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Entering the country in thes view, illegally. entering the country in thes view, illeuall . ~ , ., , ., illegally. when it should be doing is firstl , illegally. when it should be doing is firstly, processing _ illegally. when it should be doing is firstly, processing asylum - is firstly, processing asylum claims, 75% or so, probably more evenin claims, 75% or so, probably more even in the governments own figures, of these people are refugees under the refugee convention, so it is definite where...

Border state but i was born essentially on the border of the arizona -- i am a child of the border. in an answer this question, i can say from somebody with lived experience, when it comes to immigration, anything that happens is going to be disproportionately felt on the border. its interesting to see the immigration is such a hot button issue in places hundreds of miles away from the border. thousands of miles away. but at the end of the day, -- its your arizona, or san diego, california, that...

Now you have a rule coming out today saying they will be fast tracked, put back on fleeplanes guatemala. the question is where and how it will be set up to help people start processing asylum sees in these countries? bas as we know, the countries they are fleeing are now the ones theyll be sent back to. its just that they wont be sent back to their home countries, theyll be sent back to countries they simply passed through on their way to the united states. >> this is eddie glaude. im having a d...

Matamoros and being told that they have to be on an asylum list and take a number. when i met people living in tents under the bridge and families from venezuela and cuba, they had mostly been there for two to three months and they had pieces of paper with numbers on them and they waited until the time which u.s. customs and border protection would say well take two pregnant women today. they said there were weeks when no asylum seekers were allowed to request asylum. you have a process that is ...

A journalist and taranslator wh spent time on the u.s./mexico border. when you heard of oscar martinez and angies deaths, you were not surprised. why not? >> i wasnt surprised. last month i went to matamoros which is where oscar and his daughter drowned. i was there interviewing asylum seekers with a photographer. what we saw was groups of people living in tents, camping out in areas that are controlled by drug cartels and they are living there for months. these are asylum seekers and asylum is ...

Would support decriminalizing border crossings. would this help the situation or would this incentivize an already dangerous journey? >> a very good point. seeking asylum is not a criminal matter. thats really what we need to address. we need to invest in processing asylum cases. the reason there is a build up on the border is because people who have often valid reasons to request asylum are not allowed to even make the requestcess th their legal right. rather than invest in detention which cost...

The father. saying the father should have waited to go through the asylum process. listen to this. >> the reason we have tragedies like that on the border is because those folks, that father didnt want to wait to go through the asylum process in the legal fashion. he decided to cross the river. not only died, but his daughter died tragically as well. >> i read this article you wrote this week. i understand that what you are trying to explain is that president trump and his administration is real...

The question right now is how long will these migrants stay here? processing asylum applications could take quite a while. some of these migrants deciding whether to stay here in mexico or continue to try to apply for asylum in the u.s. casey, back to you. >> and joining us on set is democratic congressman anthony brown of maryland. a member of the house armed services committee and an iraq war veteran. sir, thanks so much for being on the show tonight. lets start where gabe left off. as a veter...

Some of the local residents here are very upset these migrants have been allowed to come here. this is the demonstration thats happening behind me right now. tijuanas mayor has called this an avalanche and says the city is ill prepared to deal with the influx which he said could last at least six months. of course, president trump has seized on that saying that since his city is ill prepared, these migrants should definitely not be allowed to come into the united states. the president, of course...