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Disgusting. k we traveled to the border. chaos and confusion grows over the zero tolerance policy. >> it is summer in arizona's high desert. agent dan hernandez and other members watch over a 262 mile stretch of border. >> on the given day we patrol an area the size of new jersey. it is massive. >> tucson the is second busiest.
Tonight's breaking news on clashes between top officials over implementing the president's border policy, am executive order gives a top down view of the problem. right now what appears to be a policy train wreck is unfolding through the eyes of the people on the border. martin savidge reports. >> reporter: it's the start of a deadly season, summers in arizona's desert. down from 110. the land is parched and so rugged it can shatter bones. there are many dangers here. last week a u.s. border patrol agent was shot multiple times. he survived. the gunman, they say, likely a drug trafficker or hu...
There were people that believe that you were ripping children out of the hands of the parents. >> false narrative. it is a process we have. >> reporter: meanwhile, agent hernandez continues to patrol. in this deadly landscape, he is more concerned with keeping them alive. >> what is your understanding of what happens to families after they have been processed for deportation. >> reporter: let me tell you, first of all, the cbp is saying now they expect all of the families in their custody to be reunited by the end of the day today. those that were detained. and you can see the custom and borde...
That got away. agent dan hernandez. >> we patrol over the size of new jersey. >> reporter: tucson is the second busiest sector in the country. constantly spied on by human traffickers just over the way. >> as we are talking right now, there are two scouts up on the ridge. >> reporter: the president's immigration flip-flop doesn't help. >> u.s. customs and border protection took steps immediately. >> reporter: separated families are being reunited. >> a family would not be prosecuted unless one of them had a criminal record but would