to him through the fence. along this wall, there are more than 5,000 border patrol agents. but where there aren t, some have decided to take the law into their own hands. tim foley calls himself a certified tracker. he s the founder of the arizona border recon, a group of volunteers from all over the country. where are the cameras that you re using? they re hidden. reporter: dressed in camouflage and armed with his pistol, foley goes out to patrol this patch of the border, placing hidden cameras and looking for any signs of what he calls criminal activity. a lot of people might say you guys are a bunch of racists who just want to hunt down mexican people or people trying to cross the border. what do you say? well, that s because they have a preconceived notion of who we are, and of anybody who s trying to protect the border. they call them racists. you got the second-largest make-up of our group are
we don t have the resources that we need in terms of sufficient internet to process claims, the transportation, and even health care. making sure that we have an agency that s able to adapt to changing circumstances, as we see different trends in in immigration and migration. joining me, julie grace brufky, capitol hill reporter with the hill, and senior political reporter with the center for public integrity. thank you very much for joining us. good morning. mark meadows, close to the president, made this argument last night on fox news. take a listen. the president did a shrewd thing before they signed the bill and sent it to him, before they voted, he said, i m going to declare a national emergency. he put them on notice, and yet congress didn t act. i think the supreme court will look at that and say why did congress not act. what do you make of that? is congressman meadows trying to make a public case to the conservative supreme court justices? i ve spoken to con
here in this country illegally at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey. phillip? we ll talk about that in depth in a moment. for now, mike, thank you very much for your contribution here. back with me, julie grace with the hill and dave leventhal with the center for public integrity. julie grace, given the administration s immigration policies, can you speak about the optics here of nauert withdrawing because her nanny reportedly not authorized to work legally in the country? well, i think right now the administration, the last thing they need is another scandal. and which i m sure probably played a large factor in her decision to ultimately withdraw from the u.n. we saw senator menendez bring up there was a delay in receiving her paperwork. clearly there was something happening there. i haven t heard any updates on other potential names being floated as of yet. i m guessing since it s a critical role to fill, that will be coming up soon. dave, how does this fit with our u
three conservation groups argue the proclamation is unlawful. they say border barriers prevent the passage of wildlife and could lead to local extinction of jaguars and other endangered species. two groups filed lawsuits against the declaration on friday. meanwhile, more protesters are expected to hit the streets across the country tomorrow to speak out against the president s national emergency. several people were arrested in new york city friday night at a demonstration outside a trump-branded hotel. the reality on the border is a little different from president trump s view of a national emergency. nbc s team of reporters fanned out across border cities to see what s really happening. tremaine lee has spent the last few days in southern mexico to get a glimpse of life there. reporter: the southern border of new mexico is one of the most sparsely populated parts of the country. it stretches across roughly 200 miles of rugged terrain and barren desert making it hard to tell where
reporter: he s placed 900 crosses in five years. this administration is using the desert to kill people, and they die from lack of water. reporter: which is why he and his team of volunteers also leave behind a jug of water. they figure if someone died here, more are coming behind them. people have left messages? to you after leaving water bottles? to whoever finds them. reporter: wow. what kind of things do they say? gracias. reporter: even if the migrant were to try to avoid the desert by traveling to the center of the state, they d run into this. a 2 2 fig a 22-foot-high wall covered in razor war. that is mexico. reporter: yvette moved to nogales to be closer to her husband who s waiting in mexico to reapply for citizenship to the u.s. people don t understand just how hard it is. reporter: sometimes his family comes here just to speak