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Across the country. >> one democrat is retreating. this is castro. >> i am for decriminalizing, not legalizing. people are still part of a court process and still subject to the laws of the united states and go through a process. >> open borders is a right wing talking point. we have 654 miles of fencing and thousands of border personnel and planes and helicopters and boats and guns and security cameras. >> jesse, what do you think of that? >> beto doesn't want a wall. trump wants to issue deportation and they issue ini haveation -- invitation. they wanted to pull back border patrol from the f...

Border. not he, his party and others for not doing asylum rules that is causing chaos at the borders. ainsley: says crisis isn't at the border it's in the white house. listen. >> you said that you believe that entering the country he illegally should not be a federal crime. at what point is a crime mitted in this process. >> from 1929 until about 2004, the united states did not enforce somebody crossing the border as a criminal violation. we enforce it, basically, as a civil violation. and it was after we started enforcing it as a criminal violation that a lot of the problems that we see today...

And i think we're the only two people at south by southwest wearing ties, just for the record. >> i'm sorry to force you to wear a tie. you've come out against president's border wall. you know there are new customs and border protection numbers that show it's doubled since last year and more and more are families. >> right. >> is this a crisis? >> we are absolutely dealing with a problem. there is no question. i think the president being focused on border security is important. last year, 400,000 people came into the country illegally. we had $67 billion worth of illegal narcotics coming into...

Guess what? the president agrees. what we should be doing is focussing on technology, manpower, physical barriers where it makes sense. we have 654 miles of physical border. this bill has 88 more miles of physical border going in the rio grande area. >> you don't have a problem with that? >> i voted for 220 billion of funding. >> you have 40% in your districts? >> about. i have about 820 miles of the border. so ultimately the issue with the use of the word "emergency" that givers the president certain powers that i believe is -- goes against what our constitution has said. congress, back befor...

Where we are at that point before we rush into doing something else. it's so important as we look at this budget to realize the devil is in the details. we have to look and see how we'll handle all this. we are speaking about a 5% cut. there are many republicans who said that could be problematic. it could be in the areas that are important to most of of the country. that we have to deal with that. we have to deal with all of those issues that deal with our military and military strength and keep that strong. at the same time we have the budget cap and budget deficit and budget debt. so we hav...