WE'LL BRING YOU NEWS AS IT
COMES IN.
>> MY GENERAL MESSAGE TO THE
CARAVAN IS DO NOT COME.
YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN.
THERE IS A RIGHT WAY TO
IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IS NOT IT.
>> Bill: THAT'S HOMELAND
SECURITY SECRETARY KIRSTJEN
NIELSEN, A WARNING FOR THE
THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS,
MIGRANTS SEEKING PASSAGE INTO
THE U.S. ON THE MOVE.
THAT CARAVAN THROUGH MEXICO.
DESPITE THAT MIGRANTS FROM
ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA REMAIN
COMMITTED TO THEIR LONG JOURNEY
EVEN AS THE MILITARY BEGINS
SHIFTING ASSETS TOWARD THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
WANT TO BRING IN OUR HEADLINER
THOMAS HOMAN ACTING DIRECTOR AT
ICE.
HOW ARE YOU ON MONDAY AND GOOD
MORNING TO YOU.
GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT 800
MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MILITARY
COULD DO ON THE BORDER.
>> THEY'LL HANDLE THE LOGISTICS
BUT THEY'LL MONITOR TRAFFIC AND
INTELLIGENCE AND MOVING FOOD,
WATER, SUPPLIES FOR THE BORDER
PATROL.
WHAT THAT DOES IS RELEASES THE
BORDER PATROL AGENTS DOING
THOSE TYPES OF JOBS TO BE ON
THE FRONT LINE AS LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DEFENDING
THE NATION.
A GOOD MOVE.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE DOJ
ASSETS DEPLOYED.
THE PRESIDENT WILL SEND UP TO
5,000 TROOPS DOWN THERE AND
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THE BORDER -- HAVING THE
MILITARY ON THE BORDER IS A
GREAT IDEA.
>> Sandra: BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO OF
THIS MIGRANT CARAVAN.
DO YOU THINK THAT AS MUCH AS
5,000 COULD EVENTUALLY BE
NECESSARY?
>> I THINK SO.
WE'LL SEE.
OF COURSE, NOT MY DECISION.
BUT LOOK, THIS INVASION OF OUR
SOVEREIGNTY IS -- WE HAVE TO
STOP IT.
BECAUSE IF WE GET TO THE POINT
WE DID THE LAST TIME AND THEY
ACTUALLY GET TO THE UNITED
STATES AND THEY MAKE THEIR
CLAIMS OF ASYLUM AND GET
RELEASED WE'RE BACK TO CATCH
AND RELEASE, IF THIS GROUP IS
PUT IN THAT SAME POSITION OF
CATCH AND RELEASE THIS WILL BE
AN ONGOING SITUATION CONSTANTLY.
GET TO THE UNITED STATES.
WE WON'T BE DETAINED VERY LONG
AND MANY WON'T SHOW UP IN COURT
AND MOST OF THEM.
80% OF THEM WILL LOSE THEIR
CASE, EVEN THOUGH ORDERED BY
IMMIGRATION TO LEAVE, THEY
WON'T LEAVE.
WHY WOULD THEY STOP COMING IF
THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE TO THIS
ILLEGAL ACTIVITY?
>> Bill: LET'S GO BACK TO
KIRSTJEN NIELSEN ONE MORE TIME.
>> IF YOU SEEK ASYLUM DO SO IN
THE FIRST COUNTRY.
MEXICO OFFERED YOU REFUGE.
IF YOU WANT A JOB THAT'S NOT
ASYLUM.
IF YOU WANT TO BE REUNITED WITH
YOUR FAMILY THAT'S NOT ASYLUM.
IF YOU WANT TO COME LIVE IN THE
UNITED STATES, THAT'S NOT
ASYLUM.
THERE ARE LEGAL WAYS TO DO THAT.
>> Bill: THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
INTENT ON PUTTING OUT THAT
MESSAGE.
YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN.
THAT DOES NOT DETER THESE
CARAVANS.
WHY NOT?
>> BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL
SECRETARY NIELSEN IS RIGHT ON
HER POINT.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT
THIS POPULATION AND IN THE
SECRETARY IS RIGHT.
IF THEY ARE REALLY ESCAPING
FEAR AND PERSECUTION BECAUSE OF
RACE AND POLITICAL POSITIONS.
THESE PEOPLE COME FOR A JOB AND
REJOIN PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE
UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY.
THAT ISN'T ASYLUM.
IF THEY ARE ESCAPING FOR
PERSECUTION, THEY TURN DOWN
MEXICO'S OFFICE TO CLAIM ASYLUM
IN MEXICO.
THEY'RE TWO COUNTRIES AWAY FROM
THE DANGER.
BY THEM TURNING DOWN MEXICO
THIS ISN'T ABOUT ESCAPING
FEARING AND PERSECUTION BUT
GETTING TO THE UNITED STATES.
I APPLAUD SECRETARY NIELSEN.
THE CARAVANS KEEP COMING
BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT GENGT TO THE
UNITED STATES, GETTING A JOB,
GETTING BACK WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE HERE PART OF THEIR FAMILIES
IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY
ALREADY.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT FEAR AND
PERSECUTION OR ABOUT ASYLUM.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING TO THE
UNITED STATES.
>> Sandra: YOU GET A SENSE OF
THE FRUSTRATION IN THE
CONVERSATION THAT IS HAPPENING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THIS
ISSUE.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE WHITE
HOUSE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP, OUR
OWN JOHN ROBERTS, CHIEF WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENT JUST
LETTING US KNOW THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO
DISCUSS POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE OR
REGULATORY ACTION WHEN IT COMES
TO PREVENTING THIS CARAVAN FROM
CROSSING THE BORDER, THIS
MEETING IS HAPPENING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING.
HE CONCLUDES HIS REPORTING HERE
BY SAYING HE IS NOT SURE
WHETHER THE WHITE HOUSE --
WHITE HOUSE IS NOT SURE WHETHER
TO DO IT THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER OR INTERIM REGULATIONS.
OFFICIALS SAY THE PRESIDENT IS
NOT HAPPY WITH WHERE WE ARE ON
IMMIGRATION.
OBVIOUSLY SO.
BUT MORE SO THAN EVER YOU GET
THAT SENSE OF HOW FRUSTRATING
THIS PROCESS IS AND HAS BEEN.
>> IT HAS TO BE FRUSTRATING FOR
THE PRESIDENT.
I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE
I'VE DONE THIS JOB FOR 34 YEARS
THROUGH RETIRING IN JUNE.
I STARTED AS A BORDER PATROL
AGENT AND INVESTIGATED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SMUGGLED
PEOPLE.
I MET WITH THE PRESIDENT MANY
TIMES.
HE GETS IT.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT -- PEOPLE
OUGHT TO BE THANKFUL THAT
DONALD TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT
DURING THESE TIMES ESPECIALLY
WHEN OUR SOVEREIGNTY IN THIS
COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK.
HE WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING HE
CAN LEGALLY TO CONTROL OUR
BORDERS.
TO PROTECT AMERICA.
AND HE IS WORKING WITH PEOPLE
LIKE JEFF SESSIONS AND
SECRETARY NIELSEN WILL DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN LEGALLY TO
CONTROL THE SITUATION.
BUT I GUARANTEE THIS.
WITHIN 48 HOURS OF HIM SIGNING
OF EXECUTIVE ORDER OR MAREKING
THE DECISION HE WILL BE SUED BY
THE LEFT.
THERE WILL BE SOME LIBERAL
JUDGE WHO CAN FILE A TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT ONLY
TALKED THE TALK, HE HAS DONE
EVERYTHING WITHIN HIS POWER TO
SECURE THIS BORDER.
CONGRESS HAS FAILED HIM.
CONGRESS HAS FAILED THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS PRESIDENT WILL NOT FAIL
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
HE WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO
PROTECT OUR NATION.
>> Bill: THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME, THOMAS HOMAN WITH US
TODAY.
THE CARAVAN IS ARE 500 MILES
SOUTH OF MEXICO CITY AND 1,000