richardson governor of new mexico, ambassador of united nations. special envoy. he is an example of someone who is not an american citizen. family came here by trainee was born here. his family was from another country. he was an american citizen. i mean that s going to be controversial to say the least. but that is one of the methods come here illegally, come, have kids, the kids stay. and the kids become american citizens but the parents are in hyper space. ainsley: well, we have been watching the caravans grow as they are moving towards the united states. we keep hearing more and more caravans are starting down in he wil el salvador and moving in guatemala. griff jenkins is embedded with the caravan in the southern part of mexico. steve: griff joins us right now. hey, guys, good morning. that s right. listen, this caravan is not showing any signs of slowing down any time soon. in fact, it appears they are actually inspiring others caravan battling with
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border. i called up the military this caravan is wasting their time. we will build tent cities. put tents up all over the place. we are not going to build structures and spend hundreds of millions of dollars. we are not letting them into this country. steve: but they are still coming. there is an item today in the the washington post that talks about how, you know, we have been talking about how some people are getting on in cars and vehicles and heading north rather than be part of the caravan. apparently up to 100 people will be around a gas station throughout that part of mexico just waiting for somebody to say i have a seat in the back do you want a ride? ainsley: mexico city sending aid and help and busses to bring them to mexico city. when talking about the tent city asked a question about abot asylum. declare asylum. not let them in. sit in the tent. follow the law. the tents will be nice, he says. he says keep in mind and laura reminded him of this,
yes. did you hear president trump announce is he going to put 5,000 troops on the border to stop the caravan. what do you think? will it stop you? i m thinking that s no problem for me nobody here i want to go there. griff: 5,000 troops won t stop you. you will go. yes i want to go over there. nobody can stop me. nobody can stop these people. griff: lastly, if you can t get asylum, will you consider crossing illegally? yes, yes. > griff: the human rights group here is the one helping the buses. yesterday we saw some of the municipal police in the town south of us last stop helping the migrants on their way. they want to go to mexico city. they want to make a big statement there. that s what the organizing group says they want to do. they that will put them in the middle of mexico. head tee quanah o tijuana or te:
some have dropped off, many have gone home. some have actually sought asylum in the country of mexico where they have offered people work permits. look, if you want to go somewhere, come here the president of mexico has said. most of those are continuing on. and then there is a second caravan about 3,000 down near the guatemalaen border. brian: i know our military is the best in the world. general mattis is a fine commander but it s going to be so hard, i imagine, and challenging and important to get the coordination down between the national guard that s there. between the regular army the regular military that s reporting. and now the border guards that are actually on the front line. i think most importantly, it sends a message, the whole problem with taking the kids away at the border was not we wanted to take kids away. send a message that our borders are not open. we have a system to apply for asylum. what they want to do is get the message to central and south america serious