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A small section of the border and it was just overwhelmed with garbage. the amount of stuff that they are leaving behind across the border is out of control. it is essentially a landfill on the border. and it is left for people and myself and local government to come by and pick this stuff up. >> carley: last year, he went to the del rio went there with those thousands of haitian migrants that were forced to live another bridge and what did you see then fixed i remember it turned out to be a rescue mission on your part. >> john: it was truly unbelievable. we were pulling people from venezuela ...

Potentially overdosing. >> todd: police seizing 800 rainbow fentanyl pills during a bust important, oregon. >> carley: it has been nearly one year since we saw those heartbreaking images of migrants in del rio, texas, forced to live in squalor under a bridge. the border crisis rages on. encountering -- migrant encounters are passing to million for fiscal year 2022. civilians are left to pick up the pieces. as part of the cleanup effort during the chaos in del rio. he has returned. an army veteran and the founder of great american cleanup joins me now from eagle pass, texas. john hook good morn...

Teepees, cutting trees down and making shelters. it was like nothing i have ever seen and they all -- they are all here because they love joe biden. that is they were telling us. i'm not making this up for tv. that is what they told me on video. they said it is because joe biden is a caring president and this is their time to come. so they are coming and they are not stopping. >> carley: president biden is saying the governor's decision is inhumane and cruel. but encouraging this sort of illegal immigration and having these people live in these kind of conditions, is that humane? >> john: i ca...

What it is like to live in eagle pass. >> carley: do these communities have the funding to do the cleanup efforts under your own? if not for you, then what would they do? >> john: they absolutely don't have the fighting. the sheriff's office are spending money on overtime protecting the border and not the cities for the citizens that live there. so people like myself and other great americans have to come out and do things like picking up trash on the border just because i love america. that is my america, too. it seems like the government has forgotten about this part of america. we have not....

That owns a moving company has been to the border more times than the president of the united states. if he did one right along with anyone along the border, i guarantee you things would start to change. you can't overlook how bad it is here. the amount of people that were coming in last night in a short time that i was there, i think i saw at least 50 people and i was on beyond the border for maybe an hour looking at trash. they were so excited to be here screaming and yelling. coming from venezuela. so excited that they finally made it to america. and as they crossed the border, they just th...