WILL SEE YOU BACK IN WASHINGTON.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR.
>> AND TO YOU.
>> IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE
WASHINGTON SENT ASYLUM-SEEKERS
BACK TO MEXICO.
SO FAR LESS THAN 1% HAVE BEEN
GRANTED ASYLUM THROUGH THIS
CONTROVERSIAL PROGRAM.
WE HAVE WE HAVE WILLIAM
LA JEUNESSE JOINING US FROM THE
WEST COAST BARREL WITH MORE IN
THE STORY.
>> FROM THE PRESIDENT'S POINT OF
VIEW THE REMAINING MEXICO PLAN
IS WORKING 24,000 MIGRANTS
CLAIMING ASYLUM AT THE BORDER.
JUDGES ALLOWED JUST OVER 100 TO
STAY IN THE U.S., THAT'S LESS
THAN 1% COMPARED TO 20% IN
PREVIOUS YEARS ACCORDING TO THE
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY STUDY.
ANOTHER 32,000 WADE IN MEXICO
WAITING FOR JUDGES TO HEAR THEIR
CASE.
>> THE ONLY PLACE I WANT TO BE
IS THE UNITED STATES.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE
RETURNED HERE TO HORRENDOUS.
I'M WAITING TO GO TO THE
UNITED STATES WITH MY BABY TO
GET THE BEST LIFE FOR MY SON.
>> DEPENDING ON YOUR POLITICS,
THOSE NUMBERS FELT SUCCESS OR
FAILURE.
THE ADMINISTRATION CREDITS THE
PROGRAM WAS CUTTING ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION FOR GETTING RID OF
THE INCENTIVES.
>> THIS IS NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE
SEEKING ASYLUM.
IT IS ALSO FOR PEOPLE WHO CROSS
THE BORDER ILLEGALLY AND THEY
ARE ON WHAT WE CALL A DETAINED
DOCKET.
IT MEANS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
BE RELEASED UNTIL THEIR CASE IS
HEARD.
>> CRITICS SAY THE POLICY IS
ILLEGAL AND EVERY ASYLUM SEEKER
IS ENTITLED TO STAY IN THE U.S.
AND GIVEN ACCESS TO THE COURTS.
SECONDLY THEY SAY MEXICO WITH
AND SAFE.
THIS WOMAN FROM GUATEMALA
WEIGHTS ACROSS THE TEXAS BORDER
AND TOLD HER CLAIM IS HEARD IN
MANY.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SPEND
THIS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S
HERE.
MY DREAM WAS TO BE THERE IN THE
UNITED STATES WITH MY HUSBAND
BUT I WASN'T ALLOWED TO CROSS.
I WAS RETURNED HERE TO MEXICO.
>> NOT ALL CASES ARE CLOSED
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF BEING DENIED
BY PROCEDURAL REASONS WERE THE
MIGRATE DIDN'T SHOW UP IN COURTS