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Stop their behavior and we know in some cases it takes many years for them to be removed. this in addition creates a magnet for additional illegal immigration, tco activity and criminal activity across our border. every day we rely on partnerships to help accomplish missions to secure our borders. congress and our international partners. i have been with and will and continue to work with these partners. this is a problem that requires all of our attention. this administration has also asked congress for help. congress makes immigration law. it's that simple. that's how our system works. congr...

>> this announcement of sending the military to the border is coming a week before the president makes his first ever trip as president to latin america. what signal does that send to the region where the united states has had a long history of military involvement that is very unpopular and how does that affect his ability to prevent the united states vision of latin american whi he's there? >> they have toughsn immigration, too. a lot of countries in central and south america have tougher laws than the united states. they probably understand that the loop holes that we have in this country a...

That step. >> and this sense of urgency about sending the national guard to the border, the secretary sized up this question. does this have anything to do with the report that the president saw on fox news? >> it has everything to do with protecting the people of this country. it shouldn't be a surprise. the president has been talking about securing the border for years. since he started on the campaign trail. he asked congress to do their job. he asked them to pass legislation that would close loop holes that would secure our border and build a wall. he asked them to do a number of things. t...

Add something else to it. >> jon: both sides have the long wish lists. in theory, they could have come to a solution. white house press secretary raj shah said this morning. take a listen. >> a span of over 1,000 individuals going through mexico with the assumption they're going to come to the united states. we need to close the legal loop holes and the president is being compassionate and wants to deal with the daca population, but it takes two to tango. democrats have been unwilling to work with them on this issue. they've been on is sidelines playing politics from day one. >> molly: so we h...

>> yeah. we think that more border security is a good thing. that's when the president asked us to do planning for the wall, we gave him requirements. congress did give us money in 18. we used some money in 17 as directed by the president. we're making improvements and trying to add to the border security situation, give us more capability. if these policies and the law doesn't change that advantages people that come as children or part of families, the loop holes will still exist. so that's another addition to our capability at the line, that physical border. you have to do these things on th...