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Are not necessarily going to be sneaking across the border and then the border patrol or u.s. troops will find them. is that they're going to stand in line at the port of entry and then just say the magic word asylum and you're going to end up letting them in because the law requires it. >> harris: we know some of them will sneak in because some of them have told a reporter that if they find out it's not an option on the other side, though just try to enter illegally. i want to get this from former senator obama talking about immigration. let's talk about the politics of what's change. barack ...

Takes. >> harris: hang in there, thank you very much. millions watching, appreciate i it. the spring and executive director for the center for immigration studies. great to have you. i won't even heavy way and on the media component there, let's start with the news and the legality of it all. is there an asylum that is available for economic reasons? you hear people saying they want to go north for the money. >> there is no such thing as asylum for economic reasons or even a for general violence. you have to be individually persecuted because of your religion, race, political opinion. the prob...

So that we may ask you to come to court a year from now, two years from now. in the meantime, you're working, you may have a kid, you may give birth in the united states that you have a u.s. citizen child and frankly even if none of those things happen, how was i was ever going to find these people? in other words, the point is not to get asylum. there's almost no central americans qualified for asylum. the point is to get past the border by using the magic word of asylum and then you are pretty much home free. >> harris: real quickly because i do want to get to another segment of this. how wi...

Meanwhile the caravan is moving about 25 miles each day on average. that puts tijuana 80 days away. some may choose to leave in groups of five and ten we are told for their own safety. we are on the beast right now, about 42 miles behind the caravan and this is the principal way many central americans make it to the u.s. border. to the caravan now is between four and 7,000, it fluctuates because some people come in, some people go out and you're talking about 700 who claimed asylum in about 111 who were taking up mexico on their offer of asylum here, medical care and school for the kids. criti...