released, why they re here. all of those details are not going to end up in any database any time soon in many of these cases. we re told this is because in part the administration wants to avoid images of overflowing centers, videos, photos that can can t get out there of overcrowding because it s clear from the news conference, there s sensitivities around how all of this looks. more and more are coming before title 42 lifts. we re all going to take a chance. we ll see. we re all going swimming there. so we re all going to risk it and see what happens. so as the click ticks down now, a reporter asking the dhs secretary about the president s comment that the border is about to get chaotic. given the fact that you ve had nearly two years to prepare for this moment, how can chaos be the expectation? i have said for months and months that the challenge at the border is and is going to be very difficult. we have spoken repeatedly about the fact that that difficulty may
policies. the results are more than 10,000 illegal crossings for the first time in u.s. history. border patrol loses its tool for the first time in three years to quickly expel people back to mexico. the migrants know that and they re coming in massive numbers. take a look at this. our drone team shot earlier today right here in brownsville, you ll see the people crossing in mass, women, children, single adults. when they reach the u.s., they re not welcomed with open arms like we ve seen with the federal government. they re stonewalled by the state of texas. that is rows of concertina water. they re physically blocking the migrants. the first time the last couple days in our border crisis that we ve seen them doing this. another video we d like to show you. take a look at this.