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>> o'donnell: that's cold for texas, mike bettes, thank you. u.s. custom also and border protection agent was killed in a shootout with suspected drug smugglers. two others suffered grave injuries off the coast of puerto rico. jeff pegues has the details. >> reporter: the injured agents were airlifted to a trauma center in puerto rico while federal investigators scoured one of the vessels involved for evidence. the shootout happened 14 miles off the coast where u.s. officials say three cbp agents approached the suspected drug smuggling vessel, there was a shootout in which three agents were wo...

Alexandria ocasio-cortez. sanders wants an overhaul of the u.s. immigration system. >> we will end the "ice" raids. >> [cheers and applause]. >> we are going to develop a humane border policy. >> shannon: he is talking decriminalizing illegal border crossing and giving full welfare access to illegal immigrants and breaking up the border protection agent. former vice-president joe biden not on board with all of thaty. >> should not abolish "ice." it's the policies and that's easy to fix. >> shannon: in 2007 sanders opposed a bipartisan amnesty

Poor character. dhs is already investigating a closed facebook group for border patrol agents. it includes jokes about migrant deaths, sexually graphic theme involving at least one agent. a memo obtained by cnn shows that a senior border protection agent warned all agencies last year of potential discipline after being told of a private facebook group with inappropriate and offensive posts. today is the deadline for the justice department to tell a federal judge whether it plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. doing so would defy the supreme court. earlier this week presi...

Latest. >> reporter: u.s. customs and border protection is saying that an 8-year-old little boy, a guatemalan national who had been apprehended in new mexico with his father, has died while in their custody. at this point they do not have an official cause of death. according to the timeline released by the cbp, it was the morning of christmas eve, and a border protection agent noticed the child appeared to be sick. the little boy and his father were transferred to the gerald champion regional medical center, initially diagnosed with a common cold. that changed, according to officials, when th...

The offense of the shutdown will really start to be felt today. staffing at the office overseeing food stamps cut by 95%, and the department of health and human services estimates nearly 8,000 federal employees will not return to work. customs and border patrol is making changes after a second child from guatemala died in u.s. custody. an 8-year-old boy identified as felipe alonzo gomez died late christmas eve in detention with his father. now authorities in guatemala are calling for an investigation. cnn's jean casarez has the latest. >> reporter: u.s. customs and border protection is sayin...