RENE MARSH, CNN AVIATION AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION CORRESPONDENT: Today is pretty substantial.</s>BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Quickly, then, what is DHS saying on then candidate Trump's talk on the border? Is that having an influence on these numbers?</s>MARSH: Aguilar said he credits the Trump administration's stance on immigration for the drop. The Trump administration is proudly taking credit for this saying that it's due to the tough stance that it's taken on immigration laws. If you remember back in January, the President signed two executive orders concerning the construction of the law and increasing the number of immigration enforcement officers who can carry out deportations. They say they are cracking down on illegals and the numbers show that.</s>BALDWIN: Meantime, more on the Trump and Russia investigation. Adam Schiff talking to Wolf Blitzer earlier this afternoon ripping into the white house. We're trying to force the investigation to lose focus. Here's part of his conversation with Wolf.</s>ADAM SCHIFF, CONGRESSPERSON, CALIFORNIA: I think there are a few things going on. There is, in the first instance, a strong desire by the white house that we lose our focus, that we not pursue the investigation of Russia, particularly as it might impact the Trump campaign. I think that's priority number one for the President and the administration.</s>BALDWIN: This comes after Mr. Schiff publicly asked Devin Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump transition team. Nunes himself is a member of that team. We'll talk to Ari Fleischer about this and so much more, including Syria, next.
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