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>> dana: the relentless surge at the southern border continues. exclusive drone team footage showing late night pursuits of migrants at the border as the texas department of public safety reports a sharp rise in daytime border activity. senior correspondent casey stiegel is live in la joya, texas. what's going on now? >> it's almost a tale of two different worlds here. during the daylight hours they see the unaccompanied minors and the family units that are mostly surrendering themselves voluntarily. boy in the cover of darkness it is when the game changes. officials here working out on the gr...

Of july, overlooking thousands who ignored their deportation order or their notice to report. without a penalty, the surge gets worse, something the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas that he understands. >> making apprehensions. [indistinct] >> the problem is because of overcrowding the border patrol gives those show up to i.c.e. 60 day notices but almost 85 percent do not show up. i.c.e. cannot cannot get travel documents ready so they too are forced to let people go. to get it for immigration enforcement a sham. >> kevin: strong reporting, william la jeunesse. thank you. and then there is the...

Border officials crediting mexico for a lot of help with the crackdown on illegal migration through their country and in the us. that was later live in washington with more on what is behind the drop. the weather plays a big role in this as well. >> reporter: a lot of things play roles in this. they a been flow depending on the season and so on. us officials say that is not primarily what is at play. those us represent a significant problem in border activity. here are the numbers. in july customs and border protection said it encountered 82,000 people on the southern border. that is a big num...

Young people today are going to be wondering who piled all this debt on them. >> he didn't seem particularly enthusiastic about the bill. here's what he said earlier today. >> i think it's a deal that we'll get through. i think people are signing on, democrats and republicans. it isn't everything we hoped for but it got through the debt ceiling. defense strength was maintained. no restrictions on border activity so it's a pretty good deal under the circumstances. that's the way i'd put it. >> not exactly what i'd call a resounding endorsement. >> that's the nature of negotiation. i think we ha...

They've created called arizona border trash dedicated to cleaning up the thousands of tons of garbage strewn across by illegal immigrants. the government accountability office put it this way. "illegal border activity on federal lands not only threatens people but endangered species and the land itself. illegal aliens and smugglers have destroyed cactus and other sensitive as vegetation that can take decades to recover. one land management official described in other property on arizona's border as so unsafe with resources so destroyed that it is primarily used for illegal activity and no long...