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For border security and the rule of law. the legislative fixes have been drafted and debated. the tools are tested and ready. all that is lacking is the will to act. im hoping that changes and i call on all members of congress to work with us to close these loop holes and to end catch and release completely. let me be clear, we are a welcoming nation. we support tens of millions of legal visitors every year as well as over 1 million legal immigrants. we will continue to do so. as i said earlier,...

Children. the traffickers and smugglers know that if you arrive with the family under our current legal and court system, you have a much better chance as being released into the united states. we have seen the smugglers advertise this as an enticement and we have seen traffickers use children to gainntry into our country. before 2009, the last stat here, 90% of arriving aliens were mexican nationals. today nearly 50% are from central america. the traffickers and smugglers know that these indivi...

Elicit smuggling groups saw that our ability to actually remove those that come here illegally did not keep pace. they saw that there were loop holes that they could exploit to avoid detention and removal. let me give you numbers to put how that has changed the context of our immigration and border security system. before 2013, approximately one out of 100 arriving aliens claimed fear. which is the first step in asylum process. today one out ten do so. why this matter is because this number unfo...

300,000 a year violating our sovereignty as a nation will never be acceptable to this president. since becoming secretary, ive spoken with hundreds of members of congress on the needs for legislati legislation. i will continue to speak with anyone about ending catch and release and close the loop holes for all. based on conversations with congressional leadership, im optimistic. wore a country based on the rule of law. i asked congress to pass with all urgency. i will work with you. lets get thi...

Release. the president as you know terminated administrative catch and release last year and due to those loop holes, we find particularly those with families, they must be released after 20 days. we asked congress for additional funds for detension beds, personnel as the magnet of lawlessness draws thousands to the borders. we must change the environment. unfortunately, time and time again, congress has failed to act. were still, some members of congress have continuous little opposed effort to...

Stop their behavior and we know in some cases it takes many years for them to be removed. this in addition creates a magnet for additional illegal immigration, tco activity and criminal activity across our border. every day we rely on partnerships to help accomplish missions to secure our borders. congress and our international partners. i have been with and will and continue to work with these partners. this is a problem that requires all of our attention. this administration has also asked con...

>> this announcement of sending the military to the border is coming a week before the president makes his first ever trip as president to latin america. what signal does that send to the region where the united states has had a long history of military involvement that is very unpopular and how does that affect his ability to prevent the united states vision of latin american whi hes there? >> they have toughsn immigration, too. a lot of countries in central and south america have tougher laws ...

That step. >> and this sense of urgency about sending the national guard to the border, the secretary sized up this question. does this have anything to do with the report that the president saw on fox news? >> it has everything to do with protecting the people of this country. it shouldnt be a surprise. the president has been talking about securing the border for years. since he started on the campaign trail. he asked congress to do their job. he asked them to pass legislation that would close ...

Add something else to it. >> jon: both sides have the long wish lists. in theory, they could have come to a solution. white house press secretary raj shah said this morning. take a listen. >> a span of over 1,000 individuals going through mexico with the assumption theyre going to come to the united states. we need to close the legal loop holes and the president is being compassionate and wants to deal with the daca population, but it takes two to tango. democrats have been unwilling to work wit...

>> yeah. we think that more border security is a good thing. thats when the president asked us to do planning for the wall, we gave him requirements. congress did give us money in 18. we used some money in 17 as directed by the president. were making improvements and trying to add to the border security situation, give us more capability. if these policies and the law doesnt change that advantages people that come as children or part of families, the loop holes will still exist. so thats another...