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breaking news now. he crossed into america illegally. he came from ecuador already wanted for murder. and now he is inside a courthouse in queens, new york after being rounded up accused of raping a 13-year-old child. a little girl in broad daylight at a public park. the suspect goes before a judge at any moment. the latest example of high-profile illegal immigrant crime in recent months and it is putting the spotlight on a critical question, do we really know who is coming across our southern border? i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." we now know the 25-year-ol...

Criticize the wall fencing, even though they just grew to $1.4 billion for fencing. because fencing has to be part of the mix when you look at border security. in terms of asylum, i am concerned that they keep talking about ensuring that everyone who arrives at our border has a right to petition for asylum. but they are not willing to say anything about the fact that those people are being encouraged to come to our border, knowing they don't have an asylum claim. >> harris: alfonso, one thing i've been curious about -- and we will have you back on so we can talk more about this -- they can app...

Point you were for portions of a wall fencing, whatever. and you're has this become about something there's more people leaving they about why it doesn't make sense to a lot of people. but is it also about who we are at this point building this sort of thing that says stay out? >> yes. well, mika, it's great to be back with you. and this has become really a political symbol for the president more than anything else. and i have supported fencing in the past. we did a major fencing act in 2006. we also know there's very elaborate tunnels under those fences, including places where they have gener...

Forward a solution on border security, on immigration reform, and let's go through the proper channels of the congress that are built and intended to have this exact conversation. but let's not do it in the context of a shutdown that harms the american people, that harms our economy and risks the pocketbooks of every american. maria: right. what i'm trying to better understand is really the makeup of the new congress because, of course, we know that there's a pocket of democrats who just want the president out, and much of it is politics, and they are resisting anything that he would like. we ...

Left office. lisa: dan, democrats are supported wall fencing in the past. they supported a 25 billion-dollar deal trading with daca. so, why don't they support the wall? what's the hold-up here? >> lisa, this is an obvious one. you and i both know the answer to this. they just will not give donald trump a victory. this was a signature issue in the trump campaign. that's obvious at this point. he had his finger on the pulse of the immigration issue. when a lot of establishment republicans thought this was a loser for them it's not. you can see it, lisa, based on a lot of the polling where the s...