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Blockage at the ports of entry. >> thanks, chris. its awful. the situation is overwhelming. its overwhelming for the community of tijuana, for all the communities of people, civil society that are trying to help them. there is a backlog of about 3,000 to 5,000 people, and its completely illegal, as the congresswoman said, of this practice of metering. and thats going to take months and months to be able to turn themselves in. >> can i stop you for a second. explain what the practice of metering ...

These stations, in these remote lotions and they dont make it easy for these people to seek help. and actually, there are more people like her and her father who were forced to go to these remote locations because theyre being asked to wait when they try to enter the legal way and claim asylum through legal ports of entry. >> those remote locations, we should just be clear, theyre called iceboxes because theyre kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. t...

Bad. and as julia said, when you have people that are lining up by the thousands at the border because we have closed down essentially our legal ports of entry, we want to know what is the impact of these cruel policies, metering, you know, and sending back people. what is the impact of those on these kinds of issues where people go to another place to try to cross, or they go to places that, you know, theyre sort of forced into that area. so weve asked a number of questions around this, but num...

Try to enter the legal way and claim asylum through legal ports of entry. >> those remote locations, we should just be clear, theyre called iceboxes because theyre kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. that is not a trump administration policy. that is the way things have operated for a very long time. >> yeah, thats true. its operated that way for a long time. but were seeing more people who are having to wait longer at the legal ports. >> right. >>...

Here. it wasnt just him that lied. it was mcfarland. it was a number of people who had to change their stories about this. clearly, there was something more nefarious going on. i think it is interesting that instead of explaining why they lied, theyre trying to put it back on the fbi, even though mueller gave him such a good deal. i mean, he only had to plead guilty to one count of lying, even though hes, you know, vulnerable to violations and serious charges. >> natasha and doug wise -- >> chri...

Community of tijuana, for all the communities of people, civil society that are trying to help them. there is a backlog of about 3,000 to 5,000 people, and its completely illegal, as the congresswoman said, of this practice of metering. and thats going to take months and months to be able to turn themselves in. >> can i stop you for a second. explain what the practice of metering is and why its illegal. >> so basically, what theyre doing is theyre saying were not going to allow people to come an...

Thousands at the border because we have closed down essentially our legal ports of entry, we want to know what is the impact of these cruel policies, metering, you know, and sending back people. what is the impact of those on these kinds of issues where people go to another place to try to cross, or they go to places that, you know, theyre sort of forced into that area. so weve asked a number of questions around this, but number one is they actually did not follow what they were supposed to do, ...

Called iceboxes because theyre kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. that is not a trump administration policy. that is the way things have operated for a very long time. >> yeah, thats true. its operated that way for a long time. but were seeing more people who are having to wait longer at the legal ports. >> right. >> before they go to those area. >> so theyre pushing them into the remote areas. >> when you think of the children in cages that we sa...

Julia, what do we know about julia, what do we know about what happened while she was in u.s. custody? >> all right, chris. so jacqueline call crossed the border in new mexico, and she was apprehended near a place called antelope wells. its not your typical border station that would have medical personnel or asylum officers who were ready to hear her case and administer care. she was actually held with 163 other immigrants for about eight hours, before they were put on a bus and taken to a large...

Metering, you know, and sending back people. what is the impact of those on these kinds of issues where people go to another place to try to cross, or they go to places that, you know, theyre sort of forced into that area. so weve asked a number of questions around this, but number one is they actually did not follow what they were supposed to do, which is report to us within 24 hours. most of us on judiciary and the appropriators found out about this through "the washington post" story. >> wow....