crossing attempts in the el paso region have surged ten-fold from previous years. our stations are not built for that group that s crossing today. reporter: immigrations and customs enforcement also overwhelmed. this week, bussing hundreds of migrants to a local el paso park and leaving them there. all this amidst a partial government shutdown in washington, fueled by president trump s refusal to sign a budget without money earmarked for some kind of border barrier. i can t tell you when the government s going to be open. i can tell you it s not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they d like to call it. matt gutman joins us live now. the president saying today he will visit the border before the state of the union. this as homeland security announced new medical policies for migrant children at the border? reporter: that s right. homeland security seems to now acknowledge that its current system at the border with that historic influx of children isn t w