Septembers data is expected to show record crossings. In august, however, Us Border Patrol apprehended just over 181,000 people along the southern border. Thats up almost 50,000 injust one month, when you comparejuly� s number of about 132,000. And mexicos president , Andres Manuel lopez 0brador, said that last week alone, 10,000 people arrived at the border every day. Addressing a News Conference in mexico city, the us secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, said the Biden Administration had little choice but to go ahead with the wall project, saying the funding was already in place. There is no new Administration Policy with respect to the portable. From day one, this administration has made clear that a border wall is not the answer. We spoke earlier to republican congressman ralph norman, who supports a wall but is heavily critical of the Biden Administrations immigration policy. In 2020, his platform was not building the wall anymore. According tojoe biden, it is not a serious Policy Solution and he did not think walls work, which is total insanity. Now he has proposed 20 miles to be built On Starr County in texas. He is using the funds that have already been appropriated in 2019 and dhs is a right to use those funds for that purpose. Here is what is interesting, what has changed . I tell you what has changed, American People are sick and tired of seeing their cities overrun, their hospitals full, their schools are full, the police having to deal with illegals who they do not have any background, they have no information on them, they put themselves at physical risk and it is really an insult. The Biden Administration is totally doing this for power and if they were really serious, they would call oup the military and stop everybody from crossing. It would not be that hard to do. President trump built over 200 miles of wall so you have to stop them at the Point Of Entry and, you know, it is an insult for him to say it did not work for now to say it did work. I do not put any stock in what he says and whether he would actually do it. I was actually out there, this steal was on ground, the contractors are being paid to do nothing. It is an insult but we see what happens. The mayor of new york city, eric adams, is also on a visit to mexico, where he is caling for Immigration Reform in the us. Where he is calling for Immigration Reform in the us. Mr adams said new york could not take in any more asylum seekers, claiming some 100,000 people had arrived in his city over the past few months. We wa nt we want to give a real picture of what is happening in new york city. We are at capacity and many people believe, when you enter new york city, youre going to automatically have a job, you are automatically going to be living in a hotel, and there isjust going to be living in a hotel, and there is just a Climate Thatis and there is just a climate that is not a reality. Live now to mayorjoel villarreal. He is the mayor of rio grande city. Right along the southern border. Your city has witnessed this rising number of migrants crossing the border. What is the situation in your city right now . The situation in your city right now . The situation in your city riaht now . , ~. ,. , right now . Thank you for having me on. Right now . Thank you for having me on the right now . Thank you for having me on. The reality right now . Thank you for having me on. The reality is, right now . Thank you for having me on. The reality is, we right now . Thank you for having me on. The reality is, we have l me on. The reality is, we have had this before, influxes for the last several decades under every president ial administration but right now we are seeing an influx once more. We have had several months ago, several influxes as well but right now we are seeing Hundreds Of Thousands of people coming through and that the border patrol, cbp, are doing a phenomenaljob processing them. Sometimes the Migrant Processing capabilities are compromised with which does compromised with which does compromised National Security because we must exercise crushes against global enemies exploiting a broken Immigration System. Iii exploiting a broken Immigration System. Ii i exploiting a broken immigration s stem. , system. Ifi could ump me in, with h system. Ifi could ump me h, with the h system. Ifi couldjump me in, with the suspension system. Ifi couldjump me in, with the Suspension Of. System. If i couldjump me| in, with the Suspension Of the border while, will that help . Absolutely not, in fact the bottom vault will not have a Significant Impact on Border Security. The reality is that Border Security is. What is the right mixture . There are errors in that 2000 mile border where the world would be appropriate but here, yes, youre going to have people do still cross. It is more of a speedbump and it is costing millions of dollars, in fact, the 20 miles supposedly going to be erected here in starr county, you looking at half 1 billion to erect that 20 miles of wild. Iii billion to erect that 20 miles of wild of wild. If i could ask you, from your of wild. If i could ask you, from your perspective, of wild. If i could ask you, | from your perspective, from your city, what would the right mix of security and bolder policy be at the moment . When Ou Have Policy be at the moment . When you have influxes policy be at the moment . When you have influxes like policy be at the moment . When you have influxes like we policy be at the moment . When you have influxes like we are. You have influxes like we are having or experiencing right now, the reality is that we must at the point we need to have expedited removals and or remain in mexico policy because there is no way we can handle these influxes without jeopardising National Security is that we must at this point that and i dont say this is a solution of a broken Immigration System but expedited removals would absolutely work or remain in mexico. I know it is not popular but we must get a hold of this because if we dont, we arejeopardising our of this because if we dont, we are jeopardising our National Security by all means. I want to ask about security by all means. I want to ask about policy security by all means. I want to ask about policy because l to ask about policy because when the pandemic role title 42 which you are referring to, allowing Border Officials to turn migrants away at the bottom, when that expired, i was supposed to make for asylum just as difficult by making people apply along the way before they get to the us. Tell us why you think that policy has not worked . Us why you think that policy has not worked . Because we currently has not worked . Because we currently have has not worked . Because we currently have a has not worked . Because we currently have a reality has not worked . Because we currently have a reality that i currently have a reality that it is Catch And Release. We are releasing people into the interior of the us and the fact is that immigration must benefit america for it to remain viable otherwise it would be untenable. And i know the Catch And Release is not beneficial to the interests of america. It is not something a saint lightly because i do believe in immigration but when it comes to managing these large numbers of influx, we need to get a hold of it otherwise it willjeopardise the National Security. It is one thing that by the way either democrats or republicans have not been able to breach the political divide regarding Border Security because the arguments are not mutually exclusive, they can coexist but we need to find the centre of addressing both the immigration and Border Security which by the way are essential for america. Has, the way are essential for america the way are essential for america. �. ,. ,. , america. A final question, what is our america. A final question, what is your message america. A final question, what is your message to america. A final question, what is your message to congress . | is your message to congress . You said a few times this is a broken Immigration System. It is a travesty. We have a broken Immigration System and unfortunately the United States of america, the greatest country level, lacks a wheel for reform. It is at all levels, the white house, congress, and we have not been able to sit down and address it. Right now, President Biden is living on the portable and the fact is, it is unfortunate because the fact is, right now it is hypocrisy at its finest, why . Right now there is no reason to inaudible President Biden is doing the same thing. It is hypocrisy. It is still not going to work, this 20 miles of bottle while, can help but when it comes to an influx, individuals will self surrender. Wall. Border communities we do not have sanctuary cities. It is not feasible to have thousands of people at the expense of the local taxpayer. There is no way when youre looking at Hundreds Of Thousands of people. 0k. To manage at the expense of local taxpayers. Local taxpayers. Joel villarreal local taxpayers. Joelj villarreal interesting local taxpayers. Joel i villarreal interesting to local taxpayers. Joel villarreal interesting to get your perspective and thank you forjoining us. Your perspective and thank you forjoining Ve Forjoining us. Appreciate it. Thank yom former President Trump dropped his 500 million lawsuit against his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen on thursday evening. In april, mr trump filed a lawsuit in federal Court Alleging cohen breached Attorney Client privilege as well as a confidentiality agreement. A judge ordered trump to sit for a deposition by cohens attorneys on monday in new york, after delaying his deposition twice. Trumps campaign suggests he intends to refile the suit against his former laywer at a later date. To the war in ukraine now. Theres been International Condemnation of the deadliest Missile Strike to hit the country for more than a year. Local Officials Say the russian attack on the village of hroza killed more than 50 people. Many of the victims had been attending a funeral wake. The white house described the strike as horrifying and the british Prime Minister said it illustrated moscows barbarity. Our correspondent, james waterhouse, reports. This body is badly burnt, says the rescuer. Maybe you will recognise them . No, its not her, the woman replies. Missile attacks are an almost daily occurrence here. But rarely are they this destructive. A well rehearsed routine for emergency crews which doesnt get any easier. Translation my brother, | sisterinlaw and my mother were killed. Alexanders family were at a wake of a local soldier. Most of the victims had been sitting around a large table inside a cafe. A shared moment of grief cut short. Translation constantly, i we were pulling out someone. It was a nightmare. Ukraine accuses russia of launching a short range ballistic missile, killing more than 50 in a village of 300. Translation we were in a town nearby and heard an explosion. I we were then told something happened in hroza and we came because my mother was here. Ring tones fill the silence. From the phones of the dead. Translation Russian Military knew where they were striking. | it was not a blind attack. People had gathered there for a memorial meal. Who could launch a missile at them . Only absolute evil. At a speech in sochi, Vladimir Putin didnt reference the attack but suggested ukraine would be dead within a week if its western help was to stop. Ukraine is fighting to prevent that from happening. But it is hurting. James waterhouse, bbc news. Concern is growing among european leaders in the wake of us political infighting, that halted aid to ukraine. Funding for ukraine was left out of a Spending Bill passed last weekend to avert a Government Shutdown and now, the us House Of Representatives is embroiled in a race to replace its speaker kevin mccarthy, likely kicking the can further down the road as far as restoring aid to ukraine. On thursday, 50 european leaders, including president zelensky, gathered in spain to discuss support for the war torn country. Our Diplomatic CorrespondentJames Landale filed this report from the summit. This summit is supposed to be about european security, it is a new summit, only the third that has ever happened. It was begun after russias invasion of ukraine. But despite all of that, actually, it was the political infighting and wrangling in washington that cast a shadow over this gathering, because there was a real concern about the possibility of the United States reducing its support for ukraine. The eu Foreign Policy chief, josep borrell, said if that happened it would not be good news and europe did not have the capacity to make up the loss of that us support. So eu leaders were almost falling over themselves to come to the cameras to say, look, their support for ukraine will continue as long as it takes, you know, until the very end, those kinds of phrases. The head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, said she was confident the us support would remain for the long term. So there was a sense of european leaders trying to hug together to say we will stick together on this. As for president zelensky, the leader of ukraine, he was here too with his team, as ever trying to drum up western support. Whenever he was asked about the us position he said, well, whats the use of me worrying . Worrying doesnt help, wejust need to carry on working. But he did say, in answer to a question that i asked, that the situation with the us was dangerous and he said now was the time for europe to do more to support the United States. In other words, a rallying cry to europe to say its your turn to step up. The problem is that european economies at the moment have not been geared up for a wartime production of ammunition. They are not focused entirely on ukraine, theyre still concerned about other issues, such as the global cost of living crisis and the climate emergency. So president zelensky and his team have now left granada, theyre heading back to ukraine. As ever, their call was for more air defences, and they got some from the spanish today they offered some more. I think they will probably return to ukraine with a degree of anxiety. Support from europe, yes, but still that concern about just where the United States is going on this. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. A man who shot and injured ten people on a crowded New York Subway Car last year has been sentenced to life in prison. The 64 year old pleaded guilty in january to terrorism and weapons charges. Prosecutors had argued that he intended to inflict maximum damage. It was one of the most violent assaults ever seen on the citys mass transit system. 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