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>> this is devastating for the state of texas and the united states of america. we are going to see more people here illegally than live in the two largest areas in america. new york and los angeles combined. five times the number of people who live in houston, which is the fourth largest city in the country. >> of course the number of border encounters at the southern border, as you know, is at an all-time high. the critics of npp, or the mexico policy argue that it it is because those policies...

Surge at the border and why now, press illa? >> reporter: were seeing a steady increase since the beginning of the year of migrants being apprehended but what makes july remarkable is that it is a high number for the hottest summer weeks. these are dangerous times for migrants to cross because of that sweltering heat. and as you mentioned, in july there were more than 212,000 migrantsen countered at the u.s./mexico border. number one, it includes repeat crossers. so the department of homeland se...

Pushed back and coming again, back and forth and back and forth. explain that. priscilla? >> so part of that is that 212,000, of that 27% are repeat crossers. mayorkas addressed that yesterday. part of the reason is because of that policy that allows border authorities to expel migrants. so some of those migrants will try to cross the u.s./mexico border again. so what theyre doing to try to address that is to actually send migrants into mexico to avoid them trying to cross again in the u.s./mexi...

First off, its been with a lot of other headlines, easy to take your eye off of the border. this is serious, tell us what youre seeing with the influx. >> the biden administration is grappling with the number of migrants at the u.s./mexico board. in july, more than 19,000 unaccompanied children were encountered. that already surpasses the record in march, when we were talking about more than 18,000, and over crowded border facilities. now, what the court filing noted is that this is one slice of...

November in taking on president obama. the real clear politics average poll shows the president with an 11 percentage point lead in that state. president obama, with 50 percent, governor romney has 39. the president won michigan quite handily back in 2008, getting 57 percent of the vote. right now, big changes in how america patrols her borders. today, the u.s. border patrol is launching a new strategy that it says will rely on more intelligence to identify repeat crossers. it will also impose...

Fund the operation streamline which means someone who is a repeat crosser is incarcerateed before they are returned. it had great positive effect on people who are repeat crossers. i would be glad to address issues like a temporary worker program and others that are necessary. but first, we have to convince the american people that they are not gonna have to face another flood of people who come into our country illegally, if we act without having the border secure. >> greta: what do you make of...

Fund the operation streamline which means someone who is a repeat crosser is incarcerateed before they are returned. it had great positive effect on people who are repeat crossers. i would be glad to address issues like a temporary worker program and others that are necessary. but first, we have to convince the american people that they are not gonna have to face another flood of people who come into our country illegally, if we act without having the border secure. >> greta: what do you make of...

More tell emphasis on intelligence gathering than the agency had before. old strategy was focus border patrol resource on popular border points which drove the immigrants to remote locations where theyre easier to happen again. theyre discouraged to stop crossingsing because of difficult terrain. the new approach according to the associated press to identify repeat crossers and why they keep coming and risk they pose to national security. the border patrol in 30-two page report outlines the new ...