South Dakota governor encounters migrants crossing southern border while visiting National Guard

Migrants illegally crossed into the U.S. in waves behind Gov. Kristi Noem as the South Dakota Republican described an "open border process" that lets coyotes rake in up to $5,000 for each adult trafficked.

"What most people don't know is that each one of them has a price on their heads, that the coyotes are making money off these children," Noem told Fox News in an exclusive video. "They can make more money trafficking people now than they can drugs," Noem continued as illegal immigrants, many of them children, crossed the border behind her. "That's why you see what's happening right here behind us, you know, and the folks that come across here then are given to [a nonprofit organization] who houses them for a matter of days, but then they are relocated somewhere in the country." Noem said she was at the border to meet with the South Dakota National Guard troops she deployed and to ensure they were receiving the necessary resources. Noem sent 50 guardsmen to Texas to assist with the crisis after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked for help.