we're talking about the uncompanied minors arriving in the u.s. in new and shocking numbers. now keep in mind that most of the time most years mexicans are the vast majority of unauthorized border crossers. but in the case of these latest kids trying to enter the united states in large numbers three america. something is up. the number of hondurasen kids coming across is up 150 percent. is there word coming up from central america about what is spurring this? >> violence in central america and violence being caused by criminal elements. these are countries with very weak governance and without the resource to combat the violence. we hear from a lot of children that we're working with that the gangs are coming into their schools. they're coming into their homes and threatening their lives or threatening the lives of their parents if the parent won't turn the child over to the gang member. we also see a lot of girls arriving in the states who are pregnant either because the gangs raped them in their home country or raped along the way very often by the same criminal element who

border overwhelming the normal channels dealing with up documented border crossers and uncompanied miners. miners--minors. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the united states border patrol reports the number of minors crossing the border illegally has jumped more than $1,000%. vice president joe biden is in central america for talks on the refugee flow. it's created a practical legal problem and real humanitarian challenge for the united states. and an opening for the human smuggling gangs of mexico that have long sense joined forces with organized crime south of the border. when an adult crosses the border or shortly after reaching safe harbor in an american city it sets off one set of american responses. when a child is involved in the process, and part of a stampede sent from south american countries, it creates a different problem. >> reporter: 9 wave of uncompanied minors crossing the border has triggered an unscheduled summit with south american leaders. vice president joe biden is meeting with guatemalan president, and the president from ecuador and other leaders.

and there may have been uncompanied minors here to date. water or resources with the volunteers and that according to bill mopt mont is a class four felony of dangerous abuse of children? >> who would be guilty of the abuse? the federal government get of the abuse and talk us through what rights the state of arizona because the governor is critical of this. is arizona equipped to handle a hundred thousand people? you think this is a lot for any state. what rights dot states have when they say we can't handle it. >> they have nothing to say about it in terms of the uncompanied minors. they are transferred to a federal facility in arizona along the border and no different than if the burro of prisones traps fer them to florence. states can complain and how can we help and sent vaccines and humanitarian aid down there. but nothing they can do. the families who are shipped by bus and essentially abandoned at greyhound stations in phoenix and tucson, is that a legal problem? hard to say. if there is a responsible adult with the people and proces

tens of thousands of central americans are crossing the mexican border, that includes uncompanied children, and one of the reason for the surge is a dangerous rear view mirror that are is convincing them to risk everything. paul beban has their story. >> reporter: the journey comes full circle. day and night one, two, sometimes as many as 10 or 12 buses pull up dropping hundreds of hondurans who got caught or turned themselves in. >> we have busloads of families, women and children coming back from mexico. they were on their way to the u.s. didn't make it. they're brought back to this shelter. many have families to meet them to pick them up. others will be transported to another shelter. we have young children by themselves. it's a chaotic scene. why did they go north now? many told us about a rumor that has made it's way south. >> we heard if a parent arrived with a child they would give them permission to go into the u.s. >> we heard if we presented ourselves with our daughter to migration authorities in the u.s. when we made it to the other side of the river, that they would give us a p

. >> reporter: with the flood of central american families and uncompanied children pouring into south texas, an overwhelming border patrol hold tag silts there, u.s. officials are scrambling now to find new places to hold and process them. this week they say they'll start flying several hundred adults and families with small children to sites in san diego and california. already overflow crowds of families crossing the south texas border have been sent to el paso for screening while manufacture the uncompanied children have been moved to the border patrol station in nogales, arizona. that are catching 12 to 1400 migrants a day in the texas rio grande valley. >> everybody has found themselves just a little overwlove overwhelmed with the amount of traffic. >> reporter: 52,000 unaccompanied kids have been caught trying to cross the border illegally along with 39,000 adults with children. this is a scene that repeats itself day by day, hour by hour, immigrants crossing the boreder from mexico into the united states. this is a group from el salvador, 17 people. they arrived just moments af

some 50,000 uncompanied children from central america expected to try to reach the american border and be apprehended the administration is trying to get to the root causes here of pledging million of dollars to some of these governments to try to alleviate some of the gang and youth violence that is driving many of these families to send their children in desperation to the united states. $45million to guatemala. $25million in el salvador. $18.5million to go to the same number of oh youth out reach. many of these countries want special work permits, permission to stay here at least temporarily as they come to the united states illegally. the united states said they're not going to do that. meanwhile, what has become a humanitarian crisis continues. >> well, clearly money is not going to fix this problem. she spoke about this at the white house just an hour ago. >> what we're also doing is working in collaborative fashion some of that is informational campaign. and encountering this intentional campaign propagated by criminal syndicate. >> that's part of joe biden's mission in south am

many children by themselves. 4700 uncompanied minors has crossed the border this year alone.and there are serious health concerns in the housing facilities. >> if someone comes in the united states as a legal immigrant we screen them for tubberculls onnis. and if they come in illegally they are closing together and a lot less public health measures in place. >> to try to help with the problem. vice-president biden went to guatamala and emphasized that uncompanied children are not eligible to be citizens in the united states. that is reenforced by home land security. and there are no permissos or permits or free passes at the end. the united states will give tens of millions to crack down on the rising gang violence they have sewn in the last couple of years. >> we will watch that story and see what happens to those people. 40,000 of them crossing the border since last year. will carr, in los angeles thank you. >>> two brothers convicted of scamming the boston marathon. and how they tried to get away and how they got caught. >>> hope solo accused of assaulting her sister and n

obama wants to see the deportation of the uncompanied minors. he wants to build more facilities to properly house and process the children. >>> lawmakers in pennsylvania and new jersey need to pass new buckets by the end of the day. governor christie is expected to veto a 1.30 billion-dollar plan that calls for tax hikes on the wealth to support pensions. >>> governor corbett responded to tax calls by cutting pensions. they are scheduled to vote on the plan in harrisburg today. >>> the pennsylvania legislator has yet to approve a hike in the cigarette tax in philadelphia. the money will be used to fund the city's public schools. the measure would raise sales tax by $2 per pack. mayor nutter warned that the start of the next school year would be put in jeopardy without an 80 million-dollar cigarette tax it would bring to the district. >> lots of us take the kids to the movies on hot summer days, but the trips can get expensive. amy buckman has tips for saving money. >> reporter: taking the kids to the movie helps the kids to get a break from the

border overwhelming the normal channels dealing with up documented border crossers and uncompanied miners iners--minors. that's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the united states border patrol reports thmb

steps have been taken to help those women and thousands coming in from mexico, including uncompanied children most from central america. >> the administration is making it clear that those children and families that are streaming to the united states at the border with mexico must turn back if they are apprehended they will be sent back. the administration is trying to counter act the rumor that is evidently driving many of these children and families to try to get into the united states, and that is if they get here they will be an amnesty. they will be able to say that is not the case they're emphasiz emphasizing. president obama joe biden with a summit of leaders in these countries trying to send the same message if they come to this country there is no legal mechanism by which they can stay. in the meantime the administration is spending millions of dollars for some of those very same country to assist in the repatriatation with many of those who are trying to come to the united states, who are being turned away, and to do something about the violence that is afflicting the youth

imagine what it would take to send your child uncompanied.ow imagine yourself as the person responsible for sorting through these kids and figuring out how to humanely get them back home? joining me now is immigration reporter, author of "killing the american dream". this is something that has been happening for a while, unaccompanied minors detained, a massive increase of late. >> this is obviously not a new thing. unaccompanied minors have been coming. more often than not they come here to join parents who are already here who have been working here for years, many of them undocumented. but in the last few years we have seen a surge in the numbers of people. and that surge has coincided with an increased level of violence in central america because we must say that these are mostly kids from honduras and guatemala coming here. these three countries and these you can see in many reports by the government and nonprofit organizations for years we have known this crisis was coming. the level of violence is also has a lot to do with the gang mem

b, you just can't send uncompanied children back to where? with who? to what?it's not going to happen. so these kids who have made it are likely to stay. you got to believe at one point their parents will be allowed to come as well. >> john terrett, thank you very much. coming up next on al jazeera america. they're cleaning up parts of the south, especially south dakota after being hit with major flooding. we'll look at whether they have anything else to worry about. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >> secretary of john kerry talked to leaders in iraq who said no to any unity government. >>> an explosion in nigeria that may have been caused by a car bomb parked at a shopping mall.

that includes the uncompanied children from central america. >> reporter: the as the humanas the humanitarian crisis unfold, if they are apprehended, they will be send back. the rumor that is trying t for those who are trying to get to the united states, there will be no amnesty for those who come. if they come to this country there is no legal mechanism by which they can stay. in the meantime the administration is sending millions of dollars to those same countries to assist in the repatriat repatriate those who have come, and the funding includes $40 million to reduce gang membership in guatemala. $25million to build youth outreach centers in el salvador and $18.5 million for youth outreach centers for honduras. we listen to josh earnest in his briefing on friday. >> we're trying to address the problem at the root. some of that is informational campaign. and countering this misinformation campaign that's being propagated by those sin kates. >> those who have been apprehended at the border they can't be turned back by u.s. law and sent back. many are at military basi bases around the country

children coming across the border with mexico which is an hour north of the border with mexico. 54,000 uncompanied children have been apprehended coming into the united states this year double the year before. many are coming to the country to escape violence and extortion from criminal fangs if countries like guatemala and el salvador and honduras. >> the department of motor vehicles has a hearing in oakland on driver's licenses for undocumented residents in california. the hearing focuses on can documents are accepted to establish identity and california residency. 100 people turned out for the hague open tuesday to los angeles. lawmakers passed a law last year to issue driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. the hearing starts at 10:00 a.m. in oakland. >> profuse apology from gary oldman for antisemitic remarks he made in a "playboy" interview appearing on jimmy kimmel shaken and very emotional. the english scene stage actor told kimmel he hud have then better than to make a series of comments ripping political correctness in hollywood in his defense of outburst made by mel gibson and ale

government plans to turn a texas warehouse into a processing center for uncompanied children who have illegally crossed the border. more than 52,000 have been arrested since october. texas governor perry visited the facility yesterday. perry a critic of u.s. immigration policy said the border must be controlled. >> it is a major, major catastrophe waiting to happen. as a matter of fact, it's happening as we're speaking. >> perry said the current policy gives immigrants the impression that once they cross the border, they can go anywhere they want. >>> coming up on the "morning news," bitter contest. mississippi senator thad cochran faces a fierce fight to save his tea party seat against challenger chris mcdaniel. this is the "cbs morning news". >> announcer: this portion of "cbs morning news" sponsored by vagisil. the experts in intimate health. vagisil. the experts in health. forever. introducing nespresso vertuoline. now coffee becomes an experience like nothing you've ever had before. nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. >>> an officer saved a woman's life wit

now to the growing problem of where to house tens of thousands of uncompanied children from central america streaming across the southwestern border of the united states. as anna werner tells us, federal officials are regrouping this weekend after a town in virginia balked at a plan to settle 500 of the children there. >> reporter: the department of health and human services needs more space to house the children crossing the border unaccompanied. had planned to house bus loads of them at this empty college campus in lawrenceville, virginia, but the office for refugee resettlement was forced to scrapt plan after a community pac lash. >> we do apologize for the fact that you heard about this project too far along. >> reporter: residents packed a high school auditorium to voice their discontent. >> locate them in d.c., where you can keep a very close eye on their welfare, rather than putting them in our backyard. ( applause ) >> reporter: since october, 52,000 unaccompanied children have been picked up trying to cross into the u.s., a 99% increase over last year. the border patrol has also se

a senate panel voted to give the obama administration an extra $2 billion to handle a surge of uncompanied children caught trying to cross the mexican border by themselves. as vicente arenas reports, they're being held in a warehouse in arizona. >> reporter: the department of homeland security has denied our request to go inside the facility at the site of nogales because of the age of the children. some of the immigrants are only as old as 12 years old. the only glimpse inside are these photos obtained by a local radio station. more than 700 sleep in these large rooms. you can see the foil blankets covering the children. most traveled alone from el salvador, guatemala, and honduras. a salvadorean diplomat has been inside. >> it's not appropriate. >> it's not appropriate. >> translator: i was worried because they didn't have a good place to sleep, no privacy or proper bathrooms. >> reporter: the influx of children is being blamed on poverty and drug-related violence in central america. it's also believed that parents think there have been changes wrongly made by president obama prohibiting

president biden is adding a stop to guatemala to the latin america trip to try and stop the flow of uncompanied children being sent into the united states. the number of kids trying to cross into the united states without parents has skyrocketed to 47,000 just the first five months of the year up 92 percent over last year. on friday he will meet with leaders of guatemala, hondurans and el salvador. an official said yesterday that many in the country believe that children who make it to the united states alone will not face deportation. that is not true. >> the f.a.a. is investigating a potentially dangerous mishap with a plane in atlanta. an air traffic controller told the delta pilot to circle the airport and it is later said he wasjecting. >> 6:30, go around. i'm kidding, kidding. >> i have never heard of a situation quite like this, the controller was trying to make a little joke but you cannot do, i don't think there was a major hazard but there could have been. >> the pilot landed the passenger plane safely on the second approach. >>> the san antonio spurs are the champions of the nba hamm

>> well, sir, if you're asking me if i can take an uncompanied child, turn them around on the border and send them back to guatemala, i don't believe the law would permit us to do that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> and you can see all of that hearing with homeland security secretary jeh johnson this sunday at 12:25 p.m. eastern over on c-span. >>> we believe that all men are created equal, yet many are denied equal treatment. we believe that all men have certain unalienable rights, yet many americans do not enjoy those rights. we believe that all men are entitled to the blessings of liberty. yet millions are being deprived of those blessings. not because of their own failures, but because of the color of their skin. the reasons are deeply embedded in history and tradition and the nature of man. we can understand without rancor or hatred how this all happened, but it cannot continue. our constitution, the foundation of our republic, forbids it. the principles of our freedom forbid it. morality forbids it. and the law i will sign tonight forbids it. >> this weekend, the 50th annivers

last week president obama called the surge of uncompanied minors a humanitarian crisis.federal emergency management agency to lead the government's response. and on thursday homeland security secretary jay johnson underscored the executive order that allows his department to delay prosecuting undocumented minors does not apply to these new arrivals. >> those apprehended at our border are priorities for removal. they are priorities for enforcement of our immigration laws regardless of age. if you cross the border illegally today, you are not eligible for doca treatment northern are you eligible for the earned path to citizenship that is being contemplated by the legislation now before congress. >> secretary johnson also kripeted the current humanitarian crisis as a reason for immigration reform. >> i think the thing that this brings home is the need for comprehensive immigration reform which includes added resources for border security as well as -- as well as stability in the law right now. if congress acts i believe we know our immigration law landscape for years, if no

obama wants to speed the deportation of the uncompanied minors.wants to build facilities to properly house and process the children. >> lawmakers in pennsylvania and new jersey need to pass budgets by the end of the day. governor christie is expected to veto a tax hike on the wealthy in order to fund public pensions. >>> pensions are a bargaining chip in pennsylvania governor corbett called for cuts that would fund pensions. they will vote on the budget today. >> leanna harris conducted online severance about kids dieing in hot cars just before her husband left their toddler in an suv earlier this month. she has not been named a suspect. she told authorities she was afraid this might happen to her son. police say her husband justin left the boy intengsally in the car -- intentionally in the car after doing internet search of his own. justin harris is jailed on charges of murder and second degree child cruelty. >> police in utah say a crook's conscience got the best of her before the crime got too far. she stole a minivan which was running unattend

. $2 billion being sent to help children who show up uncompanied at our border get into the united states should inextend be spent to deport the 36,000 criminal aliens who were released onto our streets after they had been convicted of crimes, many of them very serious crimes, and then served their time, and instead of being turned over and detained until they were deported to their own country, let back out on the streets to commit more crimes, which is what we know happens when you have high recidivism rates and they have high recidivism rates. >> with that knowledge, shared, one presumes, by the leadership of the department of homeland security and its various agencies, how is it that this is happening that our government is not enforcing laws, that is permitting this kind of conduct de facto amnesty seems to be the result on the part of this administration. what more do you know today and can you give american tax pairs and citizens any comfort that the federal government actually knows what the hell it's doing? >> well, i know there are members of the union that represents the i.c.e.

. >> new information on what the obama administration is planning to do about the thousands of uncompaniedmino coming into the country. they are meeting with senior officials of honduras and el salvador. they are clearing up a misperception that parents won't deport illegal minors. after growing criticism over the president's handling of our crisis at the borders. >>> there's a human tragedy going on at the southern border. what is he doing this weekend to correct that? he gave a partisan speech and then played golf. he was disengaged on solving the challenge of immigration. >> we have seen a 92 percent increase in minors crossing the border. >> they are here illegally but soon in new york undocumented borders could become state citizens with all of the benefits. a new bill introduced today will allow immigrants who are not u.s. citizens to become new york state citizens if they can prove they have lived and paid taxes in the state for at least 3 years. now the bill which would apply to nearly 2.7 million residents will give them driver answer licenses and voting rights. >> the party is st

download it now >> and the last eight months some 52,000 uncompanied children have entered the united states from mexico. for many the u.s. was the final stop of probably a stron long journey. many traveled thousands of miles to get here. why do they do it? >> reporter: i met manuel earlier this week. while his son was sitting in a detention center, manuel got teary eyed as he described the gang fighting that prompted manuel's son to travel to the border. >> when he's not waiting he's working. preparing a home for a son he has not seen in seven years. >> from honduras he crossed you the border in 2006. but he only had enough money to bring his wife or his son. >> why did you leave your son behind? >> because i could leave him with his grandmother who would raise him in the christian faith. >> but his home was attacked by the gangs. >> not even the military or the government can control the gangs in honduras. those who don't want to be in a gang, who knows what happens to them. >> so he and his wife paid a coyote to bring his son to the united states. >> we made the decision two or thr

board parole is letting people see inside facility housing migrant children tens of thousands of uncompaniedors illegally enter the united states every year. last week these images kick started a wave of criticism on juvenile immigrant detention centers. one of the two facilities being opened up to the media today. the other is in brownsville texas. we're outside the brownsville facility. i understand that you got that first-hand look for yourself. tell us what you saw. >> well, tony, it's pretty bad. it's just like those videos you were showing. inside this small facility are 500 children who call this their temporary home. that's twice the capacity of this border station. we did get a peek inside today. i saw there were eight holding cells. each of these are only the size of a large bedroom. imagine, 16 children. they're separated by gender and by age. no windows to the outside world. all they can see is through the glass inward at their guards. as soon as you walk into the guard area a group of small boys rush to that glass, they push their noses to the window. some wave. some return a sm

nothing says you care like a milk-bone brushing chew. [ barks ] >> with 10s of thousands of uncompaniedchirp pouring into the u.s. illegally the problem is where to put them. while some are staying on u.s. ilta ilt military bases. under the obama's administration's immigration policy. the children will be allowed to stay in the u.s. president obama is greeing to appoint a three panel board. the electrician and engineers unions are asking for a raise of almost 15%. about three% more than they have already been offered. employees will have to return to work while necessityigotiations continue. for all of your latest headlines log onto fox nenews.com. >> now it's time for fast justice. the irs actually told congress they can't find an untold number of e-mails to and from the learned lois learner, a central figure in the obama political targeting scandal. the irs says her e-mails prior to 2011 are gone because her computer crashed that year? really. how come it never crashes in our favor? >> we actually have the woman at the center of one of the biggest corruption scandals in american polit

i've seen photographs of the people there in fact i'll be there this weekend, go to the uncompanied kidse there the different officers, border patrol officers, everybody working together to address this issue. again, if we don't work with mexico and honduras and el salvador or guatemala, all we'll do is keep playing defense. we're seeing what's happening when someone comes in and takes one border patrol agent will take two hours to process that individual, so if you multiply that times 1200 we get in a day, that will tell you not only that we have to address the humanitarian crisis but it's actually taking the border patrol away from the border where they are supposed to be securing the border. >> we really appreciate it and we would love to come back to you on this esh yu. moved so many in our audience. >> ahead, we'll have an update on the deadly school shooting in oregon. one student killed and gunman dead. we'll be back. you're looking at the live picture. we'll take you to the scene of the crime, troutdale, oregon. stay with us. ney nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... oh y

. >> john, the uncompanied miners are crossing into the u.s. illegally from mexico, but the journey began thousands of miles away in central america. when you think about the shear numbers, think of this. the number of miners i minors i. have increased 92% from this time last year. when you were this close to the arizona border and you see children wearing camouflaged backpacks, it usually means one thing. they're getting ready to cross illegally into the u.s., with only the clothes on their back and all of their possessions in one bag. over the past months, aljazeera has witnessed dozens of these children and teenagers. most under 17, they are fleeing gang violence and crushing poverty in central america, in el salve door and guatemala. the wave of migrants seeking refuge in the u.s. peeked this weekend. buckses carrying hundreds of children arrive almost daily at this makeshift detention center in arizona. turning border enforcement into a humanitarian crisis, and diplomats from three countries are angry. >> when you have the children, it's n

>>> vice president biden is adding a stop to guatemala to the trip to try and stop the flow of uncompanieddren being sent into the united states. the number of kids trying to cross into the united states without parents has skyrocketed to 47,000 in the first five months of the year, up 92 percent over last year. on friday, he will meet with leaders of guatemala, honduras, and el salvador, and an official says many in the country believe children who make it to the united states will not face deportation but that is not the case. >>> the f.a.a. is investigating a potentially days mishap in atlanta. air traffic crocker told the delta pilot to circling the airport and said he was joking. >> go around. kidding. kidding. i am kidding. >>> i have never heard of a situation kite like this. the controller was obviously trying to make a little joke but you cannot do that. i don't think there was a major hazard but there could have been. >>> the pilot landed the plane safely on the second approach. >> the san antonio spurs are the champions of the nba and they hammered the miami heat to win the fift

partisan fight going on right now over the fate of thousands of immigrant children, undocumented, uncompaniedny are being held in hot crowded detention facilities after crossing in the united states illegally. so often without any parents. the growing problem, the fiery debate over their status. that's coming up. >>> security secretary jeh johnson holding a news conference now to address what many are calling a major hugetarian crisis at the border. secretary johnson is at the border of arizona right now filled with children who crossed into the united states from mexico, most originally from central america. the issue has sparked tense political debate in washington with some republicans accusing the obama administration of simply doing too little too late. polo sandoval has been following the story for us, with analysis of finger-pointing going on. the house judiciary committee about to hold hearings on all of this. what is the latest? is this a real humanitarian tragedy that's going on. >> it really is. and that's the emergency that secretary johnson and really the rest of the administrati

he said the obama administration is to bliem for the flood of uncompanied minors coming into the u.s.g it a crisis. back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> during our extended stay shoot at the tulsa county jail, we met tara goddard. she was about to serve four years in prison for a crime that often results in little more than a few nights in jail. >> there ain't much to do up here. >> nothing at all. >> but read, comb out some hair, eat. >> argue. >> argue. >> though the technical term for her crime was illegal use of a computer, goddard's conviction resulted from her career as an online prostitute. prior convictions for prostitution and drugs contributed to the length of her sentence. >> i have probably been in this jail about ten times but this is the second time i've been in orange. you know. i always just get bailed out. >> goddard's last customer was an undercover cop. she had never served time in prison and was awaiting transfer there when we met her. >> girls in the here will joke around, you know, be like, you'll be somebody's bit

authorities have aft apprehended 52,000 uncompanied children trying to cross into the u.s.n the last nine months. if you want a sense of how dire the humanitarian crisis on our border is, take a look at the chart. the blue bars, number of beds the health and human services department has available for unaccompanied undocumented children who are turned over to hhs. and the tall bars, those are the number of undocumented children border patrol is actually turning over to hhs custody. and the gap, the distance between those two, is presumably filled with kids in situations like this. sleeping on cots or mattresses, or the floor. crammed into detention facilities at numbers far beyond their capacity. so dire is the situation that the first lady of honduras announced this week she'll personally fly up to the u.s. to attempt to collect the 13,000 honduran children who have come to the u.s. by way of mexico. meanwhile, vice president biden is in guatemala to meet with that country's president as well as the president of el salvador. officials from happen duonduras mexico to addres

. >> that was jeh johnson talking about the flood of uncompanied children crossing the border.he chances are congress improving america's immigration laws grows dimer by the day. one year ago this friday, a bipartisan majority passed a broad immigration reform bill, 363 days later, house republicans have yet to bring that bill to the floor for a vote. this morning, democratic congressman louis gutierrez announced the waiting period is over. >> having been given ample time to pass legislation, you failed. the president has no other choice to ensure that deportation policies are humane. >> as part of our week-long series on immigration. we spoke with hispanic leaders using power of the grass roots to bring change from the halls of congress to the streets of their communities. >> i'm a fourth generation american. my great grandfather was in the civil war on the inside of the army. yet my grandchildren and great grandchildren face discrimination because they happen to be mexican-americans. >> half a century after dolores co-founded the united farm workers she still sees prejudice a

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. >> 4 years old, uncompanied. >> yes. >> cnn's martin savidge joined an agent tracking small footprints texas. here is what they found. >> it looks like maybe a family unit, juveniles amongst them, maybe some adults. they'll come back here and be loaded inside. from what we understand, they're from honduras, many of the children really young. the adults may be related to the children or may be only traveling with them. it's past of the puzzle agents have to solve. >> federal officials say 60,000 unaccompanied children will illegally cross the border this year alone. cnn's sandoval is on the border with the story of one teenager, good morning. >> reporter: carol, good morning. the debate rages on thousands of miles away. in order to see the face of the issue yorks view to travel to this corner of the country in south texas. we found the story of a young boy who crossed this river after a treacherous journey. this sister's makeshift shelter offers more than food, clothing and a few creature comforts for the hundreds of undocumented immigrants who pass through the doors. it's also a spirit

legislation to provide legal to uncompanied moirns. everygton journal is live morning on c-span speaker boehner spoke to reporters about his plans to file a lawsuit against president obama regarding executive actions, saying the president has not faithfully the law. this briefing is 10 minutes. >> the situation in iraq continues to worsen. toward baghdad continues. the president has a number of options in front of him, which if part a larger regional strategy i would support. is whether the president will make a decision in time to reverse the terrorist momentum as it sweeps toward baghdad. the president is fond of saying iraqis consult this problem. but we can't pretend that this our problem as well. alowing terrorists to gain save haif from which lauren attacks on americans and our allies is a serious problem. we've got to be engaged in iraq, national interest to reverse the momentum and the spread of terrorism. retroating from the world stage in my view is not an option. it innocent undermines our more chaoslead to and puts american

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