Rhetoric. Reporter absolutely, michaela, thats right, and the white house reaction to John Boehners lawsuit was swift and harsh with press secretary john ernest calling it a political stunt, a new day for washington dysfunction when its headed for a courthouse. Its a constitutional collision between both ends of pennsylvania avenue. This isnt about me suing the president. What were talking about here are places where the president is basically rewriting law to make it fit his own needs. Reporter House Speaker john boehner made official what hes threatened for weeks, that hes filing a lawsuit against the president saying mr. Obamas executive actions to change the Health Care Law and other federal programs are evidence of a white house thats out of control. Really . Really . For what . Youre going to sue me for doing my job . Reporter just hours before House Republicans revealed their lawsuit bill the president was sharpening up his defense in texas. Ive got a better idea. Do something.
Affiliates caught up with one woman who said she is furious with the president s request in nearly 4 billion in Government Funds to handle the situation. Its not right. Now billions of dollars want to be borrowed from the white house to help feed and house them. What about the [ bleep ] kids here in our neighborhood . In our country . All these kids really . Why cant this he go back . Im sorry that the parents are in poor Living Conditions or surroundings or whatevers going on out there, i dont care. I care about whats going on right here in my own backyard, my neighborhood. Now later today Homeland Security secretary jay johnson gets a firsthand look at a facility that will house undocumented immigrants in artesia, new mexico. He may not get a warm reception in the state. New mexicos republican governor Suzanna Martinez blasted not just the president in the border crisis but her own party at as well, pointing her finger at congress for failing to get anything done. She wrote the immig
this is the rio grande, nearly 1900 miles long and now the battleground of an immigration crisis hitting the u.s. it s where a flood of undocumented immigrants are crossing in texas every single day. we wanted to get a firsthand look so we headed out on a boat with johnnie hart who has lived on the river for more than three decades. it s a routine deal touring the river we see the crossings. reporter: it didn t take long for to us find a path used by undocumented immigrants to cross the river, a man in the heavy brush even appears to hide from us. it s mainly adults that we see lately in the last several months it s been women and children. you ve seen them on this river? yes. reporter: on rafts? yes. reporter: u.s. law enforcement boats, whether state or federal, are never too far away but when they are we see this, people on rafts hurrying