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Wh this is the new willie horton ad, right? the united states has been terrorizing brown and black bodies for decades, for centuries. so in the case of central america, for example, we created this problem like the reverend -- i'm sorry, like congressman jeffries said. people need to remember there were civil wars in the '80s that were funded by the united states. this is sort of our silent vietnam. we have created this policy of displacing thousands, i mean millions of people killing thousands not only with our civil war policy, but the fact we created the gang problem. the united states crea...

Policy. if things weren't so dire there, people wouldn't be emigrating here. >> there are efforts. there are plenty of efforts by the state department. there are efforts by ngos to try to deal with the gang violence problem. but so far they have not been very successful. this is a problem that dominates everyday life in this country. people in many countries simply don't go outside their homes after 7:00, 8:00 at night. they are afraid to wander the streets. if you go in certain gang infested areas, the government is not in control. you have to go in with the gang's permission. you have to go ...

Fostering -- he's fostering hate with the language that he's using. is the president fostering hate here? >> i would disagree on that. i think the president takes this issue of ms-13, of the gang problem, of the human trafficking and the drug trafficking. i think he takes this very personally, that he looks and he's met with so many of these angel moms and the people have been impacted by these lax border policies and whether they be sanctuary cities and to joe's point, i completely agree with them, for too many i think the language has gone to the right direction here because really what's at...

These families with their children to come in, it's going to encourage more people to make a dangerous journey and this is, in fact, a deterrent which long term may be better for kids because it prevents people from trying to make that dangerous journey. >> i hate to integrate facts in that discussion, because yes, that is an argument people make, but this policy doesn't even work. while we're destroying our global image while we're actually ruining young people's lives, children's lives, putting them in harm's way, we have a policy that doesn't even work. it's proven to be flawed. >> you thin...

That discussion, because yes, that is an argument people make, but this policy doesn't even work. while we're destroying our global image while we're actually ruining young people's lives, chaildren's lives, puttig them in harm's way, we have a policy that doesn't even work. it's proven to be flawed. >> you think there was no crisis until now? you think the ms-13 and the drug traffickers and the human traffickers, you think none of that was happening until now? >> with all due respect, mason, these kids are not ms-13. these kids are not animals. these kids are children, jason. so when you're t...