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Use of the phrase "wall system" and just want to explore with you a little bit what you mean by that. one of the people that i've taken advice from is rio grande valley border sector chief mandy padio, who i believe you were with recently. he told me in his vast experience with the border patrol, that border security is composed of three elements. infrastructure is important. you can call it a secure fence, as we did in 2006. you can call it a wall, as the president does from time to time. but it includes not only the infrastructure but also technology. of course, the border patrol agents to b...

Jon: a quick look at what's still to come this hour. new fallout from bashar al-assad's visit to moscow to meet with vladimir putin. one couplery filmmaker whose brother died on the pan am flight that downed over lockerbie scotland. jenna: those issues of immigration and border security taking center stage, but border apprehensions are nearly at a 40-year low. but each border sector takes a different story. william? reporter: jenna, the reason for

Joining us now the reaction is univision anchor henrique acevedo, along with grayson allen, deputy chief border patrol for the laredo, texas, border sector. great to see both of you. let's start with you, henrique. these interest a few of the facts, border patrol facts along our southwest border. fiscal year '17, 415,191 border apprehensions, physically '16, 563,000 come apart to be 15, 440,000 come '14, 559,000, a part should '13, 489,000. this is what, henrique, our border patrol is up against. so why not make their job easier by having a physical barrier in place to lighten their load so th...