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Here. >> caitlyn, you understand, better than anyone, the complexity of this. that when we are talking about reforming immigration in america, we are talking about these longer-term investments in central america. that is critical. but that, the short-term is not likely to mitigate the way those challenges are manifesting in migration to the united states. i understand why she needed to reference it. i understand why it is an important part of this conversation. but how do you see it playing int...

Addressing this significant challenge. it starts with the work that the vice president is doing in addressing root causes. the work doesnt begin and end with her. as the chairman mentioned, congress has an important role. in the house of representatives, we have passed legislation. we are also working on passing the u.s. citizen act and we have to get the senate to make this happen. even then the work is not over. we have to completely reenvision the way that we greet migrants at our nations fro...

Coming across the border, which started when joe biden lifted some of the restrictions of the trump era on people coming across especially unaccompanied minors. the problem with the root causes and ultimately its self-evident. the reason people make the long trip from guatemala or el salvador or mexico, think think the situation is better here than it is in their country. that is obvious. to address the crime, the poverty, the corruption in those countries is going to take years and as you talke...

Minors or i met with leaders who have been on the ground in el paso for many, many years doing work that is directly about supporting an interacting with folks that are immigrating to the united states and who are crossing this border. my trip to guatemala and mexico was about addressing the root causes. the stories that i heard and the interactions we had today reinforce the nature of those root causes. lack of economic opportunity, very often violence, corruption and food insecurity and the ba...

Heavy on diplomatic speak. my notes from listening for the last half an hour read something like root causes, root causes, root causes, humanitarian approach, comprehensive solution. what i didnt hear was anything practical. i didnt hear a single proposal from anybody at this press conference that points at a solution. heavy on diagnosis, very thin on solutions. >> i agree. i mean, for instance, dick durbin came and talked about immigration reform. everybody agree thats is needed as well. but at...

Potential, the focus that we have placed on the root causes including bringing together ceos from some of americas largest corporations, bringing together some of the worlds largest foundations here in the united states. bringing together -- dealing with what is happening at the border. i will say that secretary mayorkas is doing a great job. boots on the ground here at the border, implements reform within the department of homeland security that are clearly having an effect of expediting in a f...

Question. >> john: they are sure are interested in getting hundreds of millions of american money. well see. >> gillian: shes for root causes. we have no indication from the president of mexico that his goals align with hers. >> john: lets talk about this. lets bring in chris wallace. chris, a lot of words were spoken, but didnt hear much in the way of solutions presented today. >> well, we did hear one solution. that is that nobody is going to be able to ask kamala harris why havent you been to...

180,000 a month, it will be multiples of that if you take away the restrictions that we have now. >> gillian: chris, theres an iron any today when you look at world affairs and what is happening. that on the same day the vice president travels to the border and says were here to look at root causes in guatemala and el salvador where the u.s. is pulling out of afghanistan where we just lived the past 18 years that the united states despite trillions of dollars, thousands of american lives was not...

Of people outside that including a lot of people deeply affected by the illegal immigration that has been surging across our border. >> gillian: good point. folks dealing with the crisis, the americans dealing with this crisis in their every day lives week after week now. the farmers and ranchers, the border patrol agents trying to protect these people. >> john: local sheriffs. >> gillian: curious to know if she spoke to any americans on this, her trip to the american side of the border. we dont...

Ducey in the claiming that the situation firsthand was always the even though she repeatedly left off questions about going and they have been of taking a break instead of taking a tour of the crisis she was hundreds of miles away from the one sear problem for it she didnt offer up solutions to stop the surge of migrants coming across. she pointed the finger the last ministration and focused on her favorite phrase root causes. insisting everything is totally under control. >> as you know, we inh...