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Set that we have. this is a big issue. and there are gaps in how we handle immigration, the process, the loopholes that we have in the law. so there are gaps that need to be closed in order for us to be successful. >> martha: i want to ask you one more quick question before i let you go. the president pointed out he thought it was interesting, ironic was his word a lot of people coming through in the caravan are waving the flags of the home country they say is persecuting them and making it impo...

Straight information so they can make an informed decision about their future. also today they will speak to mexican federal officials about maybe transportation north and the clarification on residency documents and work permits. there are jobs along the border as well as monterey for skilled labor. why is that important? it affects how many people stay in mexico versus those who show up at the border. how many ask for asylum and how many cross illegally. of course, right now in tijuana the res...

The detail that john roberts has talking about hasnt trickled into the caravan yet. they will be here another night. not walking today. they requested buses to get the entire group of 5,000 plus to mexico city. in that stretch of highway about 100 miles is very windy, blind curves. only two lanes and they feel it is not safe for the migrants or for motorists. there was an election here last night. the caravan elected six of their own, three men and three women to represent them talking to the me...

And get to the border quicker. what do we have so far? 7000 in this caravan, 1700 and requested asylum, 700 said they want to go home and 100 applied for work permits in mexico but one man said i will pay a coyote to cross illegally. >> to make the money to pay the coyote for path to the united states, we need to make the money. >> reporter: one world official told as hes concerned when the caravan arrives in tijuana they dont have any facilities where young kids could turn into drug dealers for...

And the consequences i had to deal with over the last decades and decades. he is doing his job and hope he continues to do his job. they make interesting in the washington post reporting, the mexican president offered temporary work permits, medical care and other benefits to migrants to register with authorities and remain far from the us border. the core group of migrants has rejected his entreaty and continued heading north toward the us border. what obligation to people have if that could be...

The pipelines. so not an ideal time to deal with 7,000 migrants. also, you know weve been talking all week about how uninformed many of these individuals are. if theyre coming from honduras. they dont know a lot about the u.s. today for the first time we saw a u.s. lawyer advised her counsel them on how to apply for asylum in the u.s. the questions, the five questions he said they needed to answer. why are you running away? was threatening you? whats your relationship to that person? why did you...

Mexico has offered work permits and in some cases they have refused.i think with the president and i are both saying and we want to be clear on this, if you seek asylum, do so in the first safe country. mexico has offered you refuge. if you want a job, that is not asylum. if you want to be reunited with her family, that is not asylum. if you want to just come live in the united states, that is not asylum. this is about the rule of law and understanding whose in the flow. i cannot tell you as sec...

Say we need to reform the laws but the question i have is hes talking specifically about a provision where the president gets to protect national security. we are talking in many cases about women, about children, about babies. how do they threaten national security? >> this isnt a ticketed event. you dont have a membership in the caravan. there are consistently, moment to moment, those raising their hand saying their part of the caravan and others who yesterday said they were part of the carava...

Say we need to reform the laws but the question i have is hes talking specifically about a provision where the president gets to protect national security. we are talking in many cases about women, about children, about babies. how do they threaten national security? >> this isnt a ticketed event. you dont have a membership in the caravan. there are consistently, moment to moment, those raising their hand saying their part of the caravan and others who yesterday said they were part of the carava...

Want to go vote. >> well, the reason why i wont go vote is not because its time-consuming to go out and put the ballot in. i just dont get anything back. >> do you think youll vote? >> absolutely. if i didnt vote, i cant complain. >> are you going to vote? >> if work permits, im in a pretty uncontested district. >> i think its like truth. so i think in the climate were in, we dont know what to trust. i have this case i looked at. cynthia nixon ran for governor? and she was going up against cuomo...