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The united states. family members who are seeing the tide turn in the u.s. economy for the better. mark rosenblum is deputy director of the u.s. immigration policy program. anna navarro is a cnn contributor and strategist. mark, this surge in unaccompanied children is obviously pushed by smugglers convincing people now is the time to come, gang violence. our reporters are spoke within families who are trying to escape gang violence. but the improving american economy, that is a factor, too, isn't it? >> yeah. we know in genus economic conditions are a big pull factor for unauthorized imsegrega...

>> you're right, the pull factors. one of the biggest pull factor is when these people are sending the kids and they don't see the kids coming back, they say, hey, it's okay to stay. it's okay to send them. >> the ultimate pull factor -- >> you send them back and you close that pull factor. >> the ultimate pull factor is, i think it's the economy, but it is still the american dream. it's the safety net. if my kids get there -- i can understand is mom, a mom and dad, they make a decision, a really tough one to send their kid to say as long as they could step one toe in america, they might have ...

Destruction. >> you're right, the pull factors. one of the biggest pull factor is when these people are sending the kids and they don't see the kids coming back, they say, hey, it's okay to stay. it's okay to send them. >> the ultimate pull factor -- >> you send them back and you close that pull factor. >> the ultimate pull factor is, i think it's the economy, but it is still the american dream. it's the safety net. if my kids get there -- i can understand is mom, a mom and dad, they make a decision, a really tough one to send their kid to say as long as they could step one toe in america, the...

A pull factor and encourage more people to come to the country and violate our laws. >> that's a point made by a number of republicans. they are sympathetic but they need to properly address the problem so they aren't stuck with the same issue a few years from now. senate democratic leaders sound hopeful they will get it done. >> a deal to pass daca protections alongside a package of border security measures is finally within reach. at the immigration meeting at the white house shows almost everyone in this body is interested in passing daca protections into law. >> what is making some folks n...

Years. immigration to the united states. what is behind this influx of children? >> well, you have push and pull factors. so, from central america, lots of crime and violence. and that's well-documented. general kelly wrote a piece for the military times this week, saying the effect of the war on drugs there has created chaos and a breakdown of institutions there. and the pull factor, an asylum opportunity that children have because of a law passed in 2008 during the bush administration, bipartisan. saying that children arriving here, claiming they need asylum, are entitled to a hearing. and t...