forward. jon: florida congressman carlos thank you. more migrants stream across the u.s. southern border custom and border patrol revealing its released more than 60,000 migrants into the u.s. since president biden took office. that s a major in connection in7 people released during last three months of the trump administration. bill is live in the rio grand valley, texas, now with more on that. bill. reporter: yeah, jon good evening to you here in rio grand valley this sec tofort border is most active section of the entire u.s.-mexico border always has been. so much so that texas through operation lonestar has decided to spend hundreds of state treerps down here to help supplement what is really just a completely overwhelmed border patrol force down here. and it is a good that i think they ve done it because state troopers have been very busy take a look at this photo we got from texas dps this was a bus they made last night after a short pursuit. they pulled over a mexican
The Border Crisis Comes to a Once-Quiet part of West Texas There s no one watching , a smuggler says
By Todd Bensman
on April 27, 2021
OJINAGA, Mexico Under the international bridge connecting this town to Presidio, Texas, a human smuggling guide snorted cocaine with a buddy and two prostitutes the chosen fruits from leading a large group of Central American immigrants on a long backpacking journey to new American lives.
CBP surveillance photo of a typical large immigrant group traveling in Big Bend Sector, March 3, 2021.
“Jose Antonio”, the name offered to the Center for Immigration Studies, said he was a long-distance foot guide, a
that s absurd. laura: jim acosta from c. nn, i know you re familiar with his, quote, work, but he was at the border today. this is his glib tweet. i found some steel slats down on the border but i don t see anything resembling a national emergency situation. at least not in the mcallen, texas area of the border where trump will be today. well, chris, i ll let you take a swing at that one. it s so easy, i ll let you take a swing at it anyway. well, you know, i think mr. acosta, i think, what he fails to realize is he s out there with cameras during the day. everything is pretty nice and calm during the day. come after dark, if you see it as so safe out there, why doesn t he just pitch a tent by the river and hang of the for a couple of days and get back to us on how safe he feels. laura: there s no hair and makeup, he wouldn t hang out there. he s also, there is actual, there is, you know, border
that s absurd. laura: jim acosta from c. nn, i know you re familiar with his, quote, work, but he was at the border today. this is his glib tweet. i found some steel slats down on the border but i don t see anything resembling a national emergency situation. at least not in the mcallen, texas area of the border where trump will be today. well, chris, i ll let you take a swing at that one. it s so easy, i ll let you take a swing at it anyway. well, you know, i think mr. acosta, i think, what he fails to realize is he s out there with cameras during the day. everything is pretty nice and calm during the day. come after dark, if you see it as so safe out there, why doesn t he just pitch a tent by the river and hang of the for a couple of days and get back to us on how safe he feels. laura: there s no hair and makeup, he wouldn t hang out there. he s also, there is actual, there is, you know, border
patrol force. this is that relationship that investigators here in laredo say that he was able to use and gain the confidence of his victims before killing them. now, ortiz is still being held in jail here in laredo on a $2.5 million bond and prosecutors say there s still a chance that they could upgrade these felony murder charges to capital murder where ortiz would face the death penalty. what a chilling story. thank you, ed, very much. so syrian president and the opposition in syria are praising a deal by russia and turkey to establish a demilitarized zone over the idlib province. opposition officials say it spares the rebel-held region a bloody government offensive and will thwart bashar al assad s aim at covering all of syria, but assad vows to continue his, quote, war on terrorism until it liberates every inch of syrian territory he says. kim jong-un hosting south ceo s president for his third summit this year.