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Migrants. >> anyone from the world can claim asylum. if you have merit behind your claim your granted a hearing before an american immigration judge. that is the promise of america but hundreds if not thousands come daily across the border yesterday. we witnessed smugglers bringing people over and the border patrol is on the mend they turned back to mexico and trashed their pickup truck into the river, the smuggler got away but the people he was bringing got in and if you look, they are chinese nationals, an unusual group to be coming over to pay to claim asylum but it is telling, and the chin...

Emily: thanks for joining us for a sunday edition of "fox & friends." ed: more than 2,000 migrants pushing toward u.s. border after violent clashes with police many mexico. pete: president trump says he's ready to send the military to protect our border. emily: griff jenkins is live in texas. >> reporter: good morning. they're not preparing, they're actively engaging right now behind me, we've apprehended 48 illegals crossing into america. you can just have a look at this, the work that border patrol's doing. this is the family units that we've been hearing so much about. over 300% increase fr...

Assault along the way, humanitarian issue, it doesn't have anything, a smaller component is a security aspect that the southern border. there are 1 million other factors that drive into it but come into play, if we have an open border. >> you are right. this is a big issue. chuck and nancy saying you don't want to talk about healthcare, they are trying to change the conversation. the president doubling down on something he has done already the tax cut cut cut act, remember that? the first tax cuts passed, he wants more cutting. looking at middle-class tax cuts before the midterms. >> we are lo...

They come with their children. now, most of them are giving the agents an address where they are headed or someone that they can contact in the u.s. what's going to happen with all 48 of these that have now crossed illegally into the dead the of night into america is they'll be given a court appearance to show up for their asylum hearing, because they're all claiming asylum because our centers that hold these people are full. there's nowhere else to put them. this is the catch and release. all of the people you see here right now may very well disappear into the fabric of the continental u.s. ...

Back, otherwise another caravan larger than this one. >> tell us your story, you immigrated from nicaragua. >> it is not difficult to come in legally. once it comes to the united states, go to the us embassy and fill out a form, go through the vetting process and it is much easier than coming illegally and having to pay attorney to become legal. and coming illegally through the border is an act of war, this is invasion and they should not be permitted. if we permit it other caravans will continue to come. we have to stop it, stop it now. they won't come back. >> strong words.