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Dhs says criminals are smuggling many of these migrants including children. let's take you to the border to two people immersed this this issue. lauren is a border reporter for "the el paso times" and blake is the director of the rescue mission of el paso, a homeless shelter seeing a huge influx of migrants. thank you both for being with us. lauren, we have covered the surges for years through multiple administrations. you've recently been reporting from both sides of the border. help us understand how is this surge different from others? >> yes, ana, i was down at the u.s. border fence this m...

>> it takes that incentive away and i think you'll see a reduction in numbers, over 1.1 million people have illegally entered the country at least that we know of since january. we have to be able to stem that tide and take control of our border >> reporter: but the u.s. can't simply restart the program on its own. it'll require the cooperation of mexico which isn't happy about this development. lester. >> pete williams at the supreme court, thanks still to come tonight, why insurance companies are dropping homeowners with longtime policies in some fire-ravaged areas.

The dire conditions of the border patrol facility. several other candidates visited a facility in florida where 2,700 children are being held. joining me now former federal prosecutor and msnbc contributor, professor at the university of texas and a border reporter for the all journal. why is there so little information about what's actually going on inside of these facilitiefacilities? >> it is hard to fathom that the u.s. government, the administration would not let people see what's going on inside these sort of detention facilities for children. you know, i was a prosecutor for 30 years, f...