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The program? >> i have a lot -- i had a chance to talk with him. clearly want the funds to go into central america. want to stop the metering process on the border. which is preventing people from seeking safety that are at the southern border. right now they are in a mexican town that is controlled by gangs and drug dealers and they are at great risk. so we want to protect that population. we want people that have been clear from the point of view of not committing any crimes and seeking asylum to be released so they do not have to stay in detention longer than one or two days. that is what w...

Say to us, you know what? give us more money. well, let me tell you something. how do we assure that they are going to actually follow the law and not allow for families to be separated? we have a court decision that said that thousands of families were separated and now they're doing it right in front of our eyes and they want us to give them more money for that? this is a -- it is a crisis that has been created by the administration. they cut aid to central american countries that would have helped address the situation in those countries. they started the metering process, which basically h...

That they need basic things like food and water and medical care. and this administration is lawless. it has taken the money that we have given and it does not follow any of the conditions that we lay out, and then they say to us, you know what? give us more money. well, let me tell you something. how do we assure that they are going to actually follow the law and not allow for families to be separated? we have a court decision that said that thousands of families were separated and now they're doing it right in front of our eyes and they want us to give them more money for that? this is a -- ...

We have not been complying with flores for some time. and so just approving money to a lawless administration who is creating these conditions at the border, you know, you've seen the administration is willing to take money from other places for a border wall but they certainly are not willing to actually put money into these conditions. it's been a longer standing issue than just the last several months, as your reporter said. and i think on top of that, we have to think about how this happened. there are many ways to deal with this. number one, dealing with the conditions in these migrating ...

Know who to believe. whatever -- he didn't quite say he was going to do that and now they're already putting up barriers. we have a two week turn around and then start the investigation. we have a very specific and broad mandate and we need to make sure that we do our job. >> we'll see what you find. that's going to be the test. have you seen dhss projections of what they think is going to happen in terms of blow on the border? >> i saw the story and the numbers that the new york times had today and in some ways it doesn't completely surprise me in terms of illegal border crossin crossings. on...