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Thats roughly 5,000. we have know there were up to 18,000 people under that bridge in del rio at once a couple days ago. so 5,000 is not 18,000. >> harris: those are the numbers theyre giving us. they arent giving us the true numbers. >> exactly. listen to this exchange. i was trying to figure out why it is so hard to nail down. >> very important question. you are telling us that the dhs chief has the most recent numbers about how many people under the bridge have been sent back and released int...

Some critics respond that no migrants should be at guantanamo period. they point out that this is an austere and remote military bass famous for housing terrorists. i was down there covering the 9/11 trial i didnt see or hear anything about this facility but it has a long and controversial history. around 12,000 asylum seekers were detained there in the early 1990s and most of them returned to haiti but dhs says they have no plans to send haitians there from the border and it is a reminder of no...

Protected, and undeniably sleek. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. this morning we are learning the u.s. special envoy for haiti has resigned. in his resignation letter the ambassador daniel foot blasted the biden administration writinging quote, i will not be associated with the united states inhumane, counter productive decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees. the latest fallout in the surge of migrants mostly haitian camped near the u.s. southern border. meanwhile we...

It has nothing to do with the border surge. ken delainian joins me with more and tell me why the government might be looking for a new contract. whats going on here? >> good morning. when we first start this department of homeland security contract solicitation last night we were struck by the fact that the government putt put out a public notice sunday. and one of the requirements was that some of the guards speak spanish and creole in a crisis of haitian migrants on the southern border but dhs...

Obviously pretty secure, but theyre more worried about the gaps that could be created by surging so many resources here and i want you to hear what one trooper told me yesterday. take a listen. >> we can only be in an area, we cant be everywhere along the border, theres so much board for cover. we have the resources in place but were also working with the texas military department as well theyre helping us as well with their national guard, but like we mentioned theres so much area to cover alon...

Day. so far back -- by the by the resigning u.s. special envoy, possibly illegal by the refugee agency. far from backing down, the biden administration appears to be ramping things up. >> lets discuss what goes going on with the alejandro my ayorka. thank you for joining us. i know you have a lot going on. i understand the department of homeland security says that 1400 have been -- how many have been released into the united states? >> we have indeed removed approximately 1400 people from the de...

Illegal immigrants. how do you respond that the policy is inhumane and counter-productive? >> well, first of all, let me say we dont use the term illegal immigrants. i issued a policy in the department of homeland security. we use the term non-citizen, to respect the dignity of every individual as a preliminary matter. secondly, i will defer to the state department. thats a matter within the state departments province, but let me say this. having been in government service for more than 20 years...

Counterproductive decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees. this is a biden appointee. this comes a day after nbc news confirmed that thousands of haitian migrants are being released on parole in the u.s. and will be allowed to seek asylum. while dhs officials say theyre tracking more haitian mike grants making the trek through central america. texas governor greg abbott has sent a wall of calls to try to deter new crossings. last night a new nbc report revealed that dhs is searching for...

Of course, for so many of those folks making their asylum claims they have 60 days to report to an i.c.e. office, an immigration office and thats when they will get that court date that will begin this long asylum case proceeding that in some cases could take years. >> ken, striking headline on your piece last night about the possible use of guantanamo bay here. the biden administration now denying that the detention facility at gitmo has anything to do with the border crisis. walk me through wh...

Know. and she said well, in that case, i will have the answer for you, peter, later this afternoon. all right. its the next day. she still has not called because the number is embarrassing. one of the things she did say yesterday. she said that 90,000 migrants were deported in the month of august. this is not specific to del rio. but 90,000 deported in august. but 208,000 crossed the board. so almost 60% were secretly released into the united states. and, brian, to your point earlier, that does ...