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Election cycle to now at this point try to reset the national debate on daca. its absurd. if they want to do something to actually help america, what they should do is urge some more moderate democrats to help reform, lets say, the asylum process that is being abused today by illegals. you know that asylum applications have increased by 1700% over an eight year period alone? i wonder why thats happening. at a moment -- noun has the generic ballot tightening from a previous 13-point advantage for...

Laws than anywhere in the world. we have laws that were written by people that truly could not love our country. >> i know, sir, a bit earlier this year, you proposed some legislation that would harden the asylum process to prevent abuses. but do you think the president is going too far with that comment? >> well, i dont think that our immigration system was prepared by people that dont love our country. the problem is our immigration system was written and put in place at a time when we had dif...

Doing everything that she has within her discretion to help secure the border. were asking congress for help to shore up some loopholes and change the way the law is executed in immigration enforcement. >> sandra: 158 have been let in since last weekend. another 62 migrants were still waiting for the chance to begin the asylum process. >> theyll wait. when we have capacity theyll let the folks in and put them through the process and theyll let them in. we expect to be done with that sometime thr...

Theres a lot of talk about whats happening on the border in a different state, california, that so-called migrant caravan. assume youve been following the news. were now told that 28 migrants from that caravan have been admitted to the u.s. for asylum processing. i want to ask you on this. do you think these folks, these migrants that are going through this process, are going through this lawfully or do you agree with the president who said these people are openly defying our border? which is it...

Happening now, were told that u.s. border patrol agents are processing eight of the more than 100 people seeking asylum on the mexico, u.s. border. >> we know 11 other migrants part of the caravan were arrested for trying to illegally enter the united states. lets go straight to our senior national correspondent kyung lah. eight being processed out of 100, 11 arrested, what is the latest? >> reporter: lets bring you up to date on that eight. thats where i want to start, john and poppy. it is thr...

If their country of origin, if they have a legitimate reason for applying for asylum. one of the people, we have been following, a woman neighbored gabriela, following her for weeks, she came from honduras, pregnant, traveling with her two young children. she is one of the eight. that now all begins. but starting from here, what happens now, it could be weeks if not years before there is some end, some answer for this asylum process. as far as what happens here at the border, i want you to walk ...

>> reporter: what i can tell you is the eight people who have begun their asylum process is a sign of hope for those here. you can see that theyre living under tarps, theyre sleeping on blankets, on concrete. thats really the only blankets separating them from the pavement, kate. what those eight people represent to them is a sign of hope that they will actually begin to be able to have a life in the united states. but some perspective on this. even though that is day one for those eight people ...

Folks that made it here are now waiting for their time to surrender to the border patrol. surrendering to the border patrol hasnt been easy. over the weekend many people arrived here and got to the gates of the borer patrol and say they too wanted to present themselves to the border patrol but the border patrol says theyve not been able to take those 50 in. that leaves about 100 folks out here in a community like this, also waiting for their chance to get into the doors to apply for asylum to sa...

Sceptical, of course. the difference between past administrations and now is that its the president of the united states and kim himself who are supposed to be meeting. so the stakes are so much higher for both sides to have -- for this to bear some fruit, right? >> thats one difference. the other difference is north korea already has a bunch of nuclear weapons and icbms. they have finished their testing and to figure they are going to give up that stuff is far-fetched when you think about it. w...

>> right. but im going to go back to what john bolton said. seen a lot of words but not seen a lot of action. so theres an opportunity, but theres really no evidence that north korea is really going to make the actual changes that we need to see. i went again to south korea after our trip in february. we went to the olympics, and there you had that standoff between mike pence and kim jong-uns sister, and it was clear then that the u.s. was in a position because the south koreans have taken this ...