samaritans who are doing what donald trump s bible tells them to do. the trump administration is illegally blocking fathers and daughters like this from seeking asylum at our border stations, and so they face the choice of hopelessly waiting near a border station for the trump administration to suddenly decide to obey the law or finding another more dangerous way to cross. nbc s cal perry has been covering the situation at the border today. he spoke with border congressman texas democrat beto o rourke who was visiting a migrant center in jaurez mexico. what is your reaction to that? you do not travel 2,000 miles with your 7-year-old child for kicks or to take advantage of
that. because we re talking about human beings and i think the majority of americans regardless of where they are in immigration and regardless of i m a i have to begin with a premise, that i m a law and order border congressman. i don t believe in open boards, i believe in having good immigration policy that is strictly followed. but separating families is not what the beacon that the world stands for. and so another thing that we haven t talked about that i think is important is our failed policy in central america which is what got us here. right now we re dealing with a symptom of mass migration but why are we here? because we ve ignored these countries for decades and the crime-ridden and there is not security on the ground, we haven t helped boost their economy. for a fraction of the price of what we spend now dealing with it the symptom, we could resolve these issues and we need to think about foreign policy in central america today other wise this is a continuous proble
when we asked it. so apparently that is something that needs to be further investigated. democratic congressman advice entsy gonzalez of texas. homeland security is warning some people crossing the border may be pretending to be family. does this your honduran girl look like she s pretending to cry as her mother is being patted down by border agents. stay with us.
why not secure the borders and then make a strong commitment to sit down and figure out what we are going to do with the other people who are here? i m absolutely for securing the borders understand as a border congressman the border is not problem. greta: one problem. people over staying visas is another problem. we have to start some place. so far we are not getting any place because the two sides lock . border is important and border enforcement and prosecution of kai yo days, but at the end of the day the deal that matters the one car is the one arizona is doing, e verify don t let people have a job if they are here illegally. by by the way if you go through three e verifies and can get a worker come see us. greta: people use false identification. you can game e verify, if you
it has been successful. why not secure the borders and then make a strong commitment to sit down and figure out what we are going to do with the other people who are here? i m absolutely for securing the borders understand as a border congressman the border is not problem. greta: one problem. people over staying visas is another problem. we have to start some place. so far we are not getting any place because the two sides lock . border is important and border enforcement and prosecution of kai yo days, but at the end of the day the deal that matters the one car is the one arizona is doing, e verify don t let people have a job if they are here illegally. by by the way if you go through three e verifies and can get a worker come see us. greta: people use false identification. you can game e verify, if you