camped out under a bridge. cnn s josh catch bell is live in del rio, texas. josh, what more can you tell us about where processing stands right now and this decision to pull horse patrol? yeah. you know, those images of those agents on horseback caution a lot of controversy there where you see the horses aggressively confronting the migrants. at one point one of the migrants appeared to fall back into the water and another video you saw an agent disparaging one of the migrants leading the department of homeland security to not only investigate that incident but we re also told the dhs is suspending temporarily the use of force horse patrol in del rio. as far as the processing, ana, we ve seen the buses coming and going, care advance of buses as migrants have been loaded on to them from this bridge and taken to processing centers. i want to take you live to our live shot at the bridge over this hour. you can see one of the buses there beginning to be loaded up. as that continues, we r
are. reporter: trump followers were being fed conspiracy theories by the president on tv, radio, and on line. the mieg rapid care advance, yeah, i completely blaef they re staged. with all my heart i do. there s too much evidence. reporter: ashley babbitt would post video rants about problems on the southern border. i live about 15 minutes from the tijuana border. i take this permanently. they re trying to pain this as full of women and children because that s what the media s pushing. let me tell you right now, the border is a shit show. i believe that donald trump is the only president that we ve ever had in office that actually was speaking out to represent us. the forgotten americans. corey griffin who would start cowboys for trump would stake his future on the. anybody that lives on the southern border knows that it s extremely dangerous. reporter: much like his claim
19 exceeding the total number of all of fiscal year 18 at 17,212. there have been 17 large groups total i more than 12,000 apprehensions compared to 13 groups last year. only two in 2017. and there is more on the way. mexico s interior secretary who was in washington last week. i went and listened to her speak. she warned they are on pace to deal with more than 700,000 central american migrants this year in large part because of the care advance. as a vote in the senate nears with enough republican defections to block the president s special emergency declaration, democrats continue opposing the use of military funds being used for the border. it s to a useless reckless vanity project at the border would betray our national security and our commitment to our men and women in uniform. that vote is expected
of the criteria has actually been toughened by this administration and victims of domestic violence or gang violence. those are no longer criteria for getting asylum into this country. to paul s point about, you know, if these people are allowed in, then it s just going to encourage more people coming in care advance you know, the fact is that the united states has always stood as a beacon for refugees and asylees. there s long-standing humanitarian laws who says individuals who are subject to crime in circumstances where their government is unable or unwilling to protect them which is basically the case going on in this country we ve always stood as a beacon to people like this. that s always been the kind of country we ve been. our attorney general, on the other hand, seems hell bent on closing off every possible avenue of humanitarian relief. he s reaching down for every
obama was the opposite, but now he doesn t have the responsibility to sit behind that desk, and i actually it looks to me like he s enjoying. did you hear what donald trump i think was it today or yesterday said that his rallies are bigger than obama s rallies. that s right. the crowds. but don t forget joe biden also. joe biden has been out there, too. tuesday, does it boil down to a referendum on the president? he insists that it does so i think we should take him at his word. to david s earlier point though, when you hear the president out there saying what have they done for the past two years, i can read you a laundry list that this administration has accomplished which they are not talking bork that s the point. that s the point that david made earlier, you know, when you shout from the roof tops about the care advance, you don t talk about all the other the laundry list of items that you ve accomplished, you know. that opportunity gives the administration a c