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To i.c.e. >> what i was struck by was the reporting. think its in your reporting that some of the border patrol people have actually dipped into their own pockets to pay for peoples food. >> yeah, it wasnt clear whether or not they were getting reimbursed just based on the report, but it said that they were using credit cards that werent supposed to be for that purpose and buying $10,000 of food a day. so i think what we have to ask at the end of all of this is, even if you expand the space, eve...

Those countries to make people flee their nation to come here. we know america loves to interfere in other nations. these are charger questions that obviously the president is not intellectually savvy enough to answer. >> looking at remarks, hes talking about pull factors. also american business people like to have cheap/free labor. >> we have also implemented for decades. >> those who have absolutely wrecked these peoples lives and i think the u.s. has helped in this situation not to make it wo...

Millions the president threatened to report as he launched his reelection campaign. some cities say it wont help i.c.e. agents including chicago, washington, d.c., denver and los angeles. the acting i.c.e. director suggesting the mass arrests are meant to be a deterrent against immigrants trying to enter the u.s. >> right now, one of the greatest pull factors is they know once they arrive, they remain here untouched. we have to change that message. >> is this about instilling fear or a pr push? ...

Always. we learned that the trump administration plans to launch major mexico crackdown this weekend. i.c.e. planning raids in as many as ten cities. targeting undocumented family members. tonight, some cities are urging, if i.c.e. comes knocking, do not open your door. heres mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, immigration and customs enforcement is preparing a mass roundup of migrant families that have already received deportation orders. predawn raids, reportedly known as "family op" planned f...

For asylum, theyre given an competent indicted process and then found in court if they dont show up that they have to be deported. many of the families have not shown up, have not followed through with the process according to acting ice director mark morgan who described the program and the operation this way. >> right now one of the greatest pull factors for families to come here is they know once they arrive in the united states, they remain here untouched. >> so is this more about a message?...

Refused to step up and do what they said, we still continue to work with them. we should still continue to work with the governments of the northern triangle countries to help them in any way they can. absolutely. but thats not going to address the pull factors that are broken asylum laws are really largely responsible for these individuals coming to our one country. its our own laws that are producing the incentives and pull factors to come. >> let me ask you this, because you in your capacity ...

Price of avocados. >> maria makes a specific point. theres push factors from central america and pull factors that are important. we saw this with george bush when he was thinking about immigration the last two years. he realized, the pull factors are important. his friends and people in his party want cheap, if not free labor. they want to make sure they dont have to deal with human rights violations. trump says, i am getting everything from mexico. they need what is happening, unfortunately, i...

Had committed $420 million in aid. but that was stopped earlier this spring by the trump administration. they cut all of that aid. are you concerned that cutting that aid just makes the crime go up in those countries and makes the economy worse, so that more of them are fleeing to the united states? >> i can certainly say that we need to be addressing those push factors, which is what youre talking about there. and we are working. we have individuals in those countries working with them on the p...

Apprehensions and encounters across the entirety of the southern border. a migrant caravan every day. i cant say enough about what our front line border patrol agents and officers are doing. we need everyone and anyone who can positively impact the situation to act now. that is absolutely critical. >> bill: everyone who goes down there comes back with stunning statements about the reality what youre dealing with down there. what would explain why you had 1,000 in one day? >> a few things, bill. ...

Were doing all we can, continuing to do it. we need congress to do their part. >> neil: real quickly, bid remiss if we didnt get an update on reinforce the 1996 immigration laws that call on those that sponsor immigrants to also have affidavits of support filed for them. that they will take on the financial responsibility to those that they sponsor. to tighten that up. how do you feel about that? >> our colleagues and citizenship and immigration services are working on those sorts of potential r...