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>> and they're really not built for children at all. the commissioner of border protections said on the hill this week they built these places for migrant men, not for these vulnerable populations. >> julia ainsley, thank you for reporting on this. i want to bring in congresswoman pramila jayapal and sandra cordero, the director of families belong together, the coalition working to end family separation. congresswoman, you and your colleagues have written a letter to dhs about this case. what do you want to find out? >> well, we have a lot of things we want to find out. the most important thin...

Try to enter the legal way and claim asylum through legal ports of entry. >> those remote locations, we should just be clear, they're called iceboxes because they're kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. that is not a trump administration policy. that is the way things have operated for a very long time. >> yeah, that's true. it's operated that way for a long time. but we're seeing more people who are having to wait longer at the legal ports. >> right. >> before they go to those area. >> so they're pushing them into the remote areas. >> when you th...

Called iceboxes because they're kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. that is not a trump administration policy. that is the way things have operated for a very long time. >> yeah, that's true. it's operated that way for a long time. but we're seeing more people who are having to wait longer at the legal ports. >> right. >> before they go to those area. >> so they're pushing them into the remote areas. >> when you think of the children in cages that we saw this summer, the ones who were waiting at the border before they went into hhs custody, healt...

Details. >> there's the issue of lots and lots of troops on our streets. something we have become after natural disasters. is there anything that concerns you about the fact that active duty troops are being sent to america in america for something that doesn't feel like a military exercise? >> clearly, this is a wasteful effort. it's not a national security crisis. it's a border control crisis. there's 60,000 employees in customs and border protections. state have authority to use national guard forces and non-title x activities. we shouldn't get diverted from the main reason this is happenin...

Originally called this one as likely g.o.p. and then it went to lean g.o.p. and as of yesterday they are now calling this a toss up. back to you. arthel: a texas toss-up. >> very nice. arthel: you know, i try. anita, thank you. [laughter] eric: the president's wall, it turns out construction of a four mile long portion of the border wall began today in el paso. customs and border protections says the metal fence will be replaced with an 18 foot high wall. the project is expected to be completed in april and the cost of this tiny little bit about 22 million dollars. arthel? arthel: well, eric, ...