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never had on the border. it is going to get much worse. what you are seeing now is very bad. record numbers, but it is going to get much, much worse. we had very few people coming in and we stopped human trafficking. when i say stopped it, made a tremendous dent never made before and drug trafficking. we did a lot of things. all of that is now eroded. harris: also stunning new numbers today show border agents encountering an average of 565 unaccompanied minors every single day that s up from 313 children per day just last month. trending higher. there are now more than 4200 migrant children in custody. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell will be with me to talk about it later this hour. plus the escalating battle over the filibuster on capitol hill. it could, in fact, change the government that we know in america in an amazing way depending on your point of view, not good. first, casey stiegel is live along the southern border in mission, texas. casey. and harr ....
house minority leader kevin mccarthy leading a group of republican lawmakers going to the border today. it comes as republicans are blaming president biden for the surge. they say he has sent a clear message that the border is open for business. it is entirely, you cannot but notice the administration changes and there is surge. there can be no question when sending a message to people. it has to be our border is closed. you can t say in spanish one thing and english another. one for the consumption of those in central america and the other for domestic consumption. it has to be the same message. they aren t doing that. when a similar surge happened a few years ago president obama called it a humanitarian crisis. as i suggested, this is going to get nothing but worse as the spring comes. bill: former acting ice director ron vitiello joins us. we begin with casey stiegel in mcallen, texas. thanks. it was another busy night for u.s. border patrol agents all alon ....