those coming from central america, guatemala, hundreds, el salvador -- that is where they were all coming from -- increased, but so did the number of repatriations back to their countries. the high watermark that surge last summer -- for that surge last summer, i can give you a , june 10, 2014. a lot of it is seasonal. migration starts to go up, and then it takes during the early summer, and it goes down when it is hot. last year in the rio grande sector it went up tremendously, and when up on june 10 until the number crossing now is the lowest it has been in two years. it is significantly lower than it was last year. i want to keep in place for purposes of border security and lot of the resources we put on the southern border to prevent this from happening again. place called dili

look at documents. 60,000 children unaccompanied were crossing my border in texas thing the rio grande valley sector. you cannot of daca, deny that the traffickers are going to message this, this executive action, and exploit it. people in the state department have tall me they are worried about this being taken down to the central american companies and exploited, and we are going to see a surge and wave of illegal immigration. i am telling you it is going to happen, and this department needs to be ready to protect the nation from it, because it is coming. in my judgment, no question about it. question is on fraud or 20% of daca

border security technology upgrades along the rio grande valley will not happen as scheduled this approach not only punishes secretary johnson and d.h.s. headquarters, it undermines homeland security. madam speaker, clearly the insertion of the financing for political parties is -- undermined mccain-feingold and for that and other reasons i oppose the rule and the underlying bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: i make this point again. i agree with some of the points of my good friend from mississippi -- that my good friend from mississippi makes but this could be avoided if the united states senate had simply picked up appropriations bills and passed them. this could have been long done. we could have to come to an agreement many months ago. we try tond several different occasions. we brought bills to the floor, under open amendment, something my friends did not do their last year in the majority. we have multiple opportuniti

border control continues to arrest 108 families on average a day in the texas rio grande valley. more on that in part two of our border series, later this evening. >> thank you very much. let's go to douglas gibs, a radio host who helped organize anti immigration protests over the summer in california. thanks for being with us. do you feel like you make a difference? >> i feel we did make a difference and i think president obama addressed the issue sooner than he wanted to because of that protest. >> based on that and his executive action, which some critics decried and yet hispanics say deportations are up, do you praise the president for are what he did or condemn him? >> no, i condemn him for it. the laws on the books the immigration laws were there to protect the population from disease, from a criminal element and from a terrorist element. by them not being screened -- >> made its way across the border? >> i'm sorry. >> has there ban terrorist that's made its way across the border? >> according to reports, one in three people who cross are of middle eastern descent. >> i wan

look at documents. 60,000 children unaccompanied were crossing my border in texas thing the rio grande valley sector. you cannot of daca, deny that the traffickers are going to message this, this executive action, and exploit it. people in the state department have tall me they are worried about this being taken down to the central american companies and exploited, and we are going to see a surge and wave of illegal immigration. i am telling you it is going to happen, and this department needs to be ready to protect the nation from it, because it is coming. in my judgment, no question about it. question is on fraud or 20% of daca applications are denied as fraudulent. 93 -- 1993nd 1990 world trade bombers exploited the amnesty law. what are you going to do to verify that these people are not fraudulently entering the country, including what could be security threats to the country? >> congressman, that is something that i am also concerned about. fraudulent applications have the potential to undermine the whole process. in the implementation, in the planning for the ample mentation, i want to

i had 60,000 children unaccompanied crossing my border in texas through the rio grande valley sector. as a result of daka, you can't deny that the traffickers are going to message this, now this executive action and sproitexploit it. i've had high level people in the state department tell me this, they're worried about this being taken down to the central america countries and exploited and we're going to see a surge and a wave of illegal immigrations. i'm telling you, it is going to happen and this department needs to be ready for that to protect the nation from it, because it's coming in my judgment. there is no question about it. the last question is on fraud. 20% of daca applications denied at fraudulent. we saw after 1996 with being the 1993 world trade center bomber, one of them, had fraudulent documentations exploiting the 1986 amnesty law. what are you going to do to verify that these people are not fraudulently entering the country without posing security threat to the country? >> that is something i, too, am concerned about. fraudulent applications have the potential to unde

480,000 that went up slightly path to the spike of legal migration just in south texas in the rio grande valley section. everyone here saw images of the kids crossing the border in the rio grande valley sector. research last summer we crackdown on the smuggling organizations the numbers of those in the is also the number of repatriations. that high water mark i can give you the exact day coverage june 10, 2014 after that point and once we began to put in place the number declined dramatically. when the new year comes in and always peaks year after year then goes back down again. last summer in the rio grande valley sector it went up than duke declined up dramatically to the point where the numbers of kids crossing and is now the lowest in two years but i want to keep the place where the resources we put on the southern border to prevent this from happening again. was in a place in texas on monday to talk about the opening of our new detention center the largest immigration detention center that we have with the capability to hold 2400 people. we should send a message the borders are not open to