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And hope is fading, but they say they have no choice but to continue on. patrick almond, cnn, on the mexico/guatemala border. we will continue to track their progress and that story. the u.s. president makes a surprise announcement just days before the u.s. mid term elections. it appears he may be looking for some voting insurance. also -- >> it's discriminating and disenfranchising to our people to not allow them to vote and it's discouraging on top of that. >> one of the highest races is in south dakota. we'll explain. stay with us. place, the xfinity xfi gateway.

Will be able to vote. >> it's discriminating and disenfranchising to our people to not allow them to vote. it's discouraging on top of that. >> al jager is north dakota's secretary of state. he's trying to implement the new law which is designed to protect the integrity of the vote. what could be simpler than presenting an i.d. saying who you are and where you live. >> pretty simple process. and so others seem to be making it a lot more than it is. it's pretty simple. >> reporter: others seem to be saying you're trying to disenfranchise native american voters, right? >> well, we're not. we wan...

>> reporter: the process just took minutes and now he has a tribal i.d. >> did it cost anything? >> no fee. >> reporter: that's not the point says wife margaret. >> it's discriminating and disenfranchising to our people to not allow them to vote. and it's discouraging on top of that. >> it's not designed to disenfranchise anybody. >> reporter: this is north dakota's secretary of state. he's trying to implement the new law which he says is designed to protect the integrity of the vote and what could be simpler, he says, than to merely present an i.d. that says who you are and where you live. >>...

Laws and the first amendment by someone who has solemnly pledged to defend it. we should never shrug the president cheerleading for a violent attack targeting a free and independent news media. and could that backfire from the president given the fact that we are following jamal khashoggi's disappearance? >> well, first of all a great statement from olivier and glad he put it out. could it backfire? i don't think so. honestly, if you notice and i was not surprised that the president made that statement, and probably got tick build the idea that you could body slam a reporter, and enjoyed the i...

Are reporters. so it won't have an impact unfortunately and that is discourage inin inning -- can discouraging, but it is producing irony of the lack of civility, and the mobs of progressives turning this country into a violent mayhem, and you have a president up there, the leader of the party applauding a violent act. so to a degree that it does matter, it is sort of diffuses or takets the oxygen out of attack line of the republicans using in the past few weeks. >> and the other line, carol, it was about immigration. the president pushing hard this idea that he is going to block what is refer...