the crisis at the border heating up this morning as a new ruling from a federal judge threat espn the trump administration s immigration policy. i m sandra smith. bill: a federal ruling. department of homeland security saying there are more than 500 criminals in that caravan that has arrived in tijuana, mexico and where william la jeunesse begins his coverage today. good morning there. good morning, bill. this is a huge setback for the administration and a shot in the arm for the caravan. it is likely to encourage more caravans, more central american immigration. now, the administration tried to funnel all illegal traffic funnel it through here, the port of entry. only process those asylum claims. this judge appointed by president obama said can t do it. you cannot limit or restrict
republican national committee spokesperson kayleigh mcenany, and the mayor of los alamitos in california, troy edgar. welcome to all of you. mayor, you are at the white house today with the president talking about these things that clearly california is one of the places where this plays out the most. what was the mood today as far as dealing with immigration? the president was making it clear that the caravan is comin coming. i think he recognizes that the sinks were laws that we passed in california are acting as a magnet. it s a target and it s these types of caravans that are making their way. not only on the sanctuary side once they get in the united states but at the border, the use the port of entry or go around the port of entry once they get into the process. they could be in our country for ten years before they go. he was stressing that he was very focused on this in the administration was definitely behind us. shannon: heat today on twitter had this to say. i agree wit
last. you ve been doing a lot of reporting on the logistical hurdles. help us understand the degree to which the government is expanding. you still have fair number of unaccompanied children coming up by themselves. as the manager told me, private contractor, it s like a restaurant where you have patrons who are coming in but none are leaving. where do you put all these kids? health and human services has this shelter out there in the west texas desert by the port of entry. it was built for several hundred children. it wasn t up to 1200 kids and now it s ballooning to 3800 beds. they are moving children from all over the united states ages 12 to 17 and putting them in
let us asylum application. give us due process. let the children meet with the lawyer hired to represent them, advocate for them. why didn t they getg to the port of entry? they had no other opportunity. they were not allowed through at the port of entry. they had no other opportunity. it was go back home and face harm, great bodily harm or cross the border and surrender. i told you before and i m going to tell you now on tv. you are fighting a fight that we know that many lawyers are fighting for hundreds of clients at least. as you go through the paces, you will be welcomed back on this show to tell us what s going on because it will be an example of what so many are dealing with. i know that s an army pin on your lapel. i know you re a proud american and i know you re not proud of this situation. we will keep up with you and follow this story. i hope that the agency allows me to see my clients. counsel, thank you very much. still no answer on what s
problem? well, the biggest thing is to shine a spotlight. we have seen the evangelical community weighing in, the southern baptist community starting to weigh in. we are starting to tear away some of the fallacies the station is conveying to the american people. they said we are just trying to get people to enter at the port of entry. what we see is it is essentially shut down for people seeking asylum. four border guards were at the port of entry stopping people who did not have papers, those who are seeking asylum. we heard there have been requests from the u.s. to the mexican side to not even allow them to the bridge to begin with. that part we weren t able to check out. they can seek sa sigh hrupl. the families are arriving.