statutory framework within the united states, not a valid reason for asylum. you have heard me say it before. if you are coming to get a job, that s not a claim for asylum. if you are coming to be with your family, that s not a claim for asylum. isn t it likely they are going to be coached? if they want asylum, didn t mexico offer them work permits to work in south mexico. that was rejected by most. how many people are in the remaining caravan still making its way north? we believe there will be about 10,000 ultimately. there is between 8,000 and 10,000 now. the government of mexico offered everyone asylum and work permits. that s why this caravan is very different than ones we have seen in the past. not only is it violent. to the extent it claims that its members would like to seek asylum. they have been offered asylum. they have turned it down in mexico. let me play a shot from 60 minutes, scott pelle. the argument was about the separation issues and how there
wire. we will be prepared. we will not allow illegal entry into our country. one thing the president said, if they are going to be seeking asylum, they are not going to be in this country or allowed in this country while whatever process goes forward. one of the problem has been, people cross the border, claim asylum, get a court date, they are released into america and they never show up again. how insistent is the president that they stay in mexico? how are relations with mexico considering they were told a long time ago they should be dealing with this? this is an important point you raised, sean. we only see about 9%, 10% of central americans that make an asylum claim actually be granted asylum by an immigration judge. that s really important to put in perspective. 90% of those making asylum claims are not making the claim that can be honored under the
statutory framework within the united states. it s not a valid reason for asylum. you have heard me say it before. if you are coming to get a job, that s not at a claim for asylu. if you are coming to be with your family, that s not a claim for asylum. sean: isn t it likely they are going to be coached? if they want asylum, didn t mexico offer them work permits to work in south mexico? that was rejected by most. how many people are in the remaining caravan still making its way north? we believe there will be about 10,00000 ultimately. there is between 8,000 and 10,000 now. you are exactly right. the government of mexico offered everyone asylum and work permits. that s why this caravan is very different than ones we have w sn in theth past. not only is it violent, buten to the extent it claims that its members would like to seek asylum. they have been offered asylum. they have turned it down in mexico. sean: let me play a shot from 60 minutes, scott pelle. the argument was about
we harden for ports, called an additional law enforcement, state, local, federal. and we were prepared. we will be prepared. we will not allow illegal entry into our country. sean: one thing the president said, if they are going to be seeking asylum, they are not going to be in this country or allowed in this country while whatever processss goes forward. one of the problem has been, people cross the border, claim asylum, get a court date, they are released into america and they never show up again. how insistent is the president that they stay in mexico? how are relations with mexico, consideringat they were told a long time ago they should be dealing with this? this is an important point you raised, sean. we only see about 9%, 10% of central americans that make an asylum claim actually be granted asylum by an immigration judge. that s really important to put in perspective. 90% of those making asylum claims are not making a claim that can be honored under the
we now have literally and we ll talk to kirstjen nielsen, secretary of homeland security we have identified, mexico, too, has identified 500, may be 600 criminals coming across the border that have emigrated themselves into the migrant population. when i sat through a briefing with rick perry in texas when he was governor, a security briefing that obama should have been at, when i sat through it, they had a seven-year period of time, 642,000 crimes committed against texans. some minor, many serious, including murder. i have interviewed angel moms and dads more than i ever wanted to in my whole life, lost their lives to illegal immigrants that we even had in our justice system and never deported. at what point does the government bear the responsibility that they didn t do their job and enforce the law? what culpability do they have? i think we have a lot of culpability as a nation from ignoring this problem.