because of these ridiculous policies. please give my best to your family and i m so sorry about the loss of jared. i wish i had the chance to meet him. thank you, laura, for this opportunity and thank you for caring. laura: i do care. i care greatly. i ll be in touch with you after the show and thank you again. reaction to this story, we are joined by texas senator ted cruz. senator, i went long in the interview and i m sorry because i took some of your time. but a great family from texas. their lives have been turned upside down and hearts broken. they don t even get a call from the former mayor of san antonio who was on tv talking about this caravan thing and demonizing donald trump and all republicans and didn t even get a call from his brother who is a congressman from an area where this kid was burned that that. what is going on in this country, senator ?
please give my best to your family and i m so sorry about the loss of jared. i wish i got a chance to meet him. i m so sorry. thank you, laura, for this opportunity and thank you for caring. laura: i do care. i care greatly. i ll be in touch with you after the show and thank you again. thank you so much. laura: absolutely. for reaction to this story we re joined by texas senator ted krewe. senator, i went long in the interview and i m sorry because i took some of your time. but this is a great family from texas. their lives have been turned upside down and hearts broken. they don t even get a call from the former mayor of san antonio who was on tv talking about this caravan thing and demonizing donald trump and all republicans and didn t even get a call from his brother who is a congressman from the area where this kid was burned to death. what is going on in this country, senator?
that there could happen to the united states. you have thousands of people that decide to just walk into our country and we don t have netlaws that can protect it. one of the organizers of the so-called caravan told the new york times he predict at most 10 to 15% of the actual participants would even seek asylum here in the united states. let me go back to susan page. this caravan thing is iconic for trump the idea there s armies of people marching into the united states unopposed is certainly a figure that certainly it s a frightening figure to those angry about illegal immigration that he can play to. yeah, it s a rhetorical device that sets up a big threat. he also said he may send u.s. troops to the southern border which would be a pretty significant escalation in efforts along the border in the absence of building the great big beautiful wall that he s had some trouble getting funding for. what s a guy with a rifle, a