i'm trying to speak to what donald trump face. because of the reinterpretation for settlement, he was rapidly looking at encounters in the border. it was rapidly increasing. this peaked in 2019. this was back in 2014. obama's humanitarian crisis. donald trump, took action. he used the assisting authority. we are looking at the floor settlement from interpretation. he secure the border. by april 2020, we were down a little bit over 500 individuals encountered at the border today. when you entered office, he reversed although successful policies. you opened up the border. it is a catastrophe. this is the number of people that you have let in. why did you do it? why did you reverse those policies? why did you create this catastrophe? >> senator, i respectfully disagree with the premise of your question. we did not open up the border. we enforced the law. >> do you deny that you reversed the donald trump policies that could secure the border? >> no, senator. that is not what i said. we can first the law. >> you reversed the donald tru