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Says exactly what the administration wants to say about us around the world? >> i never seen a more shameful situation ever part of it, by the way -- i don't think -- i think it's incompetence on such a scale that we're unwilling to look at that as the rational for what year seeing. the numbers don't work there's 58,000 people in customs and border patrol. there's around 81,000 it can detainees. in may 144,000 people crossed the border this law enforcement agency, the border patrol with 18,000 agents is not going to be able to handle it. so we've got a policy that's producing a humanitarian di...

What administration wants to say about us around the world? >> you know, brain, i've spent a lot of time in that u.s., mexicoen border and mexico and central america and never seen a more shameful situation ver. part of it by the way, i don't think is a policy. it's incompetence on such a scale we're unwilling to look at that as the rational for what we're seeing the numbers don't work there is 58,000 people in customs and border patrol. there is around 81,000 detainees either in i.c.e., cbp. in may, 144,000 people crossed the border this law enforcement agency of 18,000 agents is not going to...

Homeland security tonight. more than 144,000 migrants had been encountered or arrested in may. a month later in june, that number plunged about 40,000 to 104,000. that's still a massive number. the acting secretary, kevin mcaleenan, initially forecast a 25% decrease. he credits trump administration initiatives for the decline. of course he stresses the humanitarian crisis is ongoing and growing. welcome back to "prime time," sir. >> good to be back, chris. >> so the latest numbers, you see them as improvement. now where do they put us in terms of the norm? >> we're very much still in a crisis ...

We are seeing a 28% decline from last month. look at these numbers here. 144,000 were in may. these are the apprehensions and inadmissibles combined. 104344 actions in june dropped from last month. ainsley: 40,000 fewer individuals, detainees coming across the border. good numbers. that's great news. steve: it is and it isn't. when you look at the numbers year over year 28% seems like a pretty big number. last year at the same time it was 17,000. if you think about the maximum pressure that the president put on mexico and said hey, look, unless you do something that stops this flow of migrants...

Surprise you on that and a plan to help the border mess, a big event we're going to talk about. storm clouds hovering over another trump cabinet member. this jeffrey epstein case reeks of deal making. we have the journalist who followed the consent all the way to the latest prosecution. what do you say? let's get after it. a 28% drop, that's a sizable decrease in the number of enforcement actions at our southern border in june. this was just put out by homeland security tonight. more than 144,000 migrants had been encountered or arrested in may. a month later in june, that number plunged a...