WALL GOING UP AT THE ARIZONA

BORDER.

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER

PROTECTION RELEASING THIS

DRONE FOOTAGE ANNOUNCING

THEY EXPECT IT TO BE

COMPLETE, 450 MILES BY THE

END OF 2020.

HIRE WITH MORE IS ACTING

COMMISSIONER OF U.S. CUSTOMS

AND BORDER PROTECTION MARK

MORGAN.

MARK, SO WHAT WE WERE JUST

WATCHING, HOW NEW IS THAT?

>> SO, IT'S BRAND NEW.

AND THERE'S A FALSE

NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT

REALLY WANTS TO MAKE A BIG

DEAL ABOUT THAT.

THAT IT REPLACEMENT.

THIS HEARKENS BACK TO WHEN

WE CALLED IT A FENCE, A

WALL, A BARRIER.

LOOK, WHAT WAS THERE WAS

OLD, DILAPIDATED AND DIDN'T

WORK.

EVERY MILE THAT'S BEING

BUILT IS ABSOLUTELY A NEW

WALL.

AND IT'S NOT JUST WALL,

BRIAN.

IT'S A WALL SYSTEM.

IT HAS INTEGRATED LIGHTING,

TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS ROADS IT.

ABSOLUTELY AND I HAVE BEEN

SAILING THIS WITH EACH MILE

THAT'S BUILT, THIS COUNTRY

IS MORE SAFE.

AND IF YOU ASK THE MEN AND

WOMEN OF BORDER PATROL, THIS

PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN THEM

EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN

ASKING FOR.

THIS BRAND NEW BALLARD TYPE

WALL THAT'S WHAT THE EXPERTS

ASKED FOR AND THAT'S WHAT

THE PRESIDENT IS DELIVERING.

BRIAN: READING AXIOS

YESTERDAY AFTER TWO AND A

HALF YEARS AFTER TRUMP TOOK

OFFICE HE PROMISED A NEW

WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN

BORDER.

HIS ADMINISTRATION CANNOT

TELL US THE FIRST MILE OF

NEW WALL THAT'S BEEN BUILT.

IS AXIOS WRONG?

>> THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY

WRONG, BRIAN.

EVERY MILE THOSE 60 MILES

HAVE BEEN BUILT, THAT'S A

NEW WALL.

JUST AS I SAID.

IN ADDITION TO THAT WHAT

THEY ARE TRYING TO CONVOLUTE

IS NEW ADDITIONAL LINEAR

MILES OF WALL.

AND RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ALSO

BEEN UNDERWAY.

AND RGV ONE OF THE STRATEGIC

LOCATES RIGHT NOW WE HAVE

BEEN ACQUIRING LAND FOR A

LONG TIME.

AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING

CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN SOON

OF ALMOST 100 NEW MILES OF

LINEAR WALL IN THE RBG AREA

SO THAT'S JUST THOUGHT

ACCURATE.

BRIAN: MARK, YOU WERE

EXPECTING THIS BUT IT'S

HAPPENED.

19 STATES AND WASHINGTON,

D.C. HAVE LAUNCHED NEW

LAWSUITS AGAINST THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION OVER CHANGES

TO THE FLORES RULE THAT

WOULD ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE

TO KEEP UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

AND MINORS WITH THEIR

FAMILIES LONGER THAN 20

DAYS.

YOU ARE EXPECTING THE SUIT.

ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT TORE

THE SUIT.

WHAT IS YOUR BEST PITCH TO

OVERTURN THE FLORES RULE?

>> HERE'S TWO BEST PICTURES.

ONE IS THE NEW FLORES

REGULATION NOT ONLY DOES IT

MEET THE FLORES SETTLEMENT

AGREEMENT PARAMETERS, IT

ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THEM FOR

THE CARE THAT WE WILL

PROVIDE IN THESE RESIDENTIAL

CENTERS FOR THESE CHILDREN.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT

ACTUALLY WILL MAKE SURE THAT

THE FAMILIES ARE HELD

TOGETHER.

AND HERE'S A REALLY QUICK

FALSE NARROW THAF NEEDS TO

BE ADDRESSED.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT INDEFINITE

DETENTION.

IF ANYBODY SAYS THAT, THAT'S

AN ABSOLUTE LIE.

WE ARE WANTING TO HOLD THEM

TOGETHER AS A FAMILY IN A

GOOD, SAFE ENVIRONMENT JUST

DURING THE IMMIGRATION

PROCEEDINGS WHICH HISTORY

SHOWS US TAKES BETWEEN 40

AND 60 DAYS.

BRIAN: YOU FEEL IF YOU PUT

45 DAYS IN THEY WILL START

PLAYING WITH THAT.

60 DAYS IN PLAY WITH THAT

YOU PUT THE WORD INDEFINITE

IN THERE BUT DOESN'T MEAN

INDEFINITE.

IT'S AN ORDER TO GET THEM

PROCESSED STAY OR GO, RIGHT?

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TIME AND

TIME AGAIN IF WE PUT

LIMITATIONS IN THERE THEN

THEY GAME THE SYSTEM AND

THEY GET PASSED THAT AND END

UP HAVING TO RELEASE THEM.

PUTTING THAT WORD IN THERE

ALLOWS TO US MAINTAIN THEM

DURING THE PROCESS.

BRIAN: IT'S AMAZING.

MOST OF THESE 19 STATES HAVE

INCREDIBLE HOMELESS PROBLEM.

THEY ARE TAXED UP TO THE

GILLS.

YET THEY WANT TO TAKE IN

ILLEGALS AT RANDOM PACE.