>> IS A MIGRANT CARAVAN OF 400
IMMIGRANTS MAKES ITS WAY TO THE
U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER SEEKING
ENTRY.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IDEA OF
IMPLEMENTING A REMAIN IN MEXICO
LIGHT VERSION OF TRUST POLICY IN
AN ATTEMPT TO CURB THE CRISIS OF
THE BORDER.
FORMER ACTING ICE DIRECTOR AND
FORMER U.S. BORDER PATROL CHIEF
RON VITELLO.
YOUR REACTION TO WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS FINALLY WAKING
UP TO.
>> GOOD EVENING IT’S ABOUT TIME
WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPENSING THE
LARGEST SURGE OF US-MEXICO
BORDER THAT WE’VE EVER SEEN.
I WAS INVOLVED IN BORDER ISSUES
FOR 34 YEARS AS A FEDERAL
EMPLOYEE AND THIS IS THE WORST
I’VE EVER SEEN IT.
USING THE POLICY OR REVOKING
THIS POLICY IN JANUARY IS WHAT
THEY DID THAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE
OF WHAT’S GOING ON AT THE
BORDER, THEY CAN TALK ALL THEY
LONG AT ROOT CAUSES AND WORKING
WITH THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE BUT
THE ROOT CAUSE IS REVERSING THE
POLICY FOR REMAIN IN MEXICO.
THEY TOOK ALL THE ENROLLEES AND
LET THEM IN THE UNITED STATES
AND RELEASED MANY OF THEM SO
MORE WILL COME THE CARAVAN THAT
FORMS NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO
BREAK INTO MEXICO AND WE WILL
SEE MORE OF THAT BECAUSE THE
INCENTIVE IS REALLY HIGH THE
BORDER PATROL IS DISTRACTED
BECAUSE THE FAMILIES AND YOUNG
CHILDREN SO THEY’RE NOT
PATROLLING THE BORDER AS
EFFECTIVELY AS THEY COULD IF
THEY HAVE THESE TOOLS IF THE
TRAFFIC WAS MUCH LOWER BECAUSE
OF THE PROTECTION PROTOCOL PUT
IN PLACE IN 2019 WHICH ENDED THE
SEARCH IN THIS SURGE STARTED
AGAIN IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF THE
RELIGION OF THAT POLICY AND THAT
DECISION.
>> TO ME AND THIS POINTS OUT THE
GLARING HYPOCRISY OF THIS A
ADMINISTRATION THE ROOT CAUSES
REVERSING THE TRUMP POLICY NOW
THEY SAID THEY HAD INHERITED THE
PROBLEM FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
THAT’S WHY THEY WERE DOING
SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THEY WERE
TAKING HIS POLICY AND TRYING TO
REENACT IT AND IT’S GONE SO OUT
OF CONTROL.
>> AND IF PEOPLE WANTED TO
PROCESS OR ASYLUM PROCESS AND
WAIT IN MEXICO THAT’S A BETTER
WAY TO DO IT.
BEFORE THE SURGEON 2014 WE CLOSE
THAT LOOP BUT NOW THE MIGRANT
PROTECTION PROTOCOL IS A WAY FOR
PEOPLE TO PURSUE THEIR CLAIMS
AND DUE PROCESS BUT WAIT IN
MEXICO TO DO IT NOT BE RELEASED
INTO THE UNITED STATES.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THAT
POPULATION A GETS RELEASED AFTER
CBP AND BORDER PATROL.
THEY’LL NEVER SHOW UP TO PURSUE
IT INTO SEEK RELIEF.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT I
READ AND THERE’S NOT THAT MUCH
KNOWN ABOUT THIS, YOU HAVE TO
WAIT IN MEXICO FOR THAT DATE
WILL GIVE YOU BETTER LIVING
CONDITIONS AND WE MIGHT GIVE YOU
ACCESS TO AN ATTORNEY AT THAT
POINT, WHO’S PAYING FOR THAT
PART OF IT.
>> OBVIOUSLY IT WILL BE THE
TAXPAYERS FOR THE REMAINDER
MEXICO POLICY AND THE MIGRANT
PROTECTION PROTOCOLS FOR THEM TO
WORK MEXICO HAS TO COOPERATE.
THEY HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN
ASYLUM SYSTEM AND THEIR OWN
PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCES IN THEIR
OWN MIGRANT PROTECTION INSIDE
THE COUNTRY.
>> THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PICK.
>> RIGHT THAT SHOULD BE A
CONCERN FOR ALL OF US. BUT THE POLICY REDUCE THE FLOW
BUT THE POLICY REDUCE THE FLOW
TO SUCH A DEGREE IN THE
FRONTLINE DHS, TAKE THE STRESS
OFF OF THEM WITH THE HUMANITY AT
THE BORDER AND TAKE THE STRESS
OFF OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES
UNDER THE TIME OF THIS PANDEMIC.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW
IT WORKS IN THIS ADMINISTRATION
IS COMING AROUND TO GIVE THOSE
TOOLS BACK TO CBP OF THE BOARD
OF RITUAL.
>> TO THINK IT’S POSSIBLE NOW
THAT THE FLOODGATES HAVE BEEN
OPEN.
IN THE LAST MINUTE THAT WE HAVE
IS THIS ABIDING ADMINISTRATION
SAYING LOOK WHAT WERE TRAINED TO
DO, BUT IT’S NOT WORKING, THAT
KIND OF THING.
>> THE COURT HAS TOLD THEM THEY
HAD TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND
THEY HAD TO REINSTATE THE
PREVIOUS POLICY IN THE
RULEMAKING PROCESS SO WE WILL
SEE IT’S GOOD TO TAKE A
COMMITMENT FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION FROM MEXICO AND
ADMINISTRATION FROM MEXICO AND
HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT AS WELL AND
I HOPE THEY GIVE THE FULL
STRENGTH BECAUSE IT DID WORK AND
IT MAKES THE BORDER SAFER FOR
EVERYBODY LIVES THERE AND WORKS
THERE.
>> WE HAVE TO SEE THIS A
ADMINISTRATION SEE IT THROUGH
AND ENFORCE THEIR OWN POLICY AND