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The president has the power t e declare a national emergency for funds? what is the central legal question they'll answer? >> they can review whether there's a national emergency, but they usually give the president wide discretion and deference there. the thing is, when you declare a national emergency, what you do is unleash all of these other laws where congress has said if there is a national crisis, the president can do this. but when the president does something like build a wall, he has to attribute it to a specific law, and under the constitution, it's congress who appropriates funds. ...

Of representatives. republicans controlling the senate. and in divided government, you cannot get everything that you are looking for. the president is highlighting as a victory the fact that he got $23 billion in overall border security. though he didn't get what he wanted for the wall. there are also some restrictions within the bill such as where they can and cannot build a wall. the national butterfly center west of mcallen, texas, for example, they can't characterize as a win and they need to engage in extensive negotiations with local officials in five different areas in texas right on t...

We build a wall in 2008 after the 2006 secure fence act voted for by republicans and democrats alike and el paso's crime rate actually increase after that. i don't know if it's correlated but what i can tell you is didn't have to do with the wall. >> reporter: like this stretch they could come across. but it's not like the city of el paso is under an invasion? >> it was not. and a really important thing to remember is we've always had some level of migration from mexico and central america, most of it from people wanting to work jobs in this country that no one with else would do legally. and ...

Too, and existed as a country. then another thing you hear not just from the president but really from politicians across the political spectrum is we need to secure the border and yet, no one ever seems to define what the heck that means, what is the goal that you want to reach? it means in practice is always more, more money, more fencing, more drones, more technology. more border patrol, more enforcement, more punitive measures and somehow it's it early never enough and it's not about the border and it never has been and you know that because as soon as they were offered a $25 billion packa...

Never good for echo tourism and lose our property that will be south of the border wall. >> reporter: border patrol are out in force picking up large groups of people, the vast majority of which are families. agents can see what's happening on the mexican side of the border. >> they want tuse leave so they can cross more bodies. >> so they're motioning for you to go away? >> yes. they're not scared of anything right now. they want me to leave so they don't have to worry about their guide getting caught. >> reporter: the final stretch of wall is in browns vill, texas and some 13 miles through m...