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Thats why you see these piles of blankets. these blankets that you see here, this is what mothers use to block the wind. all of the clothing and the items you see here, most of them are donated from good samaritans from the el paso area. you can also see that theres lines for everything. theres lines for food. migrants are getting in line for water. they get in line for toys for their kids. this is the reality on the ground right now. we know that president biden has gone to the bridge of the am...

Forward to learning what border officials need that they dont have. what would you assess they need that they dont have? >> is taken as a look at the visit first but he did not actually visit any border patrol facilities. he did visit an operation for selling the support of entry for the sum of the problems are. you can look across the ports of entry on the entire southwest border. that is not where we are seeing illegal immigration but we are seeing illegal immigration between the ports of entr...

Pass, part of del rio sector where officials tell me in the last 24 hours they had 1,155 migrant encounters in this sector alone, thats why you can see high in the sky the con tapers, the shipping containers that governor greg abbott texas governor greg abbott placed here with razor wire on top to try to slow it down and mike, stunning new numbers, cbp sources giving fox news this morning across the entire southwest border, we can show you more than 718 total migrant encounters in first 101 days...

Decrease. he did not see what is actually going on. he did not involve the border patrol but he involved a component of cbp which was the office of field operations. but again the port of entry is not where the problem is. the problem where the cartels control is between the ports of entry and that is what he refused to do. jon: he has said republicans have not been serious about the border. your thoughts on that? >> no, thats absolutely incorrect. as just back in washington d.c. working with se...

Crisis as cbp continues to share images of fentanyl found hidden in cars and strapped to the bodies of people trying to get across the border. >> its absolutely terrifying, and its so unreal sometimes when you see them strapped to peoples bodies and how is that person even still alive with that much exposure around them? that part always blows my mind. but it, and its the indicative of how much is actually coming in. like, so this is what theyre catching, what arent they catching? >> reporter: a...

Its really horrible -- >> i know. arthel: i apologize because you have so much to say, but i do have to wrap here, and i want to ask you, do you feel hopeful that because president biden is finally making his way to the border that perhaps with him there, his visit and with the full support of congress that we could possibly start to see the beginning of some needed change? >> it is the never too late to address this. it isnt. i know the frustration and feel frustration from border communities a...

Christina coleman live in los angeles with the new, disturbing details on the fentanyl surge here in our country. >> reporter: hi, eric. today some parents here in california who lost their children to fentanyl poisoning are warning families about record-breaking seizures in arizona. just yesterday the areas cbp port director shared these photos. he says cbp officers found prime ministerially 19,800 -- approximately 19,800 pills taped to the leg of a pedestrian this year, also about 46,200 -- 44...

Entry. while observing the texas national guard, this woman carrying a young boy approached the u.s. side of the rio grande. she was met by razor wire and soldiers telling her she couldnt cross over here, while anxiously watching to make sure she didnt slip in the river. on the el paso side, hundreds of migrants line up at shelters and churches. most have their paperwork after making an asylum claim with cbp. but little else. every day a small army of volunteers like martha show up to hand out b...

>> edward: to the southern border. house republicans promising swift investigations into the biden administrations handling of the surge with more than four million migrant encounters so far during his presidency. according to cbp data. so national border patrol council vice president joins me now. john, the government data and the latest data that fox news obtained shows 4.7 million people illegally crossed into this country under president joe bidens watch. what needs to be done in this year t...

Theyre suffering. and we need to do something. >> reporter: volunteers like martha lay are there to help the hundreds of migrants that gathered downtown. some have made their asylum claim with c.b.p., and are released into el paso. there, aid workers hand out blankets and clothes to migrants, like meilin and her son angelo from venezuela. after a four-month journey they made it to el paso. "we slept at the shelter," she says. "they opened the doors for us." city and county leaders are working on...