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The largest ever asylum seeking group that came as a group. abc news reports 179, 376 cross, people who burrow through internal through a crossing, they were children including 30 unaccompanied minors, children under 18 traveling on their own. parents with children comprise 80% of the total numbers of those crossing the 2000 mile border with mexico. the majority of them like the group near the yuma monday surrender immediately or seek border patrol agents to begin the asylum process. there not t...

Ever asylum seeking group that came as a group. "abc news" reports, the agency says 179 of the records, 370 people who crossed and these are people who burrowed through an internal through crossing. they were children including more than 30 unaccompanied minors, under 18 traveling on their own and parents comprise over 80% of the total apprehensions of those crossing. 2,000-mile long border with mexico. the majority of them, monday, surrender immediately or seek out border patrol agents to begin...

The chinese government denounces criticism. these measures protect more people from being devoured by extremism. they are now in the u.s. going through the asylum process. its not easy. three-year-old suffers chronic asthma attacks and she cant afford a pediatrician. one day she will tell her surviving children that the chinese government killed their brother. >> wolf, cnn has reached out to prisons and police stations and government offices, has not gotten any response. the part thats so chilli...

>> let me ask you a question. should they be able to cross over the fence? what you want to do? >> i want border security. i want a legal asylum process, a legitimate process where are not forced -- >> martha: you are hung up on whether this thing is called a wall. >> it is an effective! >> no it is not. on the wall was put in by george h.w. bush, illegal crossings dropped by 95%. >> everywhere we put the wall -- >> you do not want to have a neighborhood in mexico where people can just move acro...

Outside at night on the sidewalks. they are fired up to get to the u.s. >> brian: steve harrigan, thanks so much. steve harrigan in the middle of the triangle. hes incredible. too bad they dont know the road to getting refugee status. that would be the right way to do it. everyone has a heart but i think basically it comes down to, the social programs in the social fiber, are they for americans or are they for people not even going into the immigration system? >> juan: we have an asylum process ...

Thats never worked in the past. it is even less relevant now because the nature of the flow of illegal immigrants across the border has changed. in the past, it was single adult men that could be apprehended and quickly returned. now, it is more families and uncompanied children, who by u.s. law cannot be returned. they are not trying to enter undetected. they want to be caught and then begin the asylum process that can keep them in the united states even if their asylum claim is not valid. >> b...

>> translator: i dont know what he means by saying we are a danger to his country. most on the other side are migrants and are working over there. >> translator: i hope his heart softens up to give us a chance, because we are not going there to steal from him. we want to work, to help continue building the country. >> on the u.s. side of the border, residents in cities like san diego, just a few miles to the north, live with the realities of immigration, legal and illegal, every day. >> and at t...

Thousands of them, who are in the san diego area. they have gone through the first stage of the asylum process and are now waiting there to see if they get final approval. in the meantime, they need food, water, and shelter. residents spoke out and many views were on display. listen here. >> we are usa, we need to help our people first. i think they need to be helped, but to ask the county for money -- if they want to do it, open up their homes to these people to come into their homes. >> to see...

I love to smile. i love and believe in the american dream. happy new year, america. >> reporter: happy new year, america, to you, too. >> happy new year, america. >> reporter: her mother cindy is doing her best to learn english at her church. >> one, two, three, four. >> reporter: she cannot legally get a job at the stage of the asylum process but says she wants to work. she says she would like to have a job cleaning or at a restaurant or whatever job she can get as long as she can do it with di...

I love to smile. happy new year, america. >> reporter: happy new year to you too. her mother cindy is doing her best to learn english at her church. >> one, two, three, four. >> reporter: she cannot legally get a job at this stage in the asylum process but says she wants to work. she says she would like to have a job cleaning or at a restaurant or whatever job she can get, as long as she can do it with dignity. >> lets work together. they mix the crab apples. >> reporter: so what is the likeliho...