seeing is not that, and this is chaos. so enough is new. a delegation of dozens of republican lawmakers headed to the southern border over the coming days as over a million migrants have crossed in the month of december with thousands more making their way from south and central america. now since october 1st border patrol s encountered nearly 800,000 people along that border making this highest record quarter, the highest quarter on record. welcome to this special edition of fox news live. with i m gillian turner in washington. mayor eric adams says his city is reaching a breaking point as a result of governor greg abbott continuing to bus migrants from his state up north. bill melugin is in los angeles with the latest developments. hi, bill. reporter: hey, gillian. as the number of crossings continues to shatter all records out there, fox news has obtained an internal alert sent out by border patrol s tucson, arizona, intel unit which warps agents some illegal immig
immigration plan has been working. and the pentagon is telling us tonight that using active duty troops instead of the national guard will not affect readiness. i think we ll see these troops arrive as early as may 10th. pete: that s despite recent claims the border is secure. you said yesterday when it comes to illegal migration, have you seen it come down by more than 90%. where did that number come from? i was speaking. peter: cbp says the answer 156,000 people morphos call year so far. i will answer you if the dramatics come down a little bit. if the dramatics. peter: what s dramatic about asking a question about. okay. i m going to answer. i was speaking to the parolee program. peter: pentagon says troops will be armed for self-defense not law enforcement. laying out their mission like. this fill critical capability gaps. ground based detection and monitoring. data entry. and warehouse support. as the pentagon preps for a migrant surge, lawmakers are
federal law and their constitutional role, we will see more of this, that is a sad statement. todd: this is fox and friends first s, i m todd piro . i m ashley strohmier. brooke singman has breaking details. blue crosses the illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing a family was found hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry. agents from the border patrol capturing francisco oropesa who faces five murder counts and being held on $5 million bond. jimmy paul in charge of the case says a tip led to the arrest. a tip came in through the tip line and we want to thank the person who had the courage and bravery to call in the suspect s location. brooke: officials tracked oropesa s wife to the house where he was arrested, another of oropesa s family. police are trying to find out if oropesa had help hiding. troy miller releasing a statement saying i m incredibly proud of the work force who apprehended the suspect of friday s shooting. our officers bring incred
immigrants and they don t care about the middle class. this is an elitist issue, they are willing to put the american public, middle class to absorb all the cost and harm from policies. i will not sit here and knock the biden administration, for sending the 1500, it is a tiny step, but i will knock that if the policies are working, why even bother with this? arizona senator kyrsten sinema warned the biden administration is not prepared for the end of title 42. listen to this. the administration has known for two years the end of title 42 was coming. it was never in$10 million continueded to be a long-term solution. we are seeing over 1000 single male adults come through the tucson sector every single day. we don t have enough buses to
helpful. now, i will say we got that announcement this morning. my team has asked for a briefing. we have got no information about what it s going to look like. but 1500 bodies is better than not 1500 bodies. but no one can claim that that is going to be enough. the reality is that we re seeing over 1,000 single male adults come through the tucson sector every single day. we don t have enough buses to transport those individuals to other parts of the country. we don t have enough holding facilities to keep them incarcerated until a disposition has been made. we don t have the space or the money or person power to address this crisis. 1500 people will help. but we both know it s nowhere near enough. bret: the past 72 hours chief raleigh ortiz, chief of u.s. border patrol said two border agents were assaulted. 22,000 apprehensions 806 pounds of methamphetamine. 283 pounds of marijuana, 62 pounds of cocaine. three firearms, fire maritime