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Following the situation for a long time in el paso, texas. and rosa, we have seen some changes put into effect, more aggressive arrest policy for folks already across the border setting higher standards for these applications to be approved and sending a lot of people back to mexico. i just wonder as youre there are you seeing any of this making a difference or is the flood really coming? >> reporter: you know, jim, i was able to go on an overnight embed with the texas national guard, and thats ...

What do they tell you? what do they know? what are their plans? >> reporter: certainly that confusion is felt amongst most of the migrants weve spoken with, jim. its interesting because rosa is literally on the other side of that wall you see behind me. what she had access to was with those migrants here you can see hundreds if not more than 1,000 camped out, some for hours, some for days, some for weeks with really limited access to food and water because they then have to go through this barbe...

Right now u.s. officials bracing for a surge of migrants at the southern border just hours before a key covid restriction that kept many migrants out is set to expire. president biden offering a candid assessment of the situation. he says it will be chaotic. and last hour his homeland security secretary echoed that thought. >> we are clear-eyed about the challenges we are likely to face in the days and weeks ahead. which have the potential to be very difficult. our plan will deliver results, but...

Drone video as you can see this, this is from ciudad juarez in mexico. you can see thousands more people camping out waiting to cross over to the united states. cnns rosa flores is in the border city of el paso, texas, where thousands of migrants as we talked about last week, rosa, thousands of migrants are already sleeping on the streets. what are you seeing there this morning? >> reporter: you know, kate, since we last spoke the scene has changed a little bit, but for public safety reasons. ta...

Brought out here to make sure that the individuals have a place to go to the bathroom, weve seen a lot of lines for food because they really have to be in line for everything out here. you will also see more blankets to protect themselves from the shade. now, about the flow, its not stopping. the border patrol chief here from el paso tweeting dramatic images, take a look at this video, these are individuals that have turned themselves into border authorities and they still need to be processed. ...

News out of brownsville, texas where at least seven people are dead and others injured in a car crash outside of a homeless shelter that has been housing migrants for several months and several immigrants are among the dead. rosa flores joins me with more details. rosa, is it the case that it was a single car crash? >> reporter: youre absolutely right, fred. i just got off the phone with the director of that center. ive got to warn you, what im going to describe is graphic. he says that about 8:...

More troops, the president saying he wants to designate $50 million for an unexpected urgent migration need. new asylum restrictions they are considering family detention. the president knows hes going to be sharply criticized from a political perspective, the policy moves, how is next week going to be as bad? >> they essentially have been preparing for this moment sibs the start of the biden administration. and the steps that youre seeing them take is trying to show that they are taking efforts...

Individuals in these areas and thats why, erica, you see them congregated close to the church because together in numbers close to the church, they feel safe. erica. >> rosa, excellent reporting as always. appreciate it. thank you. "outfront" now, democratic congresswoman veronica escobar who represents el paso, texas, good to have you with us. when we look at whats happening, the president announcing today hes sending 1,500 additional troops to the border to help, democratic senator bob menen...

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I mean its not a ton of money in the grand scheme of things but you know the nation is 31 trillion dollars in debt. we could with 20 million dollars hire more police officers, hire more border patrol agents theres so many things to do rather than make extra crash dummies. >> you know i would believe you but you know, theyre telling me thats not the case. kellyanne, theres a certain amount of hypocrisy when it comes to class of people that run this government jumping on jets flying around, i mean...