DAVID: NEW JERSEY STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL, DEMOCRAT, GRAY WALL
SENT LETTERS TO TWO REPUBLICAN
SHERIFFS CLAIMING THEY VIOLATED
HIS ORDER TO LIMIT COOPERATION
BETWEEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND I.C.E.
THIS YEAR, GRAY WALL BEGAN A NEW
DIRECT TESTIFY
DIRECTIVESTIFY
DIRECTIVE.TIFY
WHICH BY WAY, ALSO HAPPENS TO BE
A CRIME.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO
SPEED UPPING WELL
SPEED UP LNG WELL
SPEED UP LEG WELL
SPEED UP LEGALELL
SPEED UP LEGAL PL
SPEED UP LEGAL PROCESS FOR
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SEEKING
ASYLUM.
BEFORE, I.C.E. OFFICERS HAD TO
WAIT 48 HOURS BEFORE THEY COULD
TALK TO THOSE, THEY CUT WAIT
TIME TO A SINGLE CALENDAR DAY.
A SPOKESPERSON SENDING US A
STATEMENT, READING IN PART:
DAVID: JOINING ME NOW, HOMELAND
SECURITY REPORTER FOR WASHINGTON
EXAMINER, ANNA GARATELI, THANK
YOU, LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE
NUMBERS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TIME OF
YEAR THERE IS USUALLY A SLOWDOWN
BECAUSE OF THE BRUTALLY HOT
WEATHER DOWN SOUTH.
BUT THIS -- COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR AT THIS TIME, IT IS A DROP
AS WELL, IT DOES APPEAR THAT
SOMETHING IS WORKING, NO?
>> WELL, THAT IS WHAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT ACTING SECRETARY OF DHSS
TO SAY, HIS WORK AND PRESIDENT'S
MOVE WITH MEXICO AND MEXICO
STEPPING UP THE ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS.
THEY IT IS REALLY MAKING A
DIFFERENCE, BUT 16 OUT OF PAST
17 SPRING TO SUMMERS, YOU HAVE
SEEN A MAJOR DECLINE IN PEOPLE
TRYING TO ILLEGALLY CROSS TO THE
U.S.
I DON'T THINK IT IS FAIR FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION TO SAY, HEY WHAT
WE'RE DOING IS REALLY WORKING.
I THINK IT IS -- YOU KNOW PART
OF IT MIGHT BE.
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT
JUST THE TREND, THERE IS TRUTH
IN THAT, AND OTHER THING IS
SINCE THE ACTING SECRETARY OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, EARLY 2017,
HE STARTED AS COUNTRY TOP BORDER
OFFICIAL, AT THE TIME IN SPRING,
APPREHENSIONS WERE UNDER 13,000
PEOPLE PER MONTH.
NOW THEY ARE UP TO 132 THOUSAND
LAST MONTH.
IT IS NOT LIKE --
>> WITH THE 11% CUT, RIGHT?
THAT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
CUT, IS THAT NORMAL BY SUMMER
STANDARDS 11% CUT?
>> IT IS LIKE 25 OR 28% SINCE
MAY TO JUNE, IT OF DOWN.
BUT THE THING, YOU COME FROM 132
THOUSAND, LEVELS THAT WERE NOT
SEEN SINCE 2006.
WHICH WAS THE YEAR 95 YEARS OF
BORDER PATROL HISTORY THE MOST
PEOPLE ILLEGALLY CROSSED INTO
COUNTRY AND APPREHENDED.
IT IS HARD TO COMPARE.
DAVID: WHAT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
ON MEXICO ITSELF, ARE THEY
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT CRACKING
DOWN?
>> MEXICO IS DOING A LOT, THEY
DEPLOYED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO
THEIR SOUTHERN BORDER, THAT IS
150 MILES WIDE.
COMPARED TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
ABOUT 2000 MILES WIDE, EVERY
DAY, I SEE RESPECTS BY MEXICAN
-- REPORTS BY MEXICAN MEDIA
OUTLETS, WE ARRESTED 50 PEOPLE,
20 PEOPLE, SHOWING THEY ARE
MAKING STRIDES TOWARD THAT.
THE ISSUE IS HOW MUCH ARE THEY
ACTUALLY DOING AND WHO IS STILL
GETTING THROUGH.
YOU SEE PEOPLE FROM ONE SECTOR
OF BORDER LAST MONTH, SAW PEOPLE
FROM 55 COUNTRIES APPREHENDED IN
THAT ONE AREA.
NOT JUST CENTRAL AMERICANS WHO
ARE COMING TO U.S. OR SEEKING
ASEE LOOM
ASYL LOOM
ASYLUMOOM
ASYLUM.OM
LAST YEAR THERE WERE 150
COUNTRIES.
>> NOW, AT SAME TIME, THE
ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING ANYWAY
POSSIBLE ON ITS OPEN WITHOUT
HELP FROM CONGRESS, OTHER THAN
THE RECEP PASSAGE OF THE --
RECENT PASSAGE OF BILL FROM
CONGRESS PART IS TRYING TO
EXPEDITE SOME OF THESE ASYLUM
CLAIMS IS THAT WORKING?
>> THEY HAVE NOT STARTED IT YET,
THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOING
THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOENG
THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOE IS GOING
TO THE OFFICER WHOTS
TO THE OFFICERSWHOTS
TO THE OFFICERS WOTS
TO THE OFFICERS WHOS
TO THE OFFICERS WHO DO THE
ASYLUM INTERVIEW, SPEAKING WITH
OPEN IN BORDER CONTROL CUSTODY
AFTER 24 HOURS.
THE ISSUE IS, FOR A LOT OF
FAMILY AND CHILDREN IN CUSTODY,
THEY ARE HELD FOR DAYS.
THEY ARE TO BE HELD FOR 3 DAYS.
FOR ADULTS, ONE IN EL PASO THEY
HOLD CUBAN ADULTS FOR 2 TO 4
WEEKS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
ROOM TO MOVE PEOPLE TO I.C.E.,
IF YOU INTERVIEW PEOPLE AV ONE
DAY, YOU HAVE 2 TO 4 WEEKS YOU
COULD BE INTERVIEWING THEM.
>> QUICKLY ON THIS ISSUE IN NEW
JERSEY.
ATTORNEY GENERAL THERE IS
FORBIDDING SHERIFFS WHO WANT TO
WORK WITH I.C.E. OFFICIALS FROM
DOING SO, THAT KIND OF POLICY
TIED IN WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS
GOING ON SANCTUARY CITIES HAS TO
BE A LURE FOR IMMIGRANTSES
COMING IN.
>> THAT SINCE RIFLING, RIGHT --
THAT IS INTERESTING, RIGHT,
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS TALKING
ABOUT HEY MAYBE WE SHOULD SEND
EVERYONE TO SANCTUARY CITIES
AFTER RELEASED FROM BORDER
PATROL OR I.C.E. THAT WOULD HAVE
BACKFIRED.
BECAUSE THEY -- THE CITIES ARE
NOT GOING TO COOPERATE WITH
I.C.E., SHOULD THEY WANT --
>> MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR TRY TO
PREVENT THEIR SHERIFFS FROM
COOPERATING.
>> RIGHT.
DAVID: ALL RIGHT.