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entry, which by the way, prosecutors here in south texas have seen a significant increase, 200% increase of prosecutions that we have seen for illegal entry, that misdemeanor charge. fred? all right, polo sandoval in mcallen, texas, thank you so much. so the immigration issue isn t just being discussed on the federal level. many cities have a lot at stake in the debate. joining me right now, the mayor of austin, texas, steve adler. mr. mayor, thanks so much for being with me. you tried to visit an immigration shelter earlier in the week but weren t allowed to enter, is that right? have you gotten an explanation or since been able to get in? you know, there was a group of about 20 mayors with the u.s. conference of mayors, and we were not able to get in. we were told we submitted an application, we were told it was going to take another two weeks for it to be processed, so we had to look as best we could from the front gate, but i ll tell you, the mayor of new york and i, mayor de
i m being told right now it looks like the members of congress are just coming out of their tour. they were in there about an hour, which is about the time i got to spend in there, as well. sounds like a long time, but this is a massive facility. this campus is a former job force site, so we got to go into lots of rooms and see the dormitories, but it felt like we were rushed and briskly taken from room to room. i didn t talk to a single child in there, and i toured the centralized processing center in mcallen, texas, and i got to talk to people there. they didn t allow that here. now, marco rubio toured this facility yesterday. he said they also told him he would not be able to, and some of the images you re seeing from inside are probably these government issued images because they won t let us bring cameras, phones, or security devices citing privacy reasons. we ll see. the democratic delegation that was here, you mentioned some of those members, they said they are going to try to t
these demonstrators that were, my understanding, led by lulac, several members here in texas, who came in to basically have a demonstration and i do have to tell you what i m looking at right now, fred, and i m not sure if you can see those images with me, but looking into the bus and you can make out the silhouettes of people behind the caged structure that is installed in this bus and those people are waving, i can see men and women and a small hand. there is a small child in that bus, which is, obviously, why many of those people are here. all right, polo sandoval, thank you so much. again, polo is on the phone there and we have our live cameras there, as you see a number of people in mcallen, texas, who have gathered. many of them have been demanding