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Flights with our foreign partners. were setting up regional processing centers now. its extraordinary what weve done over the past 18 months or so. >> theres a debate in your party about how restrictive the united states should be towards asylum claims. whats your philosophy on that? so the asylum system has been and continues to be a jewel of the united states. we take great pride as a country in this world to provide humanitarian relief for those who qualify. but the landscape of migration has...

Capacity in border patrol stations. weve added beds to immigration and customs enforcement in our detention facilities. weve increased our transportation resources. the number of flights, of removal flights with our foreign partners. were setting up regional processing centers now. its extraordinary what weve done over the past 18 months or so. >> theres a debate in your party about how restrictive the united states should be towards asylum claim. whats your philosophy on that? >> the asylum sys...

Thank you forjoining us. i want to start by asking you about what president biden has said. also, border patrol authorities have told the bbc, they have said that the lifting of title 42 will mean more chaos at the border. and right now there are, of course, tens of thousands of people waiting to cross into the us. is the state department concerned about the situation at the border? thanks so much, sumi. so, obviously, we are concerned with the situation at the border. however, we have known for...

Appreciate you joining us. we just heard the comments you made earlier, that reporting from ed lavandera. how is the situation now in el paso? what are your people seeing on the ground? >> it hasnt changed any from this morning. talking about gate 42, about 1,800 last night, all processed but a couple, 200, 300 processed by early this morning. then i was just down there where ed was talking. i just got back from this. the numbers are way down. monday about 3,000 people there. border patrol with ...

The border in el paso, i can tell you there is no evidence with the pictures from friday. it goes to that point that we heard from official, that the surge itself, it actually had been happening days before the lifting of title 42. this certainly will come as some relief for officials on this side of the border that now are tasked with processing the close to 23,000 undocumented people who are still in cbp custody, those who are trying to make that final push toward the u.s. side of the border, ...

>> [interpreter] she says that her little space at the processing center, everybodys crap together, they have to sleep on the floor. >> so, lindsey, for days weve been asking customs and border protection for access to one of these processing centers, to have an idea what its like. ive been told by officials, by border patrol agents as well, they are packed, theyre at capacity. so, the best explanation ive gotten has been from some of these individuals, who are inside these processing centers, j...

Many dont. theyre here for economic purposes. theyre not seeking asylum. what about the people that are pleaing political and religious persecution? those folks that do have that. you have to separate the politics from policy. i think now is an opportunity for us to get it done. >> congressman gonzales also said that thousands of migrants in the u.s. are being taken off the street and placed in overcrowded processing centers. well stay on top of this and bring you the latest it is a comes in. as...

They would take a -- heres part of the conversation i had with one of those asylum seekers about what it was like inside the processing center. >> [speaking non-english] >> she said the processing center is cold and everyone is jammed in a small area. [speaking non-english] >> [speaking non-english] >> she says there is very little space at the processing center, everybody is cramped together and had to sleep on the floor. >> so, alicia, for days we had asked c dp if we could go to one of these ...

United states and if they come to the united states, to u.s. mexicos southern border and having passed through a country where one of these agreements was set up like mexico or guatemala they will then be denied the ability to seek asylum here. what are your thoughts secretary? >> i think its a mistake. i think that this has been proposed in the version was by donald trump that many democrats right fully wouldve been lambasting it and they pushed back against this idea when donald trump proposed...

Lets not forget that this is not just the western hemisphere issue. this is a global issue. everywhere else in the world we are seeing displacement and regulation in the ways that we are seeing in the americas. peabody ministration, its trying to get a job that it is really hard to do, to get that done. to make sure that in whatever way possible it is being done in an orderly manner and that it is being done in a humane manner. the problem, like i said, there are no fast or quick solutions. they...