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It's unclear how many are still here, but the mexican government is allowing a small number of them to go in. those that are seeking asylum, and then they are bussed to a nearby shelter. the mexican government has made it very clear that this needs to be an orderly process, the mexican president, enrique peno nieto, the migrants here say they want the opportunity to be able to apply for asylum to get into mexico. they say it's a very desperate situation in their country, and now we're waiting to see how this all plays out. >> desperate situation it appears, indeed, gabe gutierrez in guatemala ...

340,134 georgians did not move from their registration addresses. they got removed. they've been given no notice, joy, no notice that they've been removed. >> they're going to show up to vote and being told they're not on the voter rolls. >> are you ready for this? brian kemp. they'll be given provagsal ballots. >> like the little black girl in the ad. >> like the little black girl. in this case you still won't be able to vote. you'll think you'll have voted. you're going to have a massive number of provisional ballots and brian kemp gets to count those ballots. >> i think that's part of -- an...

On that is right now. >> you're exactly right. there's already a tense backdrop about voter rights and voter suppression here in georgia. with both of these candidates at odds with one another for almost a decade with one of these issues. they're still fighting over in the courtroom and on the campaign trail. stacy abrams, the democratic candidate for governor has asked about this issue in jefferson county, and she's said, look, i don't know whether or not this is voter suppression, but we should be skeptical of all of these type s of incidents, because georgia has a history of voter suppressi...

That elections actually can impact your life? >> well, i think you look at the concrete results within their own communities. look at the fact that a lot of folks are under employed and under educated, and i think that if that's not enough to motivate them then certainly, you know, the fact that -- people are trying to take away your rights. literally. trying to purge you off of the voting roll, and it's one thing to encourage black folks to vote but if you're not on the voting rolls then there's nothing you can do. so that's the thing. we need address this and our elected officials frankly to...

Voting. that's why republican state governments around the country have done everything they can to close voting locations that are easily assessable to democrats and to simply kick democrats off the voting rolls for any excuse they can find and in many cases for no good or legal reason at all. nowhere is this strategy of trying to win by preventing voting more glaring than in the georgia governor's race this year where the secretary of state brian kemp is running for governor. he has been in effect the top election official in the state of georgia. so with his eyes on the prize of governorshi...