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Director tom homan, thrilled to have you. >> thanks for having me. mike: lets start with comment today from secretary alejandro mayorkas on asylum policies, lets play it. >> we want individuals who qualify for relief under our laws to come to the united states in a safe and orderly way and that is why we are building lawful pathways. so people do not have to place their lives and their lifes savings in the hands of ruthless smugglers. mike: how do you respond, tom? >> its a bait and switch. they...

Heard. now, biden has new immigration policy, cristobal, of immediately turning away cubans, haitians, nicaraguans and venezuelans who crossed the border illegally from mexico. it provides pathways for illegal entry to the u.s., but lets be frank, cristobal. how easy it will be for someone seeking asylum from a country where they are facing harm to their families or to themselves, to apply for asylum? >> that its a great question. so here is the situation, where you laid out, you have got the pr...

President to try to crack down as a way to breed good faith and get to those hard right republican lawmakers to the table all you have to note to know that is true is no the obama iman in shun who went through the nickname deporter in chief not only can look at republican lawmakers to get on the table for a broad overhaul of our immigration system he couldnt get a bill passed to support dreamers, which are one of the most politically popular groups in the country. on the democratic side, it is a...

The proportion of adults participating in sport at least once a week fell in the first three years following the games, and theres still been no meaningful increase. the report also said there has been "little progress" in tackling barriers to participation, particularly forwomen, ethnic minorities and disabled people. earlier, huw edwards, chief executive of industry body, ukactive told us how major events like the olympic games do not meet expectations. they do deliver in terms of the exciteme...

The white house points out of the president introduced his own legislation on day one. this is a broader challenge beyond the u.s. borders, dealing with, as they often put it, the root causes of migration. the president in coming here to meet with the president of mexico, the prime minister of canada to both understand steps that each leader has previously announced, including at the summit of the americas in june. biden hosted a broader gathering of more than three dozen leaders from the hemisp...

Become one of the most polarizing in america right now. its much more complicated and nuanced than our politics often lend itself to. he is going to the border today to try to underscore what his administration is trying to do. remember the policies he announced earlier this week to again expand that parole program to include additional countries to try to provide additional legal pathways for some of those migrants to come here legally but also to surge additional resources for enforcement. as ...

Of the border. and its a different viewpoint when youre on the border than the punditry you see in washington or even in the state capitals. its understanding and need for security. but really its understanding humanity. many of the migrants that were seeing our asylum seekers are fleeing for their lives. and so tamars trip by the president is absolutely crucial. number one, its important that he stand with the region that he make the case for the new policy which, yes, it limits in some ways im...

Office to assess enforcement operations and to meet with federal, state and local officials. the visit comes on the heels of tougher enforcement policies from his administration on illegal border crossings. one of these new policies stop people from nicaragua, cuba and haiti from applying for asylum if they enter from mexico illegally. but it also increases the number of legal pathways for some migrants. this, following record-breaking migration at the southern border this year. u.s. customs and...

Only pathway open to them. when you think about why the 20,000 ukrainian refugees came across the southern border, it was because it was the only pathway -- so, creating other legal pathways is critical. we appreciate that in the administrations announcement. but creating a narrow pathway for a privileged minority does not excuse eviscerate-ing a legal right for a vulnerable majority and this plan seems like opening a window as we are slamming a door. it shouldnt have been tethered -- to summari...

That is only available right now in english and spanish. so, it is not available in haitian, creole, or indigenous languages. asylum seekers are people who speak only those languages in some cases. what we fear is that these vulnerable people will face the stick without having access to the carrot. >> that is a good point. some of the practical obstacles to that making use of something like an app. what do you hope that president biden takes away from his visit to el paso in the coming days? >> ...