If it's Tuesday, crisis and controversy at the border as President Biden weighs the return of a family detention policy that's been criticized as inhumane by some immigration advocates and members of Congress.

Plus, two Americans are dead after a case of mistaken identity leads to a kidnapping by the cartel in a dangerous part of Mexico, and it all happened just across the border from Brownsville, Texas.

And the battle over reproductive rights ramps up in Texas as a group of women is filing suit,

alleging the state's abortion restrictions put their lives in danger.

Thank you. their lives in danger. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker. We begin today with multiple developments

surrounding the issues of immigration and the border as the Biden administration

weighs changes to its embattled border policies amid shocking violence against Americans in Mexico.

Two Americans were murdered, and two more have just been returned to the U.S.

After being kidnapped after they crossed the border in northern Mexico last week.

We're going to have more on that in just a minute.

But the politics

of the border were already front and center today after the New York Times first reported,

and NBC News now confirms the Biden administration is considering restarting the controversial

policy of detaining families with children after they cross the border illegally. White House

Press Secretary Corriegel. I'm just not going to comment on rumors that are out there. I'm not saying it's being considered. I'm not saying any... But I'm not saying it is, and I'm not saying it is not. I'm not going to speak to rumors. There are rumors out there. Clearly, the Department of Homeland Security is working through ways on how to move forward once Title 42 is lifted.

Still, the news has already prompted blowback from within the president's party, with the

congressional Hispanic caucus calling the consideration deeply concerning.

President Biden ended the family detention policy shortly after he took office as part

of a vow to roll back policies he described as

inhumane. Family detention was used by the Obama administration and continued under former

President Trump. Now, this comes as NBC News has also learned that the Border Patrol is diverting

a number of agents away from the U.S.-Mexico border up north to the Canadian border as some migrants are now

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