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We're closed, we're full as he has said, if today they don't want to take any responsibility for what has happened to oscar and velaria because they try to warn people from taking this risky journey. they've said time and again they try to deter people. what's your response to this? >> i don't know how you actually shutdown the border, commerce, legal citizens have to be able to come back and forth. the department of homeland security is collecting all this information. if you had 144,000 people come in last month, guess what they have a cellphone number for a human smuggler, they have a licen...

What are the chances the house can come to an agreement? >> i don't plan to vote for it because it is not going to stem the tide and the overwhelming numbers coming across the border. the money that will be used here is not for enforcement, not barriers, it is not for extra beds for detention. it is going to just facilitate quicker releases and i don't think it will do anything to disincentive eyes illegal classroom coming across in the numbers we have already seen, 144,000 last month alone and we've got to do something to stem the tide of these people that are just crashing across the border ...

Up to 72 hours. but we've been hearing over and over again that instead they've been spending days, even weeks inside the facility. we heard from the cbp official who said he takes those allegations of civil rights abuses very seriously and they'd be referred to the office of the inspector general. but then when pressed on the specific allegations, including one that children didn't have access to snacks, barely any access to food or showers, the cbp official said i don't buy it and that i personally don't believe the allegations. certainly this is an ongoing situation here at the border. we'v...

>> there is no access to soap, toothbrushes. there is also a lice infestation. these are the most appalling conditions i have seen in my 12 years of representing children and families who are detained. >> reporter: that facility in texas is one of many packed past capacity as they struggle to find space. 144,000 in may, the highest monthly total in 13 years. now, the count down is on. president trump in an abrupt about face announced he's holding on for two weeks. he's hoping for democrats to strike a deal. a goal of the president as he tries to crack down on immigration. the reversal of the r...

Months, and it's costing the taxpayers a tremendous amount of money. when they talk about a shortage of resources, it's not really an issue of resources. it is mismanagement. >> let me make sure i'm clear on this. i want to clear up -- i guess it's a source of confusion. because you say it's not a resource issue, the immigration numbers are down, but we've also been talking in the last few months about the number of migrants who are being detained at the border. an incredible increase there in the last year or so. i think 144,000 we're talking about who were detained in may. we were talking ab...