CBP Commissioner Calls U.S.-Mexico Border Situation A 'Crisis'

The head of Customs and Border Protection, Kevin McAleenan, says the situation at the southern border has reached a "breaking point."

"CBP is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and border security crisis all along our Southwest border — and nowhere has that crisis manifested more acutely than here in El Paso," McAleenan said on Wednesday.

Hundreds of agents from ports of entry are now being reassigned to the El Paso sector to help address a reported increase in migrant families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border seeking asylum. Here and Now's Robin Young speaks with Julián Aguilar (@nachoaguilar), an immigration and border security reporter for the Texas Tribune in El Paso, Texas.