STAY COOL YOURSELF, STEVE
HARRIGAN.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, EAGLE
PASS, TEXAS, WANT TO GO TO THE
DETECTIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
LIEUTENANT, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
EVERY TIME WE TALK WE HAVE
ANOTHER SURGE TO DEAL WITH AND
EVEN TOUGHER CONDITIONS AND NOW
CRITICISM OF THE WAY THAT TEXAS
IS HANDLING THIS WHOLE MATTERS
BECAUSE STATES AND LOCALS THAT
NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS
SUDDENLY ARE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT ALL?
>> RIGHT, NEIL, GOOD MORNING,
OF COURSE, ALWAYS GREAT TO BE
WITH YOU, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT--
WE TALK ABOUT THE CRITICISM
THAT’S BEING VOICED BY THE
STATES MUCH NEW YORK AND
WASHINGTON.
THOSE ARE ACCUSATIONS AND
CRITICISM AND WE KNOW FOR A
FACT, NEIL AND STATE THE FACTS.
TEXAS IS BUSING IMMIGRANTS TO
WASHINGTON.
AND NOT BUSING TO NEW YORK.
IF THOSE IN THE NEW YORK AND
WASHINGTON WANT TO GET TO THE
ROOT CAUSE, THEY NEED TO VOICE
THOSE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WHICH COMPLETELY FAILED TO DO
THIS AT THE BORDER AND THEY’VE
BEEN FLYING THEM ON SECRET
FLIGHTS TO THESE STATES.
WE’RE SEEING A FRACTION, WE’RE
SEEING 7,000, 8,000 OF
IMMIGRANTS, AND ON THE BORDER
TOWNS OF EAGLE PASS, AND THEY
NEED TO HELP SECURE THE BORDER
AND TAKE CARE OF THE POLICY AND
HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL.
NEIL: YOU WOULD THINK WITH THE
RISING TEMPERATURES, CHRIS,
THAT FEWER MIGRANTS WOULD TRY
THIS HAZARDOUS JOURNEY.
IT’S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE?
>> IT IS THE OPPOSITE.
THE SUMMER HEAT IN SOUTH TEXAS,
EXTREME TEMPERATURES OVER 100
PLUS WEATHER AND THEY’RE MAKING
THE LONG AND TREACHEROUS
JOURNEY.
I WAS WITH OUR AIRCRAFT
OPERATIONS DECISION AND WE’RE
MAKING A WEEK TO TWO-LONG WEEK
JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAINS AND
SOME OF THEM DID NOT MAKE IT
AND WE RESCUED THEM FROM MEXICO
AND GUATEMALA AND IT GOES HOW
THE IMMIGRANTS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO MAKE THE LONG JOURNEY AND
DAY ONE, WHEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED
ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE AN OPEN
BORDER AND THEY’VE SEEN IT
FIRSTHAND AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE
SEEING THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS
AT THE BORDER AND TEXAS HAS TO
TRY TO SECURE THE BORDER AND
GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS DOING AS
MUCH AS HE CAN AND HE’S
PROVIDING THE RESOURCES AND
TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO HELP
COMBAT THE HUMAN SMUGGLERS AND
TO GO AFTER THE DRUG SMUGGLERS,
ESPECIALLY THE FENTANYL THAT’S
COMING ACROSS OUR BORDER.
NEIL: ARE THE MEXICANS DOING
ANYTHING TO SLOW, HALT, REVERSE
THIS SURGE.
YOU REMINDED ME, I BELIEVE IT
WAS YOU WHO WAS THE FIRST TO
SAY THIS, THIS IS MORE THAN
MEXICO ON GUATEMALA.
THIS IS HUNDREDS OF HUNTS
REPRESENTED IN THE WAVES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> OF COURSE, GOVERNOR ABBOTT,
ONE OF THE INITIATIVES HE DID
AND A HISTORIC INITIATIVE AND
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT
DONE IS HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE GOVERNORS OF MEXICO
THAT BORDER THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THEY’RE DOING AS MUCH AS THEY
CAN TO STEM THE FLOW OF THE
MIGRANTS, AND BEEN ABLE TO
DISMANTLED LARGE CARAVANS
MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE BORDER.
IT’S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S
JOB TO PREVENT THE FLOW OF
IMMIGRANTS COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER.
THEY’RE MAKING THIS LONG
TREACHEROUS JOURNEY AND SEEING
A RECORD NUMBER OF
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER FROM MANY
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND IT
FALLS BACK TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND HOW THE STATE OF
TEXAS AND GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS
DOING TO TAKE THE MATTER IN HIS
OWN HANDS IN TEXAS AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
NEIL: I’M SORRY YOU HAVE TO PUT