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It violates the flores act, which dictates how long and in what conditions the federal government can detain children. a federal judge rejected a request to modify the flores act. they also claim the president's actions are nothing be a racist political ploy. but the president is not backing down. in fact, it appears he's doubling down. here's what he said at a rally in west virginia. watch. >> but caravan after caravan is forming unvetted illegal aliens trying to flood into our country on your dollar, overwhelming your schools, depleting your resources, and endangering your community. >> mean...

69% oppose. that's a lot of republicans. that's not just democrats. that's not just independents. seven in ten americans say bad idea. again, this other number shows you that the zero tolerance p l policy, the president would have been on safer ground through the flores act. going forward, what would you prefer happen to the families accused of crossig the border illegally until their case is solved? hold families together in a detention facility, 58%. temporarily release the families until a hearing, 39%. so the president would have support for zero tolerance if you held the families together...

♪ border security. we have repeatedly called on congress to close these loopholes. >> now, these loopholes are very important. she says there are three. one goes back to 2008, the trafficking victim prevention act. the asylum policy needs to be reformed they say the last decade risen 1700 percent as well as the flores act going back to 1997. we are going to talk next hour with the sector chief here manuel padilla. we will bring it live and get answers. back to you. steve: thanks, griff. the president is going to be meeting with house republicans tonight. he has made it very clear that he sup...