i want to bring in democratic congresswoman veronica escobar from texas. el paso is your district.this the right call by president biden to send troops? >> good morning, ana, yes, i support the president's decision. this is a very different mission for the troops than what we saw during the trump administration. during the trump administration i actually condemned the way that the president was using our troops. they were placed at our ports of entry to turn back migrants, so they were acting in a law enforcement capacity in their full uniform with their long guns interacting with migrants, and again, acting in a law enforcement capacity. this is very different. we have a need for all hands on deck. th the border patrol to address the situation that's happening, and so as long as troops are being used in non-law enforcement capacities and they are not interacting with migrants, i think it will be helpful. and in fact, if you ask most local leaders, what they will probably say is it's still not enough support. so i know that there's a lot of critics, but what's happening here on the

que prohíbe liberar a migrantes que no tenganuna cita para presentarse en corte la congresista verónica escobarr enlos centros de procesamiento esto lo hizo el presidente donald trump no es nada nuevo no es problemapara el juez republicano de los centros de procesamiento en las autoridades liberaron a personas migrantes en las calles en su comunicado la patrulla fronteriza asegura que cumplirán con la ordenpero corren un riesgo vamos haber mucha gente si alguien regresa ya no es como el título 42pero por otro lado estamos viendo de destrucción del sistema de asilo con el título hecho las personas migrantes tiene que demostrar el miedo creíble para poder obtener su ingreso a estados unidos mientras esperan su corte y además no puede llegar aquí a la frontera o si no aplicaron en méxico precisamente sabemos quienes buscan asilo deben iniciar el proceso a través de una aplicación móvil es un programa perfecto porque según algunos funcionarios ofrece hasta un máximo de visitas diarias antes por lo -1 decías no tengo esperanzas quienes las acogen a este proceso serán declarados no aptos para predeci

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congresswoman veronica escobar is a democrat representing el paso, texas, which suffered a mass shooting19. she's also the national co-chair of president joe biden 's reelection campaign. state senator roland gutierrez is a democrat representing state senate district 19, which of course includes uvalde, the sight of that tragic robb elementary school shooting last year. they both join me now. great to have you both of you with us tonight. i hate that it's about this object and the response of the texas governor to it all. let me start with you, congresswoman, escobar, here. i want to start by posing discussion regarding governor greg abbott it's excuses for seeming, you know, just any basic humanity in the way he responds to mess shootings. do you believe he's and competent or callous? >> first of all, thank you for having this conversation. it's so important that we confront hate speech. whether it be in -- incompetence or callousness, what we have seen from governor greg abbott is in that governor leading more and more into extremism. he believes probably that is the only way he can wi

. >> and joining us now is texas democratic congresswoman veronica escobar who represents el paso in her district, also national campaign co-chair for president biden's reelection campaign. good to see you again. thanks for being with us. >> good to see you, andrea. thanks for having me on. >> we're going to hear from secretary mayorkas about the plans at the border later this afternoon. he is down there. by the way, happy cinco de mayo, a day of great celebration, not there but throughout the country for all of us as well. so let's talk about what the administration is doing, though. preparing for the people crossing the border, potentially doubling after the covid restrictions are lifted next week. are they ready? >> well, andrea, we have been working hard as a community, lots of communication and collaboration here in el paso, not just among local leaders, but also with the department of homeland security, with fema and other partners. we knew that this was going to be a tremendous challenge and even before the lifting of title 42 we have -- we are seeing about 2,000 people on the

una alianza inesperada de dos congresistas, la republicana marÍa elvira salazar y la demÓcrata verÓnica escobar que llevan meses trabajando en esta nueva propuesta migratoria que tiene tres partes principales. la primera busca reforzar la seguridad de la frontera y que incluye penalidades mÁs graves y ado agiliza los a la patrulla procesos de asilo polÍtico dentro de estados unidos. hablan de la creaciÓn de centros gigantescos para procesar a las personas que vienen a pedir asilo, y serÍan centros comunitarios y humanitarios administrados por personas que saben al respecto del tema y no por agentes de la ley. y luego incluye un plan de legalizaciÓn para indocumentados. escuchemos. >>> aquÍ nadie puede vivir de gratis, llevan 30 aÑos los indocumentados con escuelas, hospitales y carreteras gratis, no, no. si todo el mundo tiene que pagar, pero yo estoy segura que los millones que nos estÁn mirando y son indocumentados estÁn dispuestos a pagar lo que tengan que pagar en impuestos y estar en la legalidad. >>> calificarÍan para este plan legalidad y dignidad en estados unidos, los que estÉn en esta

you talk to veronica escobar represents that area. why wouldn't we want ngos giving water that people coming across or helping deal with the situation on the border there? bill is for a border wall. that is not something democrats can or will support, but we will support increased funding for border patrol. we will support increased funding for immigration judges to quickly process things we will support better technology and security on the border, so why not come up with a compromise? last week title 42 expired, eliminating rules that allow the us to swiftly expel migrants. illegal border crossings were up in the days leading to the end of the policy. but since then the homeland security secretaries is crossings are down by about 50% still, border cities in texas are dealing with that influx of migrants. governor greg abbott has been sending busses of migrants to new york city and other so called sanctuary cities reporter stephanie bertini has more tonight on the growing immigration debate and how new york hopes to manage the migran

texas democrat veronica escobar and florida republican maria elvira salazar announce what they call a breakthrough. it's called the dignity act. the bipartisan bill boost border security while creating legal pass for asylum seeker, we're going to treat you with humanitarian efforts, but you're not going to be able to gain the system anymore. it would also create a legal pass to citizenship, but only after the border is verified to be secure for an entire year. a true compromise, but no bipartisan solutions inside. they hold both of their parties come on board in washington. raquel martin. california attorney general rob bonta is going after walmart accusing it of selling illegal weapons. this all stems from. >> allegations the retailer and some of its third-party vendors illegally sold 250 brass knuckles like these to customers through the walmart website. even though brass knuckles are classified as deadly weapons under california law, walmart has agreed to pay half a million dollars as part of the settlement reached with the state. it is unacceptable. let's be clear. >> that walmart

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. >>> "outfront" now, democratic congresswoman veronica escobar who represents el paso, texas, good toave you with us. when we look at what's happening, the president announcing today he's sending 1,500 additional troops to the border to help, democratic senator bob menendez called this unacceptable and said, quote, the administration has had over two years to plan for the eventual end of this trump era policy in a way that does not compromise our values as a country trying to score political points or intimidate migrants by sending the military to the border caters to the republican party's xenophobic attacks on our asylum. do you agree with his assessment? >> i do not agree with the senator. this is a very different approach using the military than what we saw in the last administration, which i did condemn. during the last administration, then president trump used our military personnel to actually interact with migrants and take on a quasi-law enforcement role. in fact, here in el paso, we saw military personnel with long guns turning migrants away at our ports of entry. our united

you talk to veronica escobar who represents that area, why wouldn't we want ngos giving water to peoplethe situation on border? their bill is for a border wall. that is not something democrats can or will support, but we will support increased funding for border patrol, increased funding for immigration judges to quickly process things, we will support better technology and security on the border. so why not come up with a compromise there? and the president, with by the way, is doing everything he can to reverse the catch and release. you have border agents now and judges quickly calling people who are coming at the border within hours, and many of the folks who don't have legitimate claims aren't being allowed n. shannon: just a couple of recent fox polls on this, on how president's doing the on immigration, 61% disapproval. and how he's treating illegal immigrants, 9% say too tough, 60%, overwhelming majority, say not tough enough. so whatever this administration is doing, voters out there do not think it's effective. they lay this at the president's feet. >> they understand that the

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you talk to veronica escobar represents that area.hy wouldn't we want ngos giving water that people coming across or helping deal with the situation on the border there? bill is for a border wall. that is not something democrats can or will support, but we will support increased funding for border patrol. we will support increased funding for immigration judges to quickly process things we will support better technology and security on the border, so why not come up with a compromise? now last week title 42 expired, eliminating rules that allowed the us to swiftly expel migrants . illegal border crossings were up in the days leading to the end of that policy, but since then, the homeland security chief says crossings are down about 50. still though border cities in texas are dealing with that influx of migrants and governor greg abbott has been sending busses of migrants to new york city and other so called sanctuary cities. reporter stephanie bertini has more tonight on the rowing, immigration debate and how new york hopes to manage

let's talk about that with democratic congresswoman veronica escobar of texas, a national chair for presidentat is one of the biggest challenges, breaking through the fragmented media environment and meeting voters where they are. what's the strategy to break through? >> good morning, mika. wonderful to see you this morning. i'm grateful for the opportunity to talk about the important work ahead that we have in congress and that we have in making sure that we reelect our president. as you mentioned, one of our challenges is that fragmented media market. we are going to lean in and depend on our grassroots operation. it's really important that we meet with our voters where they are, that we engage at the ground level and that we have the conversations and make the investments necessary to ensure that we get folks to the polls and we secure those 270 electoral votes on election night. >> i wanted to touch base with you on one of the plans laid out in that memo. that is to try to boost support among latino voters and black voters. donald trump made some gains in those groups back in 2020. there

debe ser reclamada segura, las congresistas marÍa elvira salvas a republicana por florida y verÓnica escobarra y los Únicos que podemos hacerlo es el congreso federal norteamericano, nosotros, por eso lo estoy haciendo, haciÉndolo fÁcil para que la gente diga este proyecto me gusta y si no negociÉmoslo. >> necesitamos mÁs oportunidades para inmigraciÓn legal, necesitamos mÁs que asilo. andrea: la propuesta permitirÍa las personas indocumentadas poder trabajar sin ser deportadas, acelerar el proceso de asilo y pondrÍa abajo tenso los solicitantes que lleguen por la frontera en estaciones humanitarias donde permanecerÍan hasta que su caso se ha decidido, explicaron que para poner financial o planean deducir parte del salario de las personas sin estatus legal permanente en el paÍs. karla: seguiremos pendientes con lo que suceda que te damos las gracias porque informen vivo. alan: el gobernador de florida de manera oficial su campaÑa por la casa blanca colorear y en la conversaciÓn con elon musk, la primera dama del estado ya brinda un adelanto con este vÍdeo promocional en dicha plataforma. [ha

i mean there, bill takes away funding from any of the ngos in el paso, you talk to veronica escobar represents that area. why wouldn't we want ngos giving water to people coming across or helping deal with the situation on the border? there? bill is for a border wall. that is not something democrats can or will support, but we will support increased funding for border patrol. we will support increased funding for immigration judges to quickly process things we will support better technology and security on the border, so why not come up with a compromise? last week titled 42, eliminating rules that allow the united states to quickly expel migrants. illegal border crossings were up in the days right before the end of that policy, but since then, the homeland security secretary says those crossings are down. 50% still border cities in texas dealing with that influx of migrants. texas governor greg abbott has been sending busses of migrants to new york city. and other so called sanctua thig e growing immigration debate and how new york hopes to manage the migrants who are coming. they're looking