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Blockage at the ports of entry. >> thanks, chris. it's awful. the situation is overwhelming. it's overwhelming for the community of tijuana, for all the communities of people, civil society that are trying to help them. there is a backlog of about 3,000 to 5,000 people, and it's completely illegal, as the congresswoman said, of this practice of metering. and that's going to take months and months to be able to turn themselves in. >> can i stop you for a second. explain what the practice of metering is and why it's illegal. >> so basically, what they're doing is they're saying we're not going t...

These stations, in these remote lotions and they don't make it easy for these people to seek help. and actually, there are more people like her and her father who were forced to go to these remote locations because they're being asked to wait when they try to enter the legal way and claim asylum through legal ports of entry. >> those remote locations, we should just be clear, they're called iceboxes because they're kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. that is not a trump administration policy. that is the way things have operated for a very long t...

Bad. and as julia said, when you have people that are lining up by the thousands at the border because we have closed down essentially our legal ports of entry, we want to know what is the impact of these cruel policies, metering, you know, and sending back people. what is the impact of those on these kinds of issues where people go to another place to try to cross, or they go to places that, you know, they're sort of forced into that area. so we've asked a number of questions around this, but number one is they actually did not follow what they were supposed to do, which is report to us withi...

Try to enter the legal way and claim asylum through legal ports of entry. >> those remote locations, we should just be clear, they're called iceboxes because they're kept so cold. those have been around forever. and then not being medically staffed. that is not a trump administration policy. that is the way things have operated for a very long time. >> yeah, that's true. it's operated that way for a long time. but we're seeing more people who are having to wait longer at the legal ports. >> right. >> before they go to those area. >> so they're pushing them into the remote areas. >> when you th...

Here. it wasn't just him that lied. it was mcfarland. it was a number of people who had to change their stories about this. clearly, there was something more nefarious going on. i think it is interesting that instead of explaining why they lied, they're trying to put it back on the fbi, even though mueller gave him such a good deal. i mean, he only had to plead guilty to one count of lying, even though he's, you know, vulnerable to violations and serious charges. >> natasha and doug wise -- >> chris, may i comment on that? >> guess not. still ahead, trump administration's jaw-dropping respon...