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I think we are up to 654. that will cure it. we can't keep moving the goal post. by the way, the same experts -- and i have asked the border patrol chiefs from bush, from the obama administration and even trump's border patrol chiefs. when i asked them the question, how much time does a wall offense buy you they said the same thing. quote, a few minutes or a few seconds. we'll spend billions of dollars for a wall or a fence when i can buy a $100 ladder and take care of the issue. people will climb in, go under. what we need to do is secure the border through technology, border patrol. they are...

And started railing about. but that share of people crossing the border has dropped dramatically and now 60% of people crossing the border are either families or unaccompanied children. they are actually flee they are fleeing gang, they are fleeing poverty. they are families. they're not terrorists or things like that. to prepare everybody for the discussion tonight about the wall, i thought it would be useful at what numbers we're tucking about, 154 miles long. trump wants to build a thousand miles of border. there are 654 miles of existing fences, barriers, things like that that exist. the c...

Of the wall along the southern border. nancy pelosi for political reasons and a lot of democrats in the leadership including chuck schumer have decided to make this a political battle, not base it on the merits of whether we need to do this or not or say let's deny president trump what he wants. i'd remind senator schumer that he voted for 700 miles of wall in 2006. we built about 654 miles of wall. along the southern border. so we haven't even finished the task that he supported along with 79 other members of the senate in 2006. if nancy pelosi believes so firmly that there shouldn't be in i ...

Congress appropriated $1.75 billion for border security for the wall last year for fiscal year fy18 that ended the end of september, first of october. they recently announced initial contracts. they haven't spent all that money. he wants $5 billion. they were not able to spend $1.6 billion in the last budget. on the other hand, the democrats are being hypocritical by saying it's ineffective. if they really believe the wall is ineffective, then make a proposal to remove the 654 miles offense and wall and obstructions we have along the southern border. >> julie: chuck shumer aqued the president ...

Not seem like they are asylum seekers. it looks a lot more like invaders to me. >> jon: fox news.com did a story on what's going on in arizona in your sector in the yuma sector. it says agents there say they detained 654 people, family units or uncode minors from guatemala. apprehensions in the yuma sector are up more than 150% compared to the last fiscal year at this time. more than 3600 people were apprehended in the month of october. it does seem like there is a wave trying to get into the country. >> there definitely is a wave. honestly we can attribute it to we're still doing the catch an...