the district court s decision and regret that the supreme court has declined to issue this stay. dhs has appealed the district court s order and will continue to vigorously challenge it. we are also though in the to, b proceed with means by which we abide by the ruling. does that then mean negotiations are under way on returning to the migrant protection protocol? the department of state, with dhs support, is engaging in diplomatic discussions with the government of mexico as part of our efforts to implement the court s order, and i would note, i should have said this earlier. our point of view continues to be that this program was not implemented in a moral way. it was inefficient. it used resources by cbp resources, it led to a backlog in the system and it is
we respectfully disagree with the supreme court s decision. dhs has appealed the district court s order and will continue to vigorously challenge it. we are also, though, in the same vein, compelled to, by law, to now proceed with means by which we abide by the ruling. does that then mean that negotiations are now underway between the u.s. and mexico on rushing to the protection protocol? the department of state, dhs, with dhs support is engaging in diplomatic discussions with the government of mexico as part of our efforts to implement the court s order. and i would just note i should ve said this a little earlier. our point of view continues to be that this program was not implemented in a moral way. it was inefficient. it used resources, cbp resources. it led to a backlog in the system. and it is fundamentally a
0 these are known passport holders. okay. but have have lprs also been contacted? yes. and what about siv applicants, people who are we re in contact will we get i m sorry. i don t expect you to have all of it, but then, you know, since this whole thing began there s been a lot of criticism of the administration over how it handled it and there s been a lot of pushback from people within the administration about the hand that you were basically dealt or what you say you were dealt by the previous to deal with the taliban in terms of the siv program in terms of the broader refugee program. you guys have been in office for eight months. it s been five months since the president s decision was made. is there anything about the shortcomings have about been so readily identified by all sorts of people that you are actually willing to take responsibility for yourselves? thanks, matt. let me say two things. with regards to numbers in these different categories, as you ve
guatemala, honduras, or also over. in the said he did not have to enter at a port of entry, he could enter anywhere along the border and not straining the cbp resources, it s killing us in apostle visa have between october and january of last year we had 2000 we could release an apostle we are not averaging 600, i d 6600 released last week. kristen: i want to dig in to what you re talking about, i want to dig in to the hard data little bit more. take a look at these numbers were here. over the last fiscal year to date, the el paso sector has seen 2000% increase in family apprehensions and close to four 100% increase in unaccompanied minors. how much of a crisis this is
we ve had the influx of illegal immigration over the years. you look at where we re at right now, across the border, prior to the caravan arriving, up 90% on the southwest border, 30% here in tucson alone. so we re contending with the traffic coming across in addition to the drugs coming northbound and also the weapons that are being shipped into mexico. neil: what is interesting, this gets a lot of attention in san diego, tijuana, a lot of cameras and attention there. the fact of the matter is the use of firearms and all that is way down from what it had been, no matter what region you re talking about. so what is going on here? what is an accurate read of violence at the border? the use of firearms or more at the border? well, first of all, it s been an increase in the deployment of cbp resources that we ve had