ELIZABETH: JOINING US NOW FOR AN
"EVENING EDIT CAN" EXCLUSIVE,
FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHLEY
MOODY.
IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A
SUCCESSFUL CAREER.
ELIZABETH: THANK YOU.
LITTLE EMBARRASSED ABOUT THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT
BIDEN’S BORDER CHIEF, RAUL
ORTIZ, IS ADMITTING TO?
IT’S COMING FROM HIS DEPOSITION
IN FLORIDA’S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
WHITE HOUSE’S CATCH AND RELEASE
POLICY.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS HEARING?
>> I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR PUBLIC
SERVANTS, FOLKS LIKE CHIEF
ORTIZ.
HE CAME OUT AND TOLD THE TRUTH.
OF COURSE, HE’S UNDER OATH
UNLIKE THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY WHEN SHE COMES OUT
EVERY DAY AND SAYS NO ONE’S
WALKING ACROSS OUR BORDER OR
EVEN, YOU KNOW, KAMALA HARRIS IN
GIVING AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY
WHERE SHE LOOKED A REPORTER IN
THE EYE AND SAID OUR BORDER IS
SECURE.
MEANWHILE, YESTERDAY I RELEASED
A MEMO BY THE BORDER PATROL THAT
SAID, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATION
IS BOEING TO CANCEL TITLE 42 --
GOING TO CANCEL TITLE 42.
WHEN THEY DO, OUR PLAN IS TO
JUST HUNKER DOWN AND RELEASE
EVERYONE AND LET THEM POUR IN,
RELEASE LEASE THEM STRAIGHT FROM
ELIZABETH: WHAT DOES HE SAY?
WHAT IS ORTIZ SAYING UNDER OATH?
>> YEAH.
WELL, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
THIS MEMO THAT WAS RELEASED,
IT’S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NEVER
SEEN LIKE IT IN MY 31-YEAR
CAREER IN BORDER PATROL, AND
IT’S A MEMO THAT SAYS, HEY, WHEN
TITLE 42 IS SUSPENDED -- AND, BY
THE WAY, REMEMBER, THE ONLY
REASON IT IS STILL IN PLACE IS
BECAUSE RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC
SAFETY-MINDED A.G.s, FLORIDA
AND SO MANY OTHERS, SUED TO STOP
IT.
BECAUSE WE KNEW, THE BORDER’S
ALREADY CHAOTIC.
ELIZABETH: BUT WE’VE GOT ORTIZ
ON TAPE.
LET’S LISTEN.
WATCH THIS.
>> SINCE PRIDING WAS ELECTED,
DOES THIS DOCUMENT INDICATE THAT
ALIEN ARES ILLEGALLY INDICATE
THE UNITED STATES PERCEIVE THAT
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER AND
REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES?
>> YES.
>> IS THE CRISIS THAT IS
CURRENTLY ONGOING AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER MAKING THE
BORDER LESS SAFE FOR AMERICANS
AND ALIENS ALIKE?
>> YES.
>> SO IF MIGRANT POPULATIONS
BELIEVE THAT THEY’RE GOING --
THEY’RE, THERE ARE NOT GOING TO
BE CONSEQUENCES, MORE OF THEM
WILL COME TO THE BORDER.
IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING?
>> THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT
IF MY GRANT POPULATIONS ARE TOLD
THAT THERE’S A POTENTIAL THAT
THEY MAY BE RELEASED THAT, YES,
YOU CAN SEE INCREASES.
>> IT WILL INCREASE AT AN AN
EXPONENTIAL RATE?
IS THAT WHAT’S BEING SUGGESTED
HERE?
>> I DO THINK IT WILL INCREASE,
YEAH.
ELIZABETH: THAT’S A LOT.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING
SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
>> AND IT’S NOT JUST THE WHITE
HOUSE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID IT
HERSELF YESTERDAY.
SHE TRIED TO SELL THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC THAT OUR BORDER IS
SECURE.
YOU TELL ME, IS OUR BORDER
SECURE?
IN THE MONTH OF JULY, WE HAD THE
MOST FENTANYL SEIZED EVER IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, ENOUGH
IN THE ONE MONTH TO KILL OUR
ENTIRE U.S. POPULATION.
THIS YEAR ALONE, THIS ONE FISCAL
YEAR WILL BREAK, SHATTER NUMBER
OF PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR
COUNTRY --
ELIZABETH: BUT THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY --
>> UNVETTED.
ELIZABETH: BUT THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY IS BLAMING
TRUMP.
WATCH THIS.
>> WE HAD TO, TO FIX SOMETHING
THAT WAS BROKEN ESPECIALLY BY
THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WHICH
LARGELY JUST TRIED TO BUILD A
WALL, AN INEFFECTIVE WALL, ALONG
THE BORDER AND COULDN’T EVEN
FINISH THAT IN FOUR YEARS.
WE’RE CERTAINLY DOING A LOT MORE
TO SECURE THE BORDER, AND WE
COULD BE DOING EVEN MORE IF
REPUBLICANS WOULD STOP THEIR
OBSTRUCTION.
ELIZABETH: IT WAS DEMOCRATS WHO
WERE OBSTRUCTING TRUMP ON THE
WALL.
YOUR WORD ON THAT.
>> THEY HAVE TORN DOWN
COMPLETELY ANY SEMBLANCE OF
SECURITY AT THE BORDER.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE LAST
FULL MONTH OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION THEY RELEASED
ONLY 17 PEOPLE INTO THE
INTERIOR.
IF NOW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
PURPOSEFULLY REDUCED THEIR
DETENTION CAPACITY, THEY HAVE
PURPOSEFULLY STOPPED DETAINING
AND DEPORTING FOLKS AS THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO UNDER FLORIDA --
UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
THEY ARE RELEASING TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INTO THE
INTERIOR EVERY MONTH UNVETTED,
AND OUR STATES, OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE
DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH.
I MET WITH A GROUP TODAY, HER
DESPERATELY TRYING TO KEEP --
THEY ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO
KEEP PACE WITH THE RECORD
AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL COMING INTO
THE STATE, THE RECORD AMOUNT OF
THOSE FLOODING INTO OUR STATES
THAT ARE UNEVENTED, THOSE THAT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
TAKING INTO CUSTODY, EVEN MANY
THAT ARE COMING ACROSS AND BEING
DETAINED THAT HAVE COMMITTED
CRIMES.
IT IS ASTOUNDING --
ELIZABETH: YES, IT IS