- The situation is so badat the Southern border

that the Department of Healthand Human Services has asked

workers from other federal agencies

to go to the border tohelp care for the thousands

of illegal immigrantchildren being held there.

The border surge is breaking records.

Over 172,000 migrants werestopped at the border last month,

the most in 20 years,

and almost 21,000 unaccompanied minors

are now in federal custody, the most ever.

Texas governor Greg Abbott says,

we're seeing the consequences

of the Democrats' rhetoric on open borders

and Joe Biden's policies.

- If you go back to theDemocrat presidential debates

every single one of theDemocratic candidates said

if they are elected, theywill have open borders

and they will be giving things for free

to anybody coming across the border.

This problem will continueto get worse because

of the policies that have been adopted

by the Biden administration.

- [Dale] Abbott points outthat even some Democrats

are pushing back againstthe Biden White House.

But he says, what would stop the surge

would be a return to the border policies

of the Trump administration.

Instead, Reuters reports,the Biden administration

is now considering cash payouts

to some central American nations

to try to improve economic conditions

to help stem this surge at the border.

Republican House MinorityLeader Kevin McCarthy

blasted the idea tweeting,

President Biden wantsto try and buy our way

out of his border crisiswith taxpayer money.

The administration isspending $60 million a week

and now wants to launcha cash transfer program

in central America.

This insults millions of Americans

who are out of work in our country.

And while Joe Biden put Kamala Harris

in charge of fixing the bordercrisis nearly three weeks ago

she still hasn't held a press conference

or even visited the border

to see what's happening there firsthand.

Dale Hurd, CBN News.