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For so long, they are really doing a job. ainsley: what do the agents who protect the border daily think of president trump's efforts to secure our border. joining us now is u.s. border patrol agent sergio, he also served 10 years in the u.s. army and worked at the dhs. he details his journey from being a migrant worker. coming from a family of migrant workers all the way to becoming a soldier. in this book right there it's called proud america. sergio, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. ainsley: brian was on the border and met you. you told him about your book. i went to th...

The precedent that the judge was referring to is going to hold in higher courts. i think it will. this was one of those little things that the opponents of the wall kind of threw in the way in order to stop it from happening. it was being, based on a decision made in 1996 regarding the san diego wall, which as folks probably know in 1986, 10 years before that, san diego just had this huge problem. they captured -- border patrol agents captured 600,000 people in the san diego area during that one year, in 1986. they built a wall, fortified it in '96 in a way that didn't go around environmental ...

More serious structure might be necessary. where fencing will do. where mowing the grass so people can't be smuggled through the grass. that's something, levees, technology, personnel. brian: i give up. steve: so who needs a great big wall when all you really need is a toro? hello. brian: absolutely. by the way, does this tell you how foolish she is. any place where it shows the wall works, it's san diego. there is no one that could argue with the stats that show what that wall has done and why the barrier is being bolstered as steve just mentioned. that's where they are going to be investing ...

Whether you are looking at the two and a half decades of the wall at san diego that reduced border crossings by 95%. the one in jerusalem that reduced border crossings by 99%. the wall works. but you also have to end chain migration. you have to end the visa lottery. you have to close those loopholes and give those border patrol agents the means and methods necessary to protected this nation. that's what the president is going to do and that's what the senate republicans have in their bill. steve: ultimately, it's up to the senate to figure out what they can get to 60 votes with. if their plan...

What we've seen from the democrats so far is complete obstruction. they are willing to shut down the government and put american lives at risk just to protect hundreds of thousands of people who are here unlawfully and illegally as opposed to protecting the hundreds of millions of american citizens. they are playing politics with people's lives. we saw it a few weeks ago and we're seeing it now. the president laid out a bipartisan plan that has a popular platforms throughout. people want a daca fix, a lasting daca fix. people want border security. people want an end to chain migration and the ...