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>> reporter: a setback for the white house in court, a federal judge in san francisco has ruled they cannot apply these new rules that require immigrants only pass through designated border checkpoints to a claim asylum. that is why we limit the us response, the part of homeland security says there is a criminal component to these caravans. >> the caravan has been different not only because of its size but because of the violence, the criminal elements in the caravan, the use of force. >> reporter: mexican outrage is growing in tijuana which has become a staging ground for the migrants who wer...

Inspector general just came out with a report that is raising some very serious questions over whether i.c.e. has the staffing or the training to deal with the high levels of cases that they already have on their radar. those are some of the questions that are going to be asked of the secretary of homeland security and the attorney general a little bit later today. hallie, back to you. >> live for us there in san diego. thank you. and in the next hour, my colleague ali velshi talking with jeff sessions along with john kelly as they take that first-hand look at border checkpoints and procedur...

And many of them crossing the border illegally and seeking a sylm. two men from yemen walked right in. they are avoiding border checkpoints and the risk of sent back to the united states. they have to apply for refugee status in the first country. >> they are well dressed and others are not. and at times have suffered from cold and exposure. canadian border officials say the number of people seeking a sylum spiked since november. 1400 people entered quebec to make the claim. that is more than the total in 2015. there is a variety of reasons including fleeing terror. and immigration advocates s...

>> tighten border security quite like this place. bokias, mexico. one of the smallest legal border checkpoints you'll find. this is the bokias and big ben national park, literally two little boats and across. bokias is a small town of 200 people. its lifeline is the tourists that venture across the rio grande for the tamales at the restaurant. >> it's nice to live here. >> lilly runs the restaurant her father opened in 1973. but after 9/11, united states closed the bokias border krosing and the town slowly started dying. had to close. the entry point reopened almost 4 years ago and falcons is ...

Legal border checkpoints you're going to find. this is the crossing in big ben national park. literally two little boats and a guy who rows you across. it's a small town of 200 people. its lifeline is the tourists that venture across the rio grand for the tama lays at jose falcon's restaurant. >> it's very nice to live here. >> reporter: lilia runs the restaurant her father opened in 1973, but after 9/11, the united states closed the border crossing and the town slowly started dying. falcons had to close. the entry point reopened almost four years ago and falcon's is back. but lilia falcon wor...