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Is president trump right about that? >> we are looking at different situations. central american countries, we have this agreement since 2006 or 2008, that our citizens can freely move between the countries so long as they carry their national i.d. and go through a border check point. now these caravan, as you might have seen from different videos, it was very, very big group, over 3,000 people. and when the gaud ma plan security forces -- let me say that quickly -- we put 2,000 police officers ...

The preng providing mission-enhancing capabilities reportedly to the tune of 800 men and women. when we last checked, that caravan was in southern mexico, about 1,000 miles from the closest border checkpoint. this journey will take weeks at at least. jonathan, turn to you and ask you about this as a part of the presidents platform. him talking about this. how much is this 2016 all over again? whats his sense of the effectiveness of this in the middle of all thats happening right now? >> you nail...

Them wanting work in the country, even somalis in the area where the caravan was gathering. when its 4000 people, maybe 5000 people, thats a lot of people. if everybody at one time is approaching a border check point, some of them will go through the regular point of entry, some will just walk across. they basically get processed and released into the country after theyre coached, correct? >> exactly. you look at he will val va door, guatemala, honduras, these are some of the most violent countr...

Has to be about people because they are economic refugees. canada has a full blown refugee crisis as well because we have an agreement with the canadians saying if they came from your country first and came through a border checkpoint you have to take them back. we dont have it with the mexicans. >> martha: no, they flow through from guatemala and honduras and say okay, here is the entrance. the person running for president in mexico, i think his name is obrador. he says you have every right to ...

Are kept between mexico and the united states. then weve talked to those who work with refugees and talked about people being in the no mans land for six or seven or eight -- a "washington post" report of nine days. we talked to a lawyer, pro bono lawyer talked to families there 12 days. they are not being let in easily at the official border points where its legal to assert asylum. other families are saying, we cant be in the heat. im sitting here sweating a lot. can you imagine being out here ...

His trip to asia on friday. hell meet with leaders in japan, south korea, and china about trade and the north korean nuclear threat. this next store a 10-year-old girl with special needs is now caught up in an immigration fight. rosa maria hernandez is an undocumented child. she has been in the united states since she was 3 months old. >> this week, a family member crossed south texas border checkpoint to take the girl to get an emergency for kidney stoins. they made it to the hospital but bor...

Start to cry. she is in agony. federal agents are taking her 10-year-old daughter to a detention center in san antonio. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: i dont know what they are going to come out with. on top of that, she is worried about her her daughter is dealing. she has cerebral palsy and doesnt understand what is happening. she says her daughter has the mentality of a 6-year-old. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: she is going to start to get uncomfortable and she ...

>> the fire chief said the trailer of the truck had a refrigeration unit inside, it was not working, clearly, the temperatures inside of that truck, a horrible situation. as i mentioned, this walmart is just along i-35, about 150 miles from the border, the nearest border checkpoint which is la rado texas, this part of south texas responsible for some of the largest numbers of illegal immigration traffic that comes through here, and human smuggling. the way these people were being transported a v...

They avoided the border checkpoint. that is dubbed the safe country agreement and the vast majority of migrants are required to apply. they come from all over the world and broad spectrum of people. >> i am a father of two myself and a lots of our members have kids and there is no doubt it is touching. >> reporter: canadian border officials say the number of people seeking a sylum spikeed 1400 people entered quebec alone to make the scomplam they cite fleeing terror in their home country and imm...

No known links to isis as of yet. eight syrians arrived at the u.s. border checkpoint at laredo, texas and detained there. syrians have also reported been stopped in costa rica, and pa paragu paraguay. and now to paris, the announcement that the tactical brains behind the attacks there was killed during a raid wednesday. but that relief is tempered by the reality that almost 130 people are dead, and many of those responsible in some way, are still at large. senior correspondent rick leventhal re...