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Immigration reform. theres been a hunger for it across the united states. we need to deal with these questions, the border crossing questions, and theyre not being addressed. >> lets talk about the asylum question. no better person to have than joyce vance. give us the legal ramifications of what the efforts are that are being made right now by this administration to change the way we handle asylum applications in that they would stay at someplace potentially on the mexico side as opposed to pot...

Something. >> no. they issued a memo saying we need to work with mexico to vet these people, keep them in mexico, go through the asylum process there and take it on a case by case basis and so who qualifies. theres no evidence or no proof that these guys will show up to the port of entry and bum rush it and becoming illegal immigrants. theyre coming to seek asylum. some of them really do have a very plausible case. unfortunately they get washed up with the ones because they want a better job. th...

The border caravan doesnt really pose a threat. that this is just political theater. what do you say to that? >> well, look, you know, there is a lot of arguments as to how many people are there. we know there are thousands and we know there are thousands more coming. and the question i would ask is how many that are there are you willing to accept in the country that are criminals? and the answer should be zero or at least make every attempt to screen them to say they are not a threat is absurd...

>> so kirstjen nielsen is lying. >> no. they issued a memo saying we need to work with mexico to vet these people, keep them in mexico, go through the asylum process there and take it on a case by case basis and see who qualifies. theres no evidence or no proof that these guys will show up to the port of entry and rush it and becoming illegal immigrants. theyre coming to seek asylum. some of them really do have a very plausible case. unfortunately they get washed up with the ones because they wa...

Are going to lose control or people are going to start getting hurt, we will close entry into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control. the whole border, i mean the whole border and mexico will not be able to sell their cars into the united states where they make so many cars at great benefit to them. >> the mayor of tijuana where the majority of the caravan is right now, more than 5,000 people, many of them women and children, saying that theyre fleeing poverty and vio...

Well, i think this may be semantics, the two administration officials i spoke to today cautioned me saying that still the operational and legal details of this deal were being worked out. but they have had something on the table for weeks, and they believe that mexico will definitely be agreeing to this. from their perspective, theres a deal, its just a matter of the details being worked out. mexico wants something in return. they arent going to be as ready to say they have a deal, and no matter...

The hour, sources say they have struck a deal to allow asylum seekers to stay in mexico while their applications are processed in the u.s. i want to turn to jeff bennett near west palm beach near where the president is staying this holiday weekend. is there any reaction from the white house? >> reporter: two u.s. officials now tell nbc news what the "washington post" first reported, which as you mentioned, theres a plan underway to effectively remake the asylum process, at least as it relates to...

Its about border security and caring about the american public. >> charles: what do you anticipate? we have a court ruling saying if you can get to this country, get your feet on american soil, you can go through the asylum process which has been criticized by many people and abused as we know. so how do you guard against something like that? >> we do expect for people to cross the border illegally. our border patrol agents are ready. we have the u.s. military members at the redry to process the...

Oppose a condition congress successfully forbidden failure to apply with entry requirements such as arriving at a designated port of entry should bear little f. any, weight in the asylum process and on top of that, sending troops to stop the caravan was a political stunt, some of them are going home from politico, quote, the general overseeing the deployment told politico on monday the first troops will start heading home in the coming days, as some are already unneeded, having completed the mis...

Do any of those cases meet the technical definition of asylum and how do you prove that? a threat to your life or family is one thing. generically escaping a country because its poor is another. what do you do? >> id echo the sentiments that the members of the caravan have been provided -- mexico has provided for an asylum process for them in mexico and also opportunities for employment. so if individuals in this caravan are economic migrants, they have been given the opportunity to have a safe ...