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People have been caught. they aren't escaping from the border patrol. they are running to the border patrol. we can seal the border, but these people are going to be sitting here trying to get -- as long as that 2008 law has been in effect we have a legal obligation to put them through a process. and that is part of the problem we face at the moment. >> more national guard troops won't address those root problems. so that's the challenge here. chris jansing, we've just learned the president has arrived on site there. so we're getting closer to his remarks. you know, we've seen in recent weeks ...

Enough imgrimigration courts or immigration judges in this country to handle the load, so is it your understanding that they are being turned around and sent quickly? >> one of the major issues we have here, why this is happening besides the root problems that we have in those countries, poverty and violence. but there's a 2008 law that basically says that when border patrol catches somebody, if they're from a contiguous country like mexico or canada, they can be expedited, they can be sent back on a voluntary basis. but if you're not in a contiguous country like central america, they go into ...

It you take them to a place where hhs or health and human services is holding them, for example, here in san antonio at the air force base, you have a better setting for the individuals where they're given better medical treatment and care at that time. >> your district runs along the rio grand, across many migrants make their way into the country. the white house said 52,000 unaccompanied children have been caught coming across the border over the last several months alone. why the surge? >> well, you know, i think it's a combination of things. we know the root problems, economics, bad econom...

♪ >> what do you want? >> health care! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> all i hear is how we're going to give more people access to the present system and how we're going to pay for it. and to me that's not the only issue. the present system doesn't work and it's going to take us down. we need a whole new kind of medicine. >> health care reform was a good place to start, but it will do little to address the root problems. we don't have a health care system in this country. we have a disease management system. >> people often think it has to be a new drug or a new laser or something really h...

>> all i hear is how we're going to give more people access to the present system and how we're going to pay for it. to me, that's not the only issue. the present system doesn't work and it's going to take us down. we need a whole new kind of medicine. health care reform was a good place to start, but it will do little to address the root problems. we don't have a health care system in this country. we have a disease management system. >> people often think it has to be a new drug or a new laser or something really high tech and expensive for it to be powerful. they have a hard time realizing ...