extending protections for more than 330,000 immigrants, some illegal, and some at the risk of overstaying their visas. those from el salvador, honduras, napal and nicaragua are shielded from deportation for 18 months. one top democrat says it is still not going far enough. another initiative from the left might. it is a new bill aimed at giving migrants immediate access to our federal benefits. things like medicaid and food stamps. you heard right. it does away with the previous five-year waiting period which democrats call arbitrary and xenophobic. as the left is focused on that the scene at our southern border stays dire. look at every decision they ve made, it is to open our border as wide as possible. they created the migration crisis in this region. people tested the system early on, saw they could get in and get released and so they called back home and millions have come. julie: casey stiegel with more topping our news this hour. hey, casey. according to the numb
back home and millions have come. julie: casey stiegel with more topping our news this hour. hey, casey. according to the numbers overall migrant encounters may have dropped by more than half since title 42 ended last month but what has not ended, cartels searching for creative ways to evade capture. recently agents found two cloned fedex delivery vans painted to look like the real deal near el paso but they were not delivering packages. instead they were pack with migrants. 26 were apprehended as were the four smugglers. while further east over in eagle pass, part of the del rio sector, the rio grande river continues to be a busy spot for people swimming across. in order to prevent that, texas installing a new buoy system first being deployed there in eagle pass under operation lone star. a million bucks is the price tag