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From the ground in mexico where migrants are getting ready for the neck leg of their journey. >> reporter: good morning. we are asking migrants that are waking up here where they will go because this is a crossroads. let me show you, it is early and a lot of migrants are swimming the distance, 140 miles north of mexico city. it is a telling point because it is the traditional route of the migrants where they go north they are headed to texas. a couple of them told us they are headed -- we will find out, they will cross probably at eagle pass, texas or laredo. they are not stirring yet but we a...

Force if necessary to stop the caravan and confirmed he has already done that. the caravan numbers in the thousands. >> president trump: they have to they'll use lethal force. i've given the okay. if they have to. i hope they don't have to. you are dealing with a minimum of 500 serious criminals. so i'm not going to let the military be taken advantage of. i have no choice. >> another level up, rick. the president warning he would shutter the whole border if needed to protect the safety and sovereignty of america and by the way, we saw an example of that. you may remember on monday over the por...

Year. griff jenkins getting a birds eye view on the work being done and challenges on hand. ainsley: griff is live in mcallen, texas with brand new immigration numbers for us. >> brand new customs and border protection releasing fiscal year 2018 apprehensions for the southwest border. let's take a look at these numbers. total apprehensions more than 396,000. that's up 30% from last year family units made history. record number 107,000, up 42%. first time in history they have been over 100,000. unaccompanied minors that we have seen a little more than 50,000 there. up 21% i asked the deputy dir...

Others will apply as refugees. >> when you arrive in the states, what we use say to the border patrol when you get there? >> to give me the opportunity to enter the country. >> stories of poverty and crime may generate sympathy but are not enough to obtain legal status. >> when you get to the border, what do you say? >> i have no idea, only that i'm going there because i'm going to work to get ahead. >> most caravan numbers wow members are unaware of the bare minimum to qualify for asylum. >> we come from a country where there is a lot of violence and we want a safe place for our children. >> ...