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increased numbers at our southern border. they sent a team down this week to ask about whether or not there were enough teachers there or what the accommodations were for kids? how about the team ask what are we doing to stop it and turn these migrants back and tell them this isnt the way to come to america? >> dana: i really think we need to focus on the humanitarian condition. is it more humane to say do not come. let us get our systems in place but do not come right now. you will be...

They dont know yet how far with this. But people are were tired already of this not having a relationship with america and now they will see an opportunity to increase business and things will come from america that will create jobs. People in cuba believe that we have so much in common with america. And with americans. And so this is certainly good for both partners we believe. Cuba plays a very Important Role and now they are expressing how happy they are and they see america with different ey...

Hhs the federal entity designed to handle children. border patrol because of the flores settlement is supposed to have the children ready to transfer within 72 hours. right now theyre having them ready within 42 hours. but ice and hhs doesnt have the capacity to take folks. and its unfortunate when many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle voted against an amendment i put forbward about $2 billion more to deal with this crisis they voted against that. i tried to get 100 more judicial ...

Congressman, good afternoon. you described the conditions at the border and the tent facility in texas where children are being detained from this family separation policy we have seen imposed by the white house. tell us about what you saw, what needs to change and what prompted this, why are you to sang ri, sir? >> well, first and foremost this was a facility that was started off at around 500 beds, grew to almost 4,000. currently theres 2,800 kids in this tent facility. the problem that i have...

When people are in our custody, we should treat them humanely and respectively. this is a symptom of a broken immigration system. in a broken system, you shouldnt be resorting to kids and your previous segment, somebody was asking a bunch of questions. some of the questions i have, what were some of the taurls being discussed versus this current policy? how does a mom or a dad figure out where their kid is? i think weve all seen that one-page document that says call a 1-800-number? really, thats...

And a -- a tight district, was just on my show saying i dont like this. the politics seem to be point ago way from the white house. what do you think? >> chris, no one has more actual experience of this issue than people who live in the border states. people who have been living in texas for decades have seen versions of this for decades and they know that the world doesnt come to an end if you release a parent and a child instead of putting them into custody. as were doing now for the first tim...

Do you think the people showing up here bedraggaled having traveled 1,000 miles are coming to "infest the united states"? >> most are coming to try to improve their quality of life. if you violate the law there should be consequences. when people are in our custody, we should treat them humanely and respectively. this is a symptom of a broken immigration system. in a broken system, you shouldnt be resorting to kids and your previous segment, somebody was asking a bunch of questions. some of the ...

>> chris, no one has more actual experience of this issue than people who live in the border states. people who have been living in texas for decades have seen versions of this for decades and they know that the world doesnt come to an end if you release a parent and a child instead of putting them into custody. as were doing now for the first time. and so there is no surprise that people in border states like texas would be reacting against this. >> there is also a sort of question here about w...

Not. nobody is suffering. no, theyre not. then you try to find the data on peoples insurance and hhs doesnt give it to you. >> i think thats where we are. i think we really are in a place where theyre going to scrub the data. theyre scrubbing websites now. and its really a challenge. i mean i know a lot of academics and others who are working to preserve the data that they already have. i mean theres a robust community studying the aca and they know -- they know what the numbers are now. but its...

Conferences that cost $100,000 or more. they actually have more conferences than that. and hhs actually spent $56 million on conferences alone in 2012. >> its stunning, though. if you look at four conferences, if you sort of the inspector general looks at four of them and finds 100% mistakes, they have 136 more at over $100,000 a year a conference, and nobody is going to bother to look at those? >> right, exactly. you can only imagine that there is similar waste in all of the other conferences. ...