extradition to the u.s. the rally in iowa has been canceled due to weather bridport governor desantis is in the early presidential caucus state today. first let s go to bill melugin live at the border in brownsville, texas. bill, what is the latest there? brian coming in brownsville for the many cities that declared a state of emergency. brownsville sink thousands of illegal crossings every day this week. massive numbers and as a result of that border patrol i did mass releases. take look this video which are right here in brownsville. large group of migrants mass release walking on the bus terminal here ngo they get assistance with her travel documents. large majority are venezuelan right we caught up with one who said his release in the morning. i m elated and extremely excited. i was released this morning i made it. the mass illegal crossing here in brownsville officially got plugged up because with the state of texas dead. take a look the drum drone team shot to see a g
now they dispute this. nowhere in their actual proposal are their exclusive protection for veterans. but they say i m it s unusual language we used with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups, why have they spoken out in opposition is the republican proposal. they are not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing. any time you single out the impact of their overall cuts they tell you no, no, no, it s not true, but they are wrong. they want to protect something, they would have written it down and say we are protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so you can see it. here is another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staff would lose their jobs at the very time we are attempting to overcome the incredible deficiencies that occurred as a consequence of what happened with the pandemic. so many kids, t
the refugee process in an unprecedented way. we are a nation of immigrants and we are a nation of laws. and those laws provide that if one qualifies for humanitarian relief, then one has established the basis to remain in the united states, and if one has not, then one is to be removed. and that is exactly what is going to happen. we have to go, we are out of time. what is the rough cost to american taxpayers since the roughly 4 million people have come into the country illegally since january of 2021, as those people show up at community hospitals, as they enter the school system, get other government help. do you have a taxpayer cost? let me turn that questionp around a little bit. i m going to turn it around to match the question that an international partner asked of me. and the question that the international partner asked of me is what is the economic cost of your broken immigration system? since there are businesses around this country that are desperate for work
instead they will be bogged down in paperwork and taking agents away from doing their job at the border. immigration courts are pectize up already and the caseload is getting worse by the day. a texas lawmaker says the biden administration should be sending more judges to border towns instead of u.s. troops. the way it stops is instead of the president sending 1500 u.s. troops to the border, he should send 1500 immigration judges. dana: david spunt is live at the justice department as it gets underway. 2.1 million cases, that s the backlog as of this morning. think about that for a moment. that number only expected to grow when title 42 is lifted. that number will only swell over the coming weeks and coming months. right now the backlog is about 4 to 6 years. some experts say it could go 8 to 10 years to get into court to hear your case because of title 42. one of the reasons only about 600 immigration judges right now that are active in the united states. obviously the
investigation of hunter biden. the proverbial walls are closing in and it is incredible he would create this drama in arkansas when you have the delaware criminal investigation into him looking to be coming to a head this week. you ve got his father now being accused by a new whistleblower. you have the oklahoma oversight committee is closing in on a lot of the financial records. todd: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. lucas. lucas: good morning. who doesn t involve a little controversy. there is new information from a whistleblower involving then vice president biden in a pay to play scheme. we have credible information that this possible criminal activity took place and i can t verify whether or not it is really a criminal activity, but i do have faith in it is whistleblowers that bring it to me that this document exists. lucas: in a letter, grassley and comer say the whistleblower describes alleged criminal scheme involving then vice president biden and a