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This is a deterrent because they know that instead of rushing the border which is what's been going on for a number of years now, by using the massive numbers coming to the border and overwhelming our facilities and our capacity to hold folks, now they can and will, to the extent we're able to do so, hold them until those hearings happen. they won't simply be released into the interior for us to never see them again. >> joining us now is journalist alice driver. she's live on the border. she's extensively covered the immigration crisis. alice, from your experience, will this work as a deterren...

Would support decriminalizing border crossings. would this help the situation or would this incentivize an already dangerous journey? >> a very good point. seeking asylum is not a criminal matter. that's really what we need to address. we need to invest in processing asylum cases. the reason there is a build up on the border is because people who have often valid reasons to request asylum are not allowed to even make the requestcess th their legal right. rather than invest in detention which costs $975 a day to house someone in detention, we should think about decriminalizing the process. thes...

Or even that sound of what it was like when they were taken from their parents and guardians. >> and so here we are again. a new story, but the same question. when will things change? when will we stop seeing images like this one? of oscar martinez and his daughter who will never know the life they dreamed of in the united states. i want to bring in alice driver.