mexico into the united states. he says now that that problem is solved i m sure we won t be hearing any more about it in the future. the top republican mitch mcconnell follows up and says now the onus on my democratic colleagues in congress. they preferred to pick political fights with the president rather than get something done. here is what we can do. democrats are willing to do today is work with republicans to get more immigration judges. willing to work with republicans on hardening points of entry and finding a way to speed up and modernize our visa system. 90% of the folks coming to our country are because of visa overstays, not pouring across the southern border. these are a all things they re willing to work with republicans on. will republicans work with us on these things? shannon: as we touched on earlier, a lot of this is contingent whether mexico follows-throughs and take people part of this deal will
illegal immigration coming from mexico into the united states. he follows this up by saying now that that is solved i m sure we won t be hearing any more about it in the future. the top republican who is the majority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, says now the onus is on my democratic colleagues in congress who have dragged their heels and prefer to pick political fights with the president rather than get something done. what democrats are willing to do today is work with republicans to get more immigration judges, hardening points of entry, work with republicans on finding a way to speed up and modernize the visa system. 90% of the folks coming to our country illegally is because of visa overstays, not pouring across the southern border. the question is are republicans willing to come to the table and work with us on these things?
to be made here the second thing is the rhetoric associated with this. all the published statements i ve read talk about hardening certain points on the border and then go on to talk about well, they re going to provide support functions for the border patrol and the i.c.e. folks. youtant have both and when you talk about hardening points on the border, you are talking about enforcing federal immigration laws. that again brings about comitasse. there was a report in 2012 discussing and evaluating for congress a number of your excursions with the act of the military on the guard in the border. there is a prediction for that. the provision is only under enforcement of the drug laws, but not for the enforcement of other laws. gio brought up many of the concerns that myself in that report that myself and my colleagues have. so what other options do you think the president had? he is obviously concerned about
pittsburgh to express support and offer their condolences on behalf of the country. shannon: donald trump said the 5200 troops now deployed to the border will keep the caravan, three of them from crossing the border. trace gallagher is following this from the los angeles newsroom. reporter: we are told the additional 5200 us troops should be at the border this week including 800 today. the goal is hardening points of entry and that sounds like a human barrier the military members are only support troops. they can carry weapons for protection but are prohibited from contracting, confronting or detaining the migrants. they will provide things like helicopter air support, medical personnel, engineers and heavy equipment. the police work per se will be done by the border patrol.