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Talking to them outside the coffee shop, talking to them outside the cloak room, they're trying to get this white house to back away. they're actually encouraged by the president's tweets this morning where he said you could have a so-called human wall. in their eyes, the president could be sending troops to the border rather than doing formal declaration of national emergency. >> jeh johnson, you were the secretary of homeland security. the president deploying the troops against the objections in fact of some of his military advisers, although they didn't object publicly at the time, because ...

Started deeper inside the city, three-quarters a mile away from where we're standing right now. >> there were two drug tunnels right here. >> reporter: they've spent decades patroling the borderlands of santa cruz county and have seen organized crime cartels adapt to every new evolution of border security. >> we have the world's record as far as tunnels are concerned. >> more than 00 tunnels have been discovered in nogales. >> no buffer zone. the more difficult you make it for them, the more creative they're going to be. >> that's a lot of tunnels. >> that is a lot of tunnels. at some point yo...

The asylum policy is a stark violation of international law and, quote, the end results could be the endangerment of thousands of families and individuals seeking protection. as of september 30th, us border authorities received 92,000 credible fear claims, that is the initial step toward asylum, 67% the same time last year. >> trace gallagher, thank you very much. if you know more about the policies like the new one on immigrants seeking asylum for the border wall, this homeland security secretary, kirstjen neilsen, on the critical day for immigration policies. let's talk about what was rolled...

Border authorities. >> have you spoken to officials in the pentagon who fear that they were used here for a political stunt premid terms? >> i think there is no question that any military person -- some of them have said this very privately -- knows there were political overtones to this. there was the rush to get all of these troops. there are about 5,900 of them, nowhere near 15,000 before the mid terms. you heard president trump talking or tweeting about the threat of the caravans every day. that is all somehow just gone away. they used active duty troops because they have the authority to ...

It. this kong lees mom passed the government screening for asylum, yet still pulled apart. that is happening over and over. and the other thing i just want to be clear about in our lawsuit, if you think the parents are flight risk, you can detain them with their child. don't taken a 18-month-old, a one-year-old and send them halfway across the country. there were family detention centers built for this purpose. we don't think that's the solution but in the rare case where the parent is a flight risk, keep them together. it's harrowing. >> we hear border authorities or other authorities are usi...