mayorkas: i'm not sure i understand. i understand the problem of children not represented in the court. are you focused on the fact that they are not led into that court, because counsel is not there to steer them in that direction? or is at the fact that they are not represented in the court? >> you mentioned kind, there's a number of organizations. they go to state court to get the order needed for the state court judge to verify that the child has been abused or neglected by one or both parents. if you don't have a lawyer, if you are an unrepresented child, you don't have a lawyer to get that order, then it is unavailable to you. if it's unavailable to you, then the humanitarian lies meaningless that congress established. it seems you cannot actually protect children and the situation without guaranteed representation. that seems like it or something the dhs would have the power to decide. to choose only to proceed against those children who are represented and put the ones that are under-represented at the back of th

alejandro mayorkas didn't answer our questions. we had him before the committee and i doubt he will do anything substantive with this. jillian: maybe he will come back to the show and give us an update on what you saw down there. that would be wonderful if you could. let's talk about the idea of the vaccine passport and what jen psaki had to say. >> the government is not now nor will we be supporting a system that requires americans to carry credentials which are interest is from the federal government, americans privacy and rights should be protected. jillian: you and a number of other sent a letter to the governor in your state to express your opinion about this. a number of states, florida saying we are not going to do the vaccine passport. what is your stance on this? >> a lot of views and opinions on taking the vaccine. some want it some don't. it is a choice americans could make. for jen psaki to say this is an something to support what does that mean? i heard about it over the last month it has been floated and it is not the

. >> mayorkas se refirió a los traficantes de humanos como criminales sin consideración a las vidas de los migrantes. >> una lotería debida. >> una lotería a la que ella estuvo dispuesta a jugar. >> sabía que nos podía dejar votados. >> para que los migrantes se atrevan a denunciar a los traficantes, alejandro mayorkas dijo que iban a agilizar los procesos de visas para víctimas de abusos y maltratos. a pesar de las amenazas, el desafío de este coyote en guatemala fue inmediato. >> no vamos a dejar de trabajar. si cierran un lado vamos a abrir otro. sino se puede de una manera, se puede de otra. >> desde honduras cobran 10,000 a $11,000 hasta la frontera. >> un negocio con rostro de migrante y sueño de un futuro mejor que el gobierno promete enfrentar. >> eso por un lado. por el otro los migrantes sin documentos no podrán ser detenidos en las cortes, es una nueva política del departamento de seguridad que previene que agentes de ice hagan arrestos en los juzgados. ayuda a que migrantes sin documentos puedan participar de para hacer el encargado de ice. cientos de migrantes se

el secretario de seguridad nacional, alejandro mayorkas, asÍ lo dio a entender con la idea de terminar de tapar todos los huecos donde no se pudo concretar la valla que separa estados unidos y a mÉxico. borja: sale la luz este vÍdeo de vigilancia que muestra uno de los dos marineros de la armada de maryland herido y a punto de caerse mientras buscaba refugio durante un tiroteo. el marinero tenÍa su uniforme cuando entrÓ a una fÁbrica de pavimentos donde parece advertir a dos hombres sobre lo que estaba sucediendo. el atacante de 38 aÑos y ayudante mÉdico fue abatido por personal. carolina: 21 heridos, entre ellos mÁs de una decena de bomberos es el saldo de un incendio que se registrÓ en un edificio de apartamentos. unas 90 familias quedaron sin hogar y reciben ayuda de parte de la cruz roja. autoridades dicen que el fuego estallÓ en una vivienda y se propagÓ por toda la estructura porque su ocupante huyÓ dejando la puerta abierta. borja: mientras tanto, el congresista republicano matt gaetz habrÍa buscado un indulto de la administraciÓn de trump. carolina: el presidente

secretary mayorkas has been part of the engagement for many years and i'm sure he was well aware of what's happening on the ground. >> when an unaccompanied child crosses the border, first of all how are they getting here and when they cross, what do they do? >> first of all, cobblers are not making their way up to the border on their own . weknow that . they are, there are smuggling networks that mobile search of people and people rely on what they call guides because it's dangerous to travel on your own. these areas are controlled by over organized crime groups and there's corruptionby local officials and these are dangerous journeys . so of course the children are brought up with the guides. sometimes there with a different relative, not apparent, perhaps an aunt or uncle traveling with the child so they are not the legal guardians so they are not allowed to cross with the child but then the children are allowed to cross the border, they are taken into custody and we're talking about children but also a large number of young people are between the ages of 12 and 17 oh lots of teenagers.

mayorkas se refiriÓ a los traficantes de humanos como criminales sin ninguna consideraciÓn por las vidas humanas. >>> los coyotes son ayuda para los inmigrante >>> una loterÍa de vida que estaba dispuesta a yu dar >>> el coyote me traÍa y tambiÉn que nos podÍa dejar botados >>> para que los inmigrantes pierdan el miedo y se atrevan a denunciar a los traficantes jana alejandro mayorkas quieren vi raso para las vÍctimas de abuso y maltrato. a pesar de las amenazas el desafÍo de este coyote en guatemala fue inmediato. >>> nosotros no vamos a dejar de trabajar, si cierran un lado abrimos otro. y si no se puede de una manera se puede de otra. >>> dicen que muchos migrantes los ven como Ángeles que los llevan al sueÑo americano. >>> desde honduras estÁn cobrando 10 mil, 11 mil dÓlares hasta la frontera >>> un negocio con rostro de migrante y sueÑo de un futuro mejor que el gobierno promete enfrentar, cristina londoÑo noticias telemundo. >>> en nicaragua el padre del pequeÑo milton no quiso reunirse con la abuela materna del niÑo de 10 aÑos la seÑora diera consentimiento para la

secretary mayorkas has made cybersecurity one of his top priorities. in order to reflect this as a priority for him as a secretary, he decided that one of his senior counselors would be dedicated to this issue. unlike counselors at some of the other departments, dhs's other different. given the deep bench we have on cyber expertise, my role is finding out what needs to rise to the level of secretary so i can either read him or prepare him. we will have information ready to go so he can make decisions. it means i engage with three sets of stakeholders in my day-to-day job. starting with the department itself and then going to the secretary's priorities. as i mentioned, we have the benefit and luxury open department to have touched. -- of the department to have this fantastic team. the second part is dealing with our partners at the other agencies so we can help advance the agenda and priority of the administration and as you have seen, president biden already during the transition made cybersecurity one of his priorities and he is committed to elevating

mayorkas toured today, was not open to the press. by monica escobar called it a listening session to brief the secretary on the state of a fairs from local agencies. >> this is an unsustainable situation. there's no doubt about it. it's unsustainable for the migrants, unsustainable for the agency, but we can do this so much better. i think that's going to take an entire reenvisioning of how we address vulnerable souls that arrive at our front door. >> as you mentioned, there's 19,000 children alone that crossed the border last month. now 20,000 kids in u.s. facilities. back to you. >> martha: thanks very much. my next guest just returned from texas to tour the conditions there. florida congressman kat kemick. thanks for being here. you heard escobar saying there's a better way to do that. do you agree with that? >> good to seeing you, martha. yes, there's a better way to do this. it's what the trump administration was doing. it was the most humane, compassionate and normal way for putting americans first, our national security first.

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secretary mayorkas has been a part of dhs for many years. i'm sure he was aware. host: when an unaccompanied child crosses the border, how are they getting here and when they cross, what do they do? guest: toddlers are not making their way up to the border on their own. there are smuggling networks that move all sorts of people. people rely on what they call guides because it is dangerous to travel on your own. the areas are controlled by organized crime groups. these are dangerous journeys. these children are brought up with the guides. the and send uncle traveling with the child -- chanson uncles traveling with the check -- aunts and uncles traveling with the child. we are talking about children but also the large number of young people are between the ages of 12-17. lots of teenagers, they are taken into custody and border patrol has holding cells for lack of a better word for all of the people they encounter. they're supposed to be in these holding stations for no longer than 72 hours. they are taking longer to move them into hhs custody because of the lack of

mayorkas was asked about his plans for the wall and said that, well, mr. biden has canceled the border emergency and halted pentagon money flowing into the wall, that leaves room to make decisions on finishing some gaps in the wall and you just told us a moment ago, the gaps are in the rio grande valley as well as in arizona. i want you to talk to us about what's taking place in these areas because the website for the department of homeland security removed a press release that was put out earlier this week, that release announced the arrests of suspected terrorists at the southern border, chad. the link to the release now goes to a page telling users access denied. so first they reported that terrorists were apprehended and then they removed it. your thoughts on what is taking place at this wall and why you think maybe this administration is having a mia culpa. we should point out, they haven't confirmed they will resume production of that wall. chad: i think it's important to remember that that southwest border, it's not just minors and family members tr

well, mayorkas is targeting extremists -- aka conservatives. he is legislate the border get completely overreturn and terrorists are crossing in. he barred i.c.e. offices from arresting illegal aliens outside of the courthouses. the biden dodge is bringing the woke campaign to the police department. -- doj. they are going after the police force in elizabeth city, north carolina. american's police department that are supposed to enforce the laws, they are looked at almost immediately with suspension and distrust. inside the doj had an investigation of minneapolis and today elizabeth city in the wake of a police shooting of one man. andrew brown. the city is not permited to do its own investigation before garland swoops in. >> we had an execution here in elizabeth city -- what i want people to understand we demand justice from the sheriff's department and the district attorney. we demand justice not for anybody standing up here but for andrew brown and his family. >> laura: the irony is that the party that cares so much about minorities, they wil

brian: mayorkas knows better. barack obama never denied there was a problem when he was president at the border. he put somebody ahead of it. he said i left turkey in the middle of a conference and i flew right to central america. unless he made up that story, too, did joe biden as vice president. and i met with these leaders and i talked to them and he made up some ridiculous story about replacing a streetlight to stop gang violence he went there. no doubt about it what i think this is personally is political calculation because politicians said kamala harris wants to play the perfect game so she can be the next president in three years. what happens if you get a complicated situation and you blow it, there goes your perfect game. if you are a true leader, you want hard problems to prove you are the right person at the right time to handle crises. instead, she punted and did other stuff. the most interesting way to handle an assignment in the history of politics. i'm going to get back to it soon. and i'm going to

yesterday alejandro mayorkas issued an order that says given the threat landscape and the risks posed by domestic violence terrorism including employees in operations are directed the department to immediately begin a review how to best prevent, protect and respond to domestic violence extremism threats within dhs. alejandro mayorkas is targeting extremists, america first conservatives, letting the border get completely overrun and even wanted terrorists are crossing now and today he issued an order barring ice offices, arresting illegal aliens outside of courthouses. meanwhile the biden doj is bringing the woke crusade to america's police department. the justice department announcing another investigation, slamming the police force in elizabeth city, north carolina. the only enforcement the biden administration wants prioritize is against conservatives because america's police department's that are supposed to be enforcing the laws are looked at almost immediately with suspicion and distrust. yesterday the doj investigated louisville and before that was minneapolis in elizabeth city.

alarmed by smugglers, once we've been familiar with the spoken out about, concerned about secretary mayorkas says, smugglers abused children while profiting off children is criminal and reprehensible. the president agrees with that. >> the video of kids getting tossed over the border fence and the overcrowded detention facilities, what is the white house going to change the approach to this crisis of their own making? here to comment on this, thomas homan. good to see you. the question haunting me watching the video, if we didn't happen to have cameras trained on that part of the wall at the moment and the smugglers dropped two toddlers basically over the wall to fend for themselves on american soil in the middle of the night, what would have happened to those kids? >> first of all, jen psaki forgot one thing, secretary mayorkas also said loving parents send their children to the border which is a ridiculous statement. putting your kids in the hands of traffickers smugglers, it is plain dangerous, inhumane first of all. second, thank god the kids are safe but people are always asking, why do

seized in fiscal year 2021 is increased 22% last year, this is dhs secretary alejandra moore york us -- mayorkas visited, criticism from senator ted cruz, he tweeted closed press once again, joe biden is trying to hide his egregious failures from the american people, hashtag hiding biden. at the center of the crisis more than 20,000 children in dhs custody and care, the washington post noting taxpayers spending $60 million a week to shelter them in 10 emergency facility set up since january, in san antonio under investigation for sexual abuse allegations, texas governor greg abbott calling for its closure and others like tim reynolds of i were a few refusing to accept them. listen here. >> we don't have the facilities. we are not set up to do that. this is not our problem, this is the president's problem, he opened the borders, he needs to be responsible for this and needs to stop it. >> reporter: mayorkas's visit was his third to the border. president biden or vice president harris to do so. jillian: thanks. lawrence: illinois congressman adam consider wants matt gates to resign, the first repu

so mayorkas is considering filling those gaps. i would say yes. we paid for it already. can you just finish the job, please, and stop playing politics. steve: you know what, brian? it's the same thing as the yemeni guys. it's an optics problem for the administration. every time somebody and, you know, we have done a better job explaining what's going on on the southern border than the other channels, occasionally the other channels will show the people just walking through those gaps where there is the fence ends right next to the gate and it's like what genius thought about building a fence and leaving that gap right there? so they are thinking about filling that in. they will continue the same policies, the same executive orders, but the optics problems of okay, it's a national security problem. so let's just take the news out of news. same thing. let's just fix that little 20-foot gap and we won't have that message. ainsley: chad wolf said at the end of the trump administration 44 -- still more miles under contract. these are contracts are in place. costing you the ta

jillian: alejandro mayorkas will travel to texas. lieutenant governor dan patrick says the biden administration is putting these kids at risk and vows to stop it. >> children are allegedly being sexually assaulted on american soil because of their total neglect of protecting the border, protecting this country and protecting these kids whether they are dropped over the fence or sexually assaulted% into the country and sex trafficking, joe biden and kamala harris have this on their hands, letting criminals go in america and putting kids at risk. it must stop now. we are investigating it and if they won't do it texas will. jillian: that's not the only threat, border patrol announced agents caught in ms 13 gang member crossing the border. lawrence: taxes in new york about to go higher than skyscrapers after the state passed a new budget. the plan includes money for the struggling small businesses that build the empire state building twice, money is going to illegal immigrants. we have restaurant owners, gentlemen, thank you for joining

esto se habÍa alcanzado en mayo de 2019, alejandro mayorkas dijo que la patrulla fronteriza trabaja para frenar esto. >>> como ya es tradiciÓn, este dÍa se realizÓ en la alcaldÍa de is tapo laba la escenificaciÓn de viernes santo, a este evento acuden h2 millones de personas por la emergencia vale skwo una vez mÁs a puertas cerradas. >>> las trompetas anuncian los momentos cruciales. >>> en el escenario, a los pies del santuario, los actores dieron su mejor esfuerzo para recrear la historia. >>> pero esta vez, en el lugar donde hace 178 aÑos se repite esto, hicieron falta a aplausos y gritos del pÚblico. >>> los 8 barrios en que tradicional se realiza este recorrido fueron cerrados, al igual que este lugar en donde cada aÑo se eso ceno fica la crucifixiÓn de jesÚs. como muchas familia en el paÍs, so doÑa socorro y los suyos estuvieron en la sala de sus casases y sintieron melancolÍa. >>> hace dos aÑos, el drois paÓo por acÁ, y me pasÓ a saludar, pero ahorita, no hay nada, quisiÉramos que acabara la enfermedad para que todo siga como antes. >>> va a ser diferente sÍ, p

arizona governor doug ducey is slamming the administration for saying the border is secure and saying mayorkas is divorced from reality. alex hogan from the border city of donna, texas. >> many people wrapping up a day of easter celebration with families and the center behind me dedicated to children who are all alone more than 4000 kids here which is a center that was expected to house 250 people to begin with, we see constant construction throughout the day to expand the facility we see trucks coming go and workers putting up fences and tense throughout the day construction that will be needed to house the 18000 kids who are in u.s. custody last week journalists were allow inside and had their hair washed and asked if they were having suicidal thoughts they were checked for scabies, fever and injuries but not given covid-19 test unless they showed symptoms. the white house is the influx of migrants as a result not of policy changes but stems from a crisis in central america the administration special envoy for the northern triangle will travel south on monday through thursday of this week re

meanwhile president biden, open the border, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas telling ice agents he is an immigration hardliner, during a virtual townhall he reportedly said this, quote, i'm 100% opposed to the evolution of ice, we need to strengthen policies and practices with what we do and why we do it and took on sanctuary cities. joining us is tom homan, former acting ice director. is your head spinning? >> yes but i don't believe a word he says, same person who says the border is closed on the border secure. actions speak louder than words. sanctuary cities, 3 weeks ago the administration dropped the lawsuit that we had to give sanctuary cities so to drop the lawsuit to hold sanctuary cities accountable to drop that lawsuit, speaking out of both sides of your mouth, actions speak louder than words. >> they say there are gaps in the wall, the roads that were made and being used by smugglers, you made the wall to help move in and out quickly and now the deputy is saying now we will fill those gaps in the wall in the washington times i kind of the leave him because he's responsible,

secretary mayorkas will visit the border today. will you have any interaction with him and the vice president? >> we have had no interaction with the vice president or the president. we have had a conversation with secretary mayorkas. he will see an emergency and they need to start responding to the border governors. our requests. we need resources for the national guard. they need to change communication to the nation of mexico. the biden administration has been anti-wall and awol. they are absent without leave. we need support on the southern border. >> bill: why do you think the media has taken this story and given it the stiff arm? >> well, they don't like the narrative. it is a border crisis and it's a humanitarian crisis. we have had over 170,000 apprehensions on our southern border, 18,000 children that are in the custody of the federal government. the federal government is not a very good parent. the previous administration couldn't have been more clear. you saw an abc report actually asking migrants why they were coming to

[applause] >> this afternoon homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, on-line c-span, listen live on the c-span free radio app. >> sunday night on q & a, investigative journalist lawrence roberts talks about his book, may day, 1971, the spring offensive when tens of thousands of anti-war vietnam protesters including veterans came to washington d.c. in an effort to shut down the federal government. >> a story that tells a much larger one, a story how we as a nation, as a people, as individuals, dealt with one of those emergencies in american democracy, does the justice system deliver justice to people, to stick by their principles or their sphere to stand at the tide and a crash between an embattled president in this case. richard nixon, who confronts the social movement in the streets in this case, the anti-war movement just as he's about to get reelected and what constitutional lines did the administration cross in an effort to stay in power. >> investigative journalist lawrence roberts sunday night 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q & a. >> and now we take you live to a discussion wit

alejandro mayorkas. we have alex there in hidalgo, texas with more. alex? >> veronica escobar sat down with mayorkas to talk about the challenges at the border. they caused it a listening session and positive. activists thank the congress woman to share their experiences of what they're seeing here every day. more than 20,000 children are currently in u.s. facilities. >> this is an unsustainable situation. there's no doubt about it. it's unsustainable for the my grants and unsustainable for the agency. we can do this so much better. i think that's going to take and entire visioning of how we address vulnerable souls that arrive at our front door. >> new numbers show that border agents stopped around 19,000 kids in march alone. that is the largest tally ever. they also stopped 53,000 family units, the most since june of 2019. altogether, cbp stopped 172,000 people. confirming their projections about that from last week. texas governor greg abbott is calling for the closure of a migrant facility in san antonio after reports of sexual abuse and neglect. congre

i would ask back when secretary mayorkas spoke before the committee on homeland security on march 13, just the days before that, there were four names on the terrorist watch list that had been apprehended. then these two. today i understand customed and border patrol has announced that they have apprehended a confirmed member of ms-13 in the san diego sector. so this is a -- you're going to see it not as one anecdote but a recurring one. of course, the concern is who are we not apprehending? as we know when we heard from border patrol as we've been down here that every day, you see swells of people coming in to surrender to border patrol and they know that at the same time, those are decoy operations because others are coming in in another location. so if we apprehended, bun fortunate to apprehend by my count, six on the terrorist watch list, how many have we not apprehended? particularly if that's where they're devoting their effort, those are the high value people they want to get in. >> share your thoughts on the biden administration announcing they're going to consider finishing p

jon: you might have heard our rich edson said that alejandro mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, is expected to visit the border on thursday. is that sufficient for you? >> no. i think vice president harris needs to come. president biden needs to come. he needs to do what we did which was sit down with republican sheriffs, democrat sheriffs. this is a nonpartisan issue, and i can tell you that our law enforcement is strapped. they're being outspent, they're being outtechnology -- the cartels are using way more technology than what we have, and they're using it to their advantage. the cartels are the ones that are winning this war, and until they hear that and see that firsthand from the people actually experiencing it, i think for them it's truly out of sight, out of mind. jon: what is it that has head to this sudden surge in the number of migrants trying to make it into this country? >> jon, it's pretty simple, it's rhetoric. it's saying that the border was practically open. the border wall construction stopped the day biden took office as president this year. so i think, to me

>> secretary mayorkas knows, knows how dangerous this situation is. he was a government official back in 2014 when president biden was vice president and this problem was, was significant but they know the level of difficulties. they know the level of cruelty. they also know how to, how to intercede, how to slow it down, how to stop it. the remain in mexico policy was solid one and it should be reinstituted. elizabeth: congressman michael burgess thanks for joining us on the show. let's bring back to the the show, mayor of you veil did i, tex seas. mayor john mcglocklin. human smugglers dropping a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old girl in the desert in the middle of the night in mexico? this is shocking stuff, mr. mayor. >> we said the other day it is crazy. today, this morning we took 40, probably, 35 to 40 immigrants off of a train. we had to send every deputy, every police officer, along with the border patrol. they were jumping off, running trying to get into town and get lost. we had two chases after that, that were stopped in the city limi

>> first i would say that secretary mayorkas will continue to play a predominant role here. but there's different components of this, of course, because one of the things we've talked about is addressing the root causes. ricardo zuniga is a special envoy, has a great deal of experience in the region, in the western hemisphere. he was named to that position only just a few weeks ago. so he will continue to play a vital role. and of course the vice president will continue to play a role in the northern triangle as well. >> a little bit more on the vice president's role, republicans over the past few days have been quite critical of the vice president. >> i've seen that. they need more to do, i think. >> is the white house, is her diplomatic role disconnected from the border? >> i will say -- all respect to you, but this confusion is very perplexing to me, i have to be honest. the current president, who was vice president, ran point on the northern triangle when he was vice president. that's a role focused on diplomacy. the vice president has had a number of those conversations

january 6th insurrection underscoring the threat of domestic terrorism, homeland security secretary mayorkas announced an internal review within the department, the review will attempt to assess if extremist ideology has taken root in its various agencies. joining me now julia ainsley. what more do we know about this review, what led to it, and where does it go from here? >> well, it's part of a big review dhs is doing in the wake of january 6th to look at domestic extremism, everything from how do they pull information off the social meetsia to how they work with other agencies to identify threats to local law enforcement like in the case of january 6th, would have been the capitol police. this was really different. they're looking internally. they're looking at the federal government to see if they are extremists within the ranks of dhs, or other federal law enforcement agencies that may be sympathetic to those views, and it's something that mayorkas was asked about today on a press call with reporters where they said do you have reason to believe you do have people like that? your agency?

. >> you mentioned secretary mayorkas being in charge of the border. politico had infighting over the crisis in general. some people blaming hhs secretary javier becerra with the mining issue. is there a need for someone like a kamala harris to be the overarching force that is managing the whole of government response. if that's not her job, should it be? >> that's the thing, the white house so far has resisted putting one person in charge of all of this. you have seen them say secretary mayorkas is handling the border and the hhs shelters. the white house arguing that the vice president's focus will narrowly be on those diplomatic efforts. of course, this is all tied together, right? the question going forward is do they feel the need to have someone overseeing all aspects, dynamics of this, or if they will continue to do it in the multi-official route they say they will be using? >> that thereby their strategy. obviously, this is a big challenge, maybe one of the biggest challenges the biden administration is facing, arlette signs, thank you for bein

and i know that secretary mayorkas went down and visited today and we will see policy change out of that. but that is what i think it strange. how can you call it a good path when there is no change? >> greg: for just a follow up with that, why do you think -- because i think i mentioned yesterday, there has to be a strategy behind there in, right? no? >> dana: are you asking me? >> greg: yeah. >> dana: you would have to think that there has to be something. i mean, these are not people that are ignorant, right? i'm assuming that everybody realizes this is going on. i know they would like to change the subject and talk about other things like infrastructure and the covid and gun control or whatever else, energy, changes the definition of infrastructure purity is there a strategy here? i don't think you should confuse us with anything but incompetence. >> greg: i keep thinking, i don't know, will, i think there is a strategy behind everything they do or this could be a new disorder. they went from trump derangement to border chaos to -- >> will: i fascinated with this question and the out

homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas releasing a statement late wednesday calling human smugglers' behavior criminal and morally reprehensible. nearly 18,000 migrant children are you now in u.s. custody and more are testing positive for covid-19. officials say border facilities are overcrowded and are not able to conduct their own covid testing. andrew, mona. >> megan, thank you. >>> investigators say they know what caused tiger woods' car crash, but they can't reveal it. the l.a. county sheriff claims there are privacy concerns and that's why it will not be made public. woods has to sign off before it is released. >>> a california company designed a new battery that could last a decade. the power for the so-called forever battery comes from nuclear waste. the company says it can be used for nine straight years in smartphones and other devices without recharging. they hope to develop it by 2023. >>> coming up, paying more for everyday household items, the prices on the rise. >>> should college athletes be made. the arguments at the supreme court. higher stroke risk due to... afib

you are getting a trip from mayorkas. is he headed to el paso and mcallen today to be briefed by the officials. it's his third trip to the border. brian, ainsley, steve? steve: all right, griff. a lot of moving part to this story. thank you very much. let's bring an expert on this tom homan fox news contributor and acting ice director. tom, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: right there at the end, griff showed that tweet that kamala harris put out where she said she spoke to the mexican president obrador and thanked him. is mexico cooperating? wouldn't they be stopping these people from coming into our country illegally? >> absolutely. mexico is not cooperating at the level they did with the trump administration. with the trump administration they had an agreement. also had an agreement with all three central american countries. the first thing joe biden did was kill those yeements. mexico did more controlling the southern and northern border. they welcomed the remain in mexico program. all of that was done awa

mayorkas knows there is a crisis down there. but he may not be able to convince his boss that there is a crisis down there at the southern border. but i believe the sheriffs are going to be honest with him and tell him that we have got to get a handle on this. the county government, these local county sheriffs not only at the southern border but across the 254 counties in texas are going to be left cleaning up this mess. dealing with this illegal immigration. dealing with the crime, the human trafficking. and the drugs and everything else that comes along with it. ainsley: congressman, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, god bless. ainsley: god bless you, too. 7:54 on the east coast. a fox news alert breaking just moments ago prince flip passing away at the age of 99. we have continuing coverage at the top of the hour. , like a home and auto-bundle discount. (man) i'm phoning it in and just saved twenty percent. (burke) get your policy perks by calling 1-800-farmers. go ahead, phone it in. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-

. >> next, supreme court oral argument in sanchez v mayorkas, involving green card eligibility. the plaintiffs are a couple from el salvador rented temporary protected status in 2001 for humanitarian purposes. they later applied for permanent resident status, but were denied a green card for not being properly inspected and admitted into the u.s. when they first arrived in the late 1990's. this oral argument runs an hour. chief justice roberts: we will hear argument next in case 20-315, sanchez versus mayorkas. >> chief justice, and may it please the court, tps recipients satisfy the admission requirement for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status. that is because section 1254a considers tps recipients to be in lawful status as a non-immigrant for purposes of adjusting status, and having been admitted is inherent in non-immigrant status. the government's view that admission is not inherent in non-immigrant status is untenable. the ina distinguishes between categories of persons who are admitted and those who are not. some persons with lawful status, such as asylees and p

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under title 42, it comes as alejandro mayorkas visited the border. and a listening tour, with senator ted cruz, close press. he tried to hide his egregious failures. and and and and for sexual abuse allegations. like kim reynolds of iowa, >> he opened the borders is responsible for this. he needs to stop it. >> and 5500 pounds of fentanyl so far in 2021. >> you wonder how they are getting a hold of it. >> democrats, democrats don't want you to know what but they are running the border right now. >> criminal cartels are in charge of the border. our operations are going to be. we have to look at politicians and ask what is happening when cartels cross any supplies they want, tie border patrol or bills so that we can't go after dangerous drugs. in central california, that is what they are. lawrence: the threat of the cartel and smugglers is real. remember this being released by border patrol dropping two little girls. president biden's executive action in an effort to curb gun violence. jillian: republicans threaten legal action. good morning. >> report

's has the white house considered leaving the border security after video the 3-year-old alejandro mayorkas-year-old of being thrown over the wall? >> i saw the video and i don't think anyone who saw the video were incredibly alarmed. are you concerned more about the kids safety or kids getting in? carley: fox news pressing the white house after this shocking video showed us how dangerous conditions are right now. >> two dollars being stranded by smugglers. state senator mark mores joins us now. thank you for taking time. that area just west of el paso which is rough terrain. you saw is video. what is your reaction? >> we all just gasped when we saw those little girls dropped, i have seen the fence. it is a steep drop to rough terrain, rocky, desert, it made us gas and for these people to do something like that, these are the same people running drugs into our communities and crime through the roof in mexico and it makes us sick that the federal government hasn't taken care of this issue for years and years and years and on top of that defund the police movement that is scaring so many folks so some

i host td secretary mayorkas with all who shared harrowing stories and their gratitude that mpp is finally being unwound. we have an agency where good folks are protected, you know when you root out some of the bad elements you elevate and uplift and support the good elements regardless of what ever agency it is and that was part of the conversation with the intercept. >> you made headlines this week for also saying that you think trump's former senior adviser stephen miller should be behind bars for, quote, human rights violations because of the policy of separating children. you really want stephen miller locked up? >> it's not a question of what i want, jim, it's a question of what is just and what is right, what we saw during the trump administration were some egregious human rights violations and the administration and our government at the hand of that administrations damaged generations of children and families, hundreds of those families, jim, have yet to be reunited. some of those children, many of those children were infants when they were separated from their families, it will b

dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas did go to the border but the press was not allowed to tag along. so much for that vaunted transparency. showing is brandon judd, national border patrol council president. also hears matt schlapp american conservative union chairman. you are right there on the border. give us an update. is this lies and deceit from the biden administration about what is happening? do they know what is happening and don't care? what is happening? >> as a person who puts on a uniform to see what is happening to them and all we are getting is political rhetoric from nancy pelosi instead of talking about what happens we come up with solutions so we can finally once and for all fix what is happening on the border it does disturb the american public, does disservice to border patrol agents and to service to those crossing the borders illegally. she is flat-out not telling the public the truth. pete: don't know if you can see brandon's shot but i look at that shot dark on the border, that kind of job looks like it what it would have looks like for me on patrol wearing a mi

yesterday vice president harris tweeted that she spoke about root causes of migration and a lot of mayorkas will travel to el paso and mcallen to be briefed by officials. it is his third trip to the border. lawrence: thanks so much. >> texas lieutenant governor dan patrick has strong words for the president and vice president if they don't act to control the border. take a listen. >> you are seeing these children brought to this country, we have no idea where to send them, what to do with them. they need to go back to the trump policies because if any children die the blood is on the hands of the president and the vice president because they are allowing this to happen by turning their back on the border. >> congressman tom mcclintock was just at the border and joined us later this hour on the biggest security threats with the migrant surge. >> fox news alert. 7 people hurt, two critically, a massive explosion at an ohio paint factory overnight, a user capturing this footage of the plant. crews searching for potential victims. the area around the paint factory was evacuated over concerns of