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Customs and border patrol and your asylum request would be processed. that deal was to keep migrants in juarez at a center that we gained access to today. and what you see at this center are children with their moms and their dads with numbers written on their arms. now, the u.s. government told mexican authorities to assign numbers to these individuals. local groups in juarez, they made the decision to write these numbers on their arms. this is called metering. this is the slow drips and drabs ...

Criminal background. you are talking about a group of 600, among more than 8,000 people, so 90% of them, the majority of them have a legitimate claim to a silent prayer that is according to the homeland secretary of the united states, kirstjen nielsen. >> tucker: for one thing, i would say if 600 out of 8000 are "known criminals," that is a higher percentage than a cross-section of the american population. we are getting way more criminals per capita than we have -- >> they are not going to get ...

You are talking about a group of 600, among more than 8,000 people, so 90% of them, the majority of them, have a legitimate claim for asylum. that is according to the homeland secretary of the united states, kirstjen nielseni >> tucker: for one thing, i would say if 600 out of 8,000 are "known criminals," that is a higher percentage than a cross-section of the american population. we are getting way more criminals per capita than we have -- >> they are not going to get in -- there asylum request...

Arthel: turning now to another big story with about three dozen migrants from central america now gathered in the border town of tijuana, mexico is a way to apply for asylum to the u.s. many saying they dont feel welcome there as the city is struggling to provide shelter, food and facilities here this is where we find william la jeunesse live with the very latest. >> theyre not going to get their asylum request anytime soon but we are a one of these rallies which is the anti-caravan. actually to...

Release them into the interior. and we never see them again actually 2% show up at their asylum hearing that weve asked them to come to. so, weve got this mass of people here who have no real claim, and theyve been released into the interior. so not only are we doing the legal immigrants well over a million over year, but tens of thousands of -- hundreds of thousands of people here on an asylum request thats bogus. neil: thank you. well watch how it plays out. to the congressmans point a lot of ...

That he actually did something. there ares funding challenges, hes got some funding. but the american people cant see that. they are seeing him saying "im going to pass this executive order." what they do to see them sending troops to the border. >> adrienne: the caravan, by the way, several months from being at the border. >> harris: there are reports that its dissipating. so there might be some in the caravan who are more physically fit and not traveling with as many people, they might be able...

Theres always a huge backlog, trying to process people coming for legal immigration, the asylum request, this stuff takes forever and nobody seems to be cleaning up the situation in dc. >> it is unconscionable that after we watched what happened in europe in 2015 the united states congress has not stepped up to close the loopholes and manipulation taking place in our asylum system. everybody in the caravan whos coming know full well that as they get to the us and ask for asylum they will be give...

Many got through. mexico agreed to put up shelters, meaning tents, along their border with guatemala. they are allowing 100 migrants per day to come into mexico. those people are being told they need to stay in a government shelter or charity shelter and their applications will then be processed within 45 days. now if they leave and roam the country, they forfeit their asylum request and could be deported. they said the u.s. is following mexicos lead. watch. >> this is an organized effort to com...

Right now at guatemalas border with mexico, there are thousands of migrants waiting to cross 1 of 2 bridges that lead into mexico. earlier today, they broke a gate and they tried to push their way into the country. in spite of the mexican police and the military using smoke canisters to push them back, many of them as you can see kind of got through. mexico has now told the united states it would put up the shelters, meaning tents along the boarder with guatemala. and mexican authorities say the...

Right in out at the guatemala border with mexico there are thousands of migrants waiting in line trying to cross one of two bridges that lead in to mexico. earlier they broke a gate and they tried to push their way in to the country. and in spite of the mexican police and the military using smoke canisters to push them back, many of them as you can see kind of got through. mexico has now told the united states it would put up the shelters, meaning tents along the boarder with guatemala. and the ...