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Would support decriminalizing border crossings. would this help the situation or would this incentivize an already dangerous journey? >> a very good point. seeking asylum is not a criminal matter. that's really what we need to address. we need to invest in processing asylum cases. the reason there is a build up on the border is because people who have often valid reasons to request asylum are not allowed to even make the requestcess th their legal right. rather than invest in detention which costs $975 a day to house someone in detention, we should think about decriminalizing the process. thes...

The father. saying the father should have waited to go through the asylum process. listen to this. >> the reason we have tragedies like that on the border is because those folks, that father didn't want to wait to go through the asylum process in the legal fashion. he decided to cross the river. not only died, but his daughter died tragically as well. >> i read this article you wrote this week. i understand that what you are trying to explain is that president trump and his administration is really seeking asylum difficult. you talked to one man who described the experience of requesting asylu...

The question right now is how long will these migrants stay here? processing asylum applications could take quite a while. some of these migrants deciding whether to stay here in mexico or continue to try to apply for asylum in the u.s. casey, back to you. >> and joining us on set is democratic congressman anthony brown of maryland. a member of the house armed services committee and an iraq war veteran. sir, thanks so much for being on the show tonight. let's start where gabe left off. as a veteran yourself, what is your view of whether or not this is an appropriate way for our troops to be se...

Some of the local residents here are very upset these migrants have been allowed to come here. this is the demonstration that's happening behind me right now. tijuana's mayor has called this an avalanche and says the city is ill prepared to deal with the influx which he said could last at least six months. of course, president trump has seized on that saying that since his city is ill prepared, these migrants should definitely not be allowed to come into the united states. the president, of course, has decided to deploy nearly 6,000 troops so far. they have fanned out across california, arizon...