escalating crisis. we are continuing to edges pell people coming from a range of countries as we are continuing to apply title 42. because there s a global pandemic that is ongoing. pete: that was one heck of a press conference today. the only thing they can point to is a trump era rule that they hate and they use as a talking point to pretend to deport some people. just more lies coming from an administration that is full of them. and today we learn that the administration has released thousands of residents of bidenville. since their only goal is to clear out of the camp as fast as possible. you got to make the pictures go away. that s the only goal. but when it comes to those so-called deportations, they are only worried about single adult males, it seems, with family units and pregnant women being allowed to stay. meaning more anchor babies and more illegals. according to border patrol chief, brandon judd. over 600,000 of the illegal border cross arers have release no
shrinking. still in the thousands and there is news that another big surge could be coming to that area. correspondent bill melugin has been on the story from the beginning. he joins us live from del rio along the border again tonight. good evening, bill. he bret, good evening to you. yesterday president biden said he was going to get the situation here at the border under control. so the obvious question what s the plan? well, border patrol sources on the ground here in del rio tell me when it comes to this camp, they are now naturally seeing pretty much all family units any women that claim to be pregnant. the idea being they want to get this camp cleared out as fast as possible. del rio, texas on wednesday. where border patrol is making progress in its gargantuan task. the number of migrant still there has dropped to 5300 as of wednesday afternoon. that s a significant decrease from a climax of nearly 15,000 on saturday as dhs now confirms they are releasing some haiti
Tulsi gabbard back deployment in africa to go after jihadists. she will talk to us about the state of affairs today. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that s special for the fair balanced and still unafraid. fox news primetime hosted by pete hegseth starts right now. pete: right on the nose. thank you, bret. appreciate it. all right. good evening, america. it s 7:00 p.m. on the east coast and 6:00 p.m. in god s country which means it s time for fox news primetime. pete: i m your host pete hegseth tonight and for the remainder of the week. and once again, we train our eyes on texas because for all intents and purposes it has become texas vs. the world. the biden administration continues to woefully fail to secure our southern border and of course lie about it the white house is proving that its awol and has no desire to quell this
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