So this has exploded. In 2014, President Obama declared a humanitarian crisis. 120,000 people came across our border illegally, either as an unaccompanied child or a family unit. In the first seven months of this year, we're over 300,000 apprehensions. have been over 100,000 in the last two months. It's completely overwhelmed our system because we have no ability to detain. And so what's happening, and this is what's being exploited, is we basically even apprehend them. (08:05–08:11)
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