>> MR. SECRETARY, OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER IS NOT SECURE, IS IT?
>> SENATOR, I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT
THIS.
I BELIEVE HAVE ADDRESSED THIS
EARLIER IN THE HEARING.
>> WHY DON’T YOU ADDRESS IT
AGAIN?
IS IT SECURE BECAUSE WE’RE
TRYING TO SECURE IT?
ARE WE SUCCEEDING?
>> SENATOR, WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON
THE SECURITY OF OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER, WE’RE DOING SO MUCH WITH
RESPECT TO --
>> YOU’RE NOT SUCCEEDING.
DON’T FILIBUSTER ME.
YOU’RE DOING THAT ALL DAY.
>> I’M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE.
>> Neil: ALL RIGHT.
THAT WENT WELL.
SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY OF
LOUISIANA WITH US RIGHT NOW.
SENATOR, TWO QUICK THINGS HERE.
A, REMIND ME NOT TO GET ON YOUR BAD SIDE.
BAD SIDE.
B, DID YOU GET
>> YES.
THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED TODAY, I
LEARNED TODAY THAT EITHER HE
BELIEVES IN COMPLETELY OPEN
BORDERS, OR THAT HE IS NOT
QUALIFIED TO MANAGE A
CHUCK E. CHEESE’S.
NOW, HE IS NOT INCOMPETENT.
HE IS NOT AN UNINTELLIGENT MAN.
IT IS CORRECTED ME, AFTER
LISTENING TO THE SECRETARY FOR
ABOUT THREE OR MAYBE FOUR HOURS,
THAT HE BELIEVES IN OPEN
BORDERS.
THEY ARE THREE SIMPLE STEPS, ONE
OF WHICH I ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT
CAN SOLVE THREE QUARTERS OF OUR
PROBLEMS TOMORROW.
HE REFUSES TO DO ANY OF THOSE
THREE THINGS, I REPEAT.
I HAVE CONCLUDED AFTER TODAY HE
BELIEVES THE BORDER SHOULD BE
WIDE OPEN.
>> SO THE THREE THINGS YOU THINK
SHOULD BE DONE ARE?
>> : UNILATERAL SAFE THEIR
COUNTRY PROGRAM.
IF, WE DON’T NEED ANYBODY’S
MISSION TO SAVE THE REFUGEES, IF
YOU WANT TO SEEK ASYLUM YOU HAVE
TO SEEK ASYLUM.
IN THE FIRST SAFE COUNTRY OTHER
THAN YOUR OWN. AND AT MOST CAGES THAT’S MEXICO.
AND AT MOST CAGES THAT’S MEXICO.
AND IF YOU GO THROUGH MEXICO,
AND DID NOT SEEK ASYLUM BUT
COMES TO THE U.S. WE WILL TURN
YOU AWAY.
NUMBER TWO, IF YOU DO START IN
MEXICO, AND SEEK ASYLUM IN THE
UNITED STATES, YOU FILL OUT THE
PAPERWORK IN MEXICO, AND YOU
STAY IN MEXICO.
NUMBER THREE, WHEN YOU GO TO
COURT, IF YOU LOSE, AND MOST
ASYLUM-SEEKERS DO LOSE, THEN YOU
ARE DEPORTED IMMEDIATELY.
NOT ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE
UNITED STATES PERMANENTLY.
THOSE THREE THINGS WILL SOLVE
THREE QUARTERS OF OUR PROBLEM.
>> IT’S NOT SO MUCH THAT THE
SECRETARY DOESN’T REALIZE THERE
IS VALUE TO EVEN A COUPLE OF
THOSE .7 .7 .7 SENATOR, BUT HIS
DUTTON.
AND THE PRESIDENT IS THE ONE
CALLING THE SHOTS RIGHT?
STAY WHAT I THINK IS A LOT MORE
TO THAT MEAL, BUT I THOUGHT
UNTIL TODAY THAT THE SECRETARY
WAS JUST TAKING ORDERS.
AS HE SHOULD FROM HIS BOSS THE
PRESIDENT.
BUT TODAY, I BECAME CONVINCED
THAT THE SECRETARY HONESTLY
BELIEVES IN OPEN BORDERS.
WHY?
BECAUSE MAYBE HE HAD
PRESIDENT BIDEN THINKING THAT
PEOPLE THINK THAT CLOSING THE
BORDERS RACES.
OR MAYBE THEY THINK THAT SOME
POLITICAL ADVANTAGE TO ALLOWING
ALL OF THESE FOLKS INTO OUR
COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
MAYBE THEY THINK THEY WILL BE
GRATEFUL AND WILL REGISTER TO
VOTE AND VOTE FOR THEM.
I CAN’T LOOK INTO THEIR HEADS OR
THEIR HEARTS I CAN JUST JUDGE
THEM BY THEIR ACTIONS.
AND THE PRESIDENT, AND THE
SECRETARY, AND MOST PEOPLE IN
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THEY
ARE JUST HAPPY AS CLAMS WITH A
WIDE OPEN BORDER.
>> I DON’T KNOW IF THERE ARE
AS HAPPY AS CLAMS BECAUSE THEY
REALIZE THAT IT IS A BOOMERANG
ISSUE ON IT BUT YOU MIGHT BE
RIGHT, BECAUSE THE SPOT
CERTAINLY DOES NOT INDICATE
THAT, BUT I’M CURIOUS OF WHAT
YOU MADE OF YOUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE.
BECAUSE SO IN A TEXT AND SAID
THAT THEY NEED TO PUT TROOPS ON
THE BORDER THEY DEAL WITH THE
CARTELS BUT WHAT YOU THINK OF
THAT?
>> WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO, IS SIT
DOWN WITH PRESIDENT LOPEZ IN
MEXICO AND CONVINCE HIM TO ALLOW
OUR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN
LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COME IN AND
WORK WITH THE POLICE IN MEXICO
AND WE COULD GET RID OF 90% OF
THOSE CARTELS.
>> BUT THEY SAID NO TO TROOP
SENATOR, THEN THEY BEAT THIS
DISTINCTION WORKING WITH POLICE
IS ONE THING, BUT SOME ARE
BEGINNING TO THINK THAT MAYBE HE
IS ON THE CONTROL OF THE CARTEL.
AS OF MARCH IN MEXICO DO YOU
BUY?
>> I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT’S
TRUE OR NOT, I HOPE NOT, BECAUSE
OTHER LEADERSHIP IN MEXICO IS
PROVEN TO BE.
BUT THE CONGRESSMAN’S IDEA OF
PUTTING MILITARIES AT THE BORDER
IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.
BUT IF SECRETARY MAYORKAS AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN ARE KNOCKING ON
THING TO THEM JOBS BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE IN OPEN BORDERS THAN
IT’S GOING TO BE A WASTE OF TIME
AND MONEY FOR THE MILITARY.
BECAUSE THESE FOLKS JUST BELIEVE
IN OPEN BORDERS NEIL.
AND YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT,
WHEN PEOPLE ACT LIKE THEY DON’T
CARE ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS IT IS
NO LONGER AN ACT.
THEY ARE NOT ACTING THEY BELIEVE
IN OPEN BORDERS.
AND THEY ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE POLITICS OF IT.
BUT THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN
CONTAIN THE POLITICS OF IT AND
JUST KEEP THAT BORDER OPEN AND
HAVE PEOPLE COME ON HIM.
>> YOU’LL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR
THAT THAT’S NOT THEIR INTENTION