IT WAS A LOT.
MARIA: THANK YOU.
MEANWHILE, A NEW MIGRANT
CARAVAN IS HEADED TO THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
HUNDREDS OF CENTRAL
AMERICAN AND HAITIAN
MIGRANTS MAKING THEIR
WAY NORTH FROM SOUTHERN
MEXICO AND JOINING ME
RIGHT NOW IS LIEUTENANT
CHRISTOPHER OLIVAREZ
FROM THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE CARAVAN HEADED
TO THE US EVEN AS WE
HAVE INCREASED WORRY AND
FEARS OVER THE SPREAD OF
THE OMICRON VARIANT?
>> GOOD MORNING, MARIA.
AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN
MONITORING THE CARAVAN
AND ALL CARAVANS THAT
CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE
THEIR WAY TO THE TEXAS
BORDER AND RIGHT NOW
WITH THE RESOURCES WE
GET FROM OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS AND ALSO GPS
INTEL SPECIALISTS, WE
ARE POSTING AND
MONITORING THE CARAVAN
AS AS OF NOW, WE DON’T
KNOW WHICH ROUTE THEY
WILL TAKE OR WHERE THEY
WILL END UP OR EVEN IF
THEY MAKE IT TO THE
BORDER, BUT WE ARE
MONITORING THAT AND IN
PREPARATION FOR THAT WE
HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD
-- THOUSANDS OF
NATIONAL GUARD AND
TROOPERS ALONG THE LOW
WATER CROSSING AREAS,
PORTS OF ENTRY WHERE WE
LAID OUT SHIPPING
CONTAINERS AND BARBED
WIRE ALONG THE RIVER TO
ACT AS A DETERRENT FOR
ANY POTENTIAL MASS
MIGRATION THAT MAY TAKE
TAKE-- TAKE PLACE IN
THOSE POTENTIAL AREAS
OF.
MARIA: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
STRUCTURE AND THE PROCESS FOR
COVID TESTING OVER THERE.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
WHEN THE CARAVAN UNLOADS
WHO GETS TESTED AND WHO
DOESN’T GET TESTED FOR
COVID? WHAT’S THE PROCESS
WHAT’S THE PROCESS THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE ARE PROJECTED TO IT
OVER 2 BILLION ILLEGAL
CROSSINGS THIS YEAR FOR
2021 AND OUT OF THAT
2 MILLION WE DON’T KNOW
HOW MANY WERE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID OR
EVEN IF THEY WERE TESTED
AT ALL SO AGAIN THAT’S A
GOOD QUESTION FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
ANSWER.
WE ARE STILL WAITING
OURSELVES TO FIND OUT
HOW MANY OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS-- ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS WERE LET INTO
THE COUNTRY THAT WEREN’T
TESTED FOR COVID.
MARIA: SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE
HAVE A CRISIS SITUATION
CONTINUING TO UNFOLD.
ON FRIDAY, THIS
ADMINISTRATION DECIDES
TO SHUT DOWN TRAVEL FROM
SEVERAL SOUTH AFRICAN
COUNTRIES.
THE NEW SITTING GOVERNOR
OF NEW YORK DECIDES TO
CREATE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY IN NEW YORK.
WE ARE ALL FOCUSED ON
THE OMICRON VARIANT AND
YET YOU ARE AT THE TIP
OF THE BORDER WITH THE
TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT AND YOU DO
NOT KNOW IF THE
FOREIGNERS COMING INTO
THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING
TESTED FOR COVID.
THAT’S HOW MUCH OF AN
EMERGENCY THIS IS PURE
YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW IF
THEY ARE BEING TESTED
FOR COVID IN THIS NEW
VARIANT?
>> EXACTLY RIGHT AND WE
HAVE NOT KNOWN FROM THE
START OF THE CRISIS.
WE DON’T KNOW HOW WE ARE
RELEASED INTO THE
COUNTRY THAT AREN’T
TESTED FOR COVID AND
NOW, WE HAVE A NEW
STRAND OF CORONAVIRUS.
AGAIN, WHO KNOWS IF
THESE INDIVIDUALS COMING
ACROSS, DAILY THOUSANDS
IF THEY ARE TESTED AND I
CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE
HAVE FROM THE FEDERAL
PARTNERS AS THEY ARE NOT
BEING TESTED.
AGAIN, THAT’S A HEALTH
ISSUE, NOT ONLY FOR THE
STATE OF TEXAS, BUT THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY NOT
KNOWING WHO THESE
INDIVIDUALS ARE AND
AGAIN, IF THEY ARE
TESTED FOR COVID.
MARIA: THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE
THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN
MAKE US BELIEVE THAT THEY
BELIEVE COVID IS A SERIOUS AND
IMPORTANT IF THEY AREN’T TESTING
THE PEOPLE COMING IN THROUGH THE
BORDER.
MEANWHILE, LET’S TALK
ABOUT THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC.
WE HAVE HAD ALMOST
100,000 OVERDOSE DEATHS,
RECORD NUMBER OF
OVERDOSE DEATHS OCCURRED
JUST IN THE LAST 12
MONTHS LARGELY DUE TO
FAT NO.
WHAT CAN THE US DO TO
STOP THIS?
I KNOW WE HAVE IT COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER
BECAUSE OF THESE
WIDE-OPEN BORDERS AND
THEY ARE COMING THROUGH
THE PORTS OF ENTRY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT SENTINEL?
>> THAT’S A BIG ISSUE
RIGHT THERE, THAT’S THE
KEY ISSUE THAT WE HAVE
AN OPEN BORDER AND THE
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS,
THE CARTELS ARE
EXPLOITING THAT, BUT I
CAN TELL YOU TEXAS GPS
WITH OUR MEN AND WOMEN
WHAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS
YEAR 2021, THEY HAVE
SEIZED OVER 890 POUNDS.
TO PUT THAT IN
PERSPECTIVE FOR THE
VIEWERS AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, THAT’S OVER
190 MILLION LETHAL
DOSES, ENOUGH TO KILL
EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND
CHILD IN THE STATE OF
TEXAS, NEW YORK AND
CALIFORNIA.
AGAIN, THESE ARE DRUGS
COMING ACROSS THE BORDER
THAT MADE IT TO THE
PORTS OF ENTRY AND OUR
STATE TROOPERS ARE OUT
THERE STOPPING VEHICLES
ON HIGHWAYS, MAJOR
ROADWAYS THAT LEAD TO
NOT ONLY LARGER CITIES
IN TEXAS, BUT TO OTHER
STATES AS WELL.
AGAIN, AND HUNDRED
90 POUNDS OF DRUGS,
190 MILLION LETHAL DOSES
, THAT’S A NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT TO OUR
ENTIRE COUNTRY AND AGAIN
IT’S BECAUSE OF THE OPEN
BORDER POLICY.
ONE THING TEXAS IS DOING
IS DEPLOYING THOUSANDS
OF STATE TROOPERS AND
THE NATIONAL GUARD TO
CRACK DOWN ON THESE
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS
AND GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE
TO DEPLOY THOSE
RESOURCES TO THE
SOUTHERN BORDER AS WELL
AS IMPLEMENT NEW LAWS
FOR STIFFER PENALTIES ON
THE MANUFACTURING AND
THE DELIVERY ONE THING,
TO HER THESE CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS, YOU HAVE
TO HURT THEM WHERE IT
HITS THEM THE MOST AND
THAT’S TAKING AWAY THEIR
MONEY.
TEXAS GPS PERSONNEL THIS
YEAR HAVE SEIZED OVER
$23 MILLION IN CASH,
ILLEGAL PROCEEDS GOING
TO THESE CARTELS.
WE HAVE IMPACTED THAT
AND TAKE THE MONEY AWAY
FROM THEM.
AGAIN, THAT’S THE KEY
WITH STRICTER BORDER
POLICIES AND TAKING THE
CARTELS MONEY.
THAT WILL IMPACT THEM
THE MOST.
MARIA: THIS IS SO INCREDIBLY
DANGEROUS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
EFFORTS, LIEUTENANT.
LOOK, I KNOW SOMEONE
PERSONALLY WHO JUST LOST
HER SON.
THEY ARE LAZY AND FAT NO
WITH COMMONLY USED
DRUGS, THEY ARE LACING
MARIJUANA AS WELL.
I HEARD A STORY OF LACED
MARIJUANA IN CONNECTICUT
ABSOLUTELY CRAZY,
LIEUTENANT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CLICK BEFORE YOU GO,
HAVE YOU SEEN ANY
EVIDENCE THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS
REINSTATING REMAINING
MEXICO?
DO YOU SEE ANY EVIDENCE
OF THAT?
>> RIGHT NOW I CAN TELL
YOU THIS CRISIS GOING ON
, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
WAY IT WAS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
WITH THOUSANDS COMING
ACROSS DAILY PICK LARGE
GROUPS OF FAMILIES, SO
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
HOW EFFECTIVE THEY
REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY
WILL BE.
THE GOD WAYS, THOSE ARE
THE ONES THAT WILL STILL
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
SITUATION IN REGARD OF
THE REMAINING POLICY.