During a conference call Tuesday with reporters, Homeland Security officials declared: “The system is on fire.”OBAMA-ERA DHS CHIEF JEH JOHNSON SAYS US HAS A 'CRISIS' AT THE SOUTHERN BORDERBarack Obama's top immigration officials seem to agree. Trump declared a national emergency at the border in February, shortly after Congress refused to grant him the more than $5 billion he had demanded for a wall at the southern border. Democrats, and some Republicans, opposed Trump’s declaration and passed legislation to block the move -- subsequently vetoed by the president. “That breaking point has arrived this week at our border,” McAleenan said during a visit to the border in El Paso, Texas. “CBP is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and border security crisis all along our Southwest border.”Fox News’ Jake Gibson, Brooke Singman and John Roberts and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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