MIGRANTS THAT THEY SAW IN
CAMERAS AND SENORS BUT DIDN’T
HAVE THE MAN POWER TO GET TO.
>> Sandra: THANKS.
SO WILL RESTARTING THIS REMAIN
IN MEXICO STOP THE FLOW OF
ILLEGALS COMING ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN BORDER?
I WANT TO BRING IN LIEUTENANT
CHRIS OLIVERAS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE
CASE?
WILL THIS HELP THE PROBLEM
YOU’VE BEEN FACING SIR?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON, SANDRA.
THIS REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR.
WE’RE A YEAR INTO IT AND THERE’S
NO ACTION TAKEN UPON THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO CURB OR
DETER OR STOP THIS BORDER
CRISIS.
SO AGAIN, REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW
EFFECTIVE IT WILL BE.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WITH
THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHAT WE’VE
BEEN DOING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND OUR STATE
LEADERSHIP, WE’RE CRACKING DOWN
ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THE HUMAN
SMUGGLERS COMING INTO THE STATE
OF TEXAS.
NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE STATE OF
TEXAS BUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE MORE
RESOURCES, MORE EQUIPMENT, MORE
TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US SECURE THE
BORDER.
THAT’S WHAT WE’VE DONE EVER
SINCE IT TOOK PLACE.
>> Sandra: I WANT A SENSE
WHETHER THIS WILL HELP THE
SITUATION.
YOU’RE SAYING IT’S TOO LITTLE
TOO LATE.
BUT THERE’S SOME SUGGESTING --
THIS IS A LOCAL ATTORNEY --
SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE WILL DIE
BECAUSE OF THIS REMAIN IN MEXICO
POLICY.
INSTEAD OF BEING LET IN TO THE
U.S., THEY’LL BE PUT IN CAMPS IN
MEXICO.
SO NOW IT’S BEING REIMPLEMENTED,
WILL IT HELP FROM YOUR VIEW?
>> I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE
SMUGGLING ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
PROFITED OFF OF THIS.
THEY’RE MAKING HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS A MONTH BY SMUGGLING
ILLEGALS ACROSS THE BORDER.
THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
SMUGGLE THESE IMMIGRANTS ACROSS
THE BORDER AND CHANGE TACTICS.
ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS
ON, ASIDE FROM THE FAMILIES,
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN, THE
SINGLE ADULTS THAT COME ACROSS.
WE’VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT I
INCREASE IN ADULTS COMING ACROSS
THE BOARDER IN THE RIO GRANDE AS
WELL.
THEY’RE AVOIDING DETECTION.
REGARD LIZ OF TITLE 42 OR THE
REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY, THEY’RE
STILL COMING ACROSS.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
TIES TO TRANS NATIONAL CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
SOME ARE CRIMINAL GANG MEMBERS.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
AND WHAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE TEXAS DPS ARE FOCUSING ON.
>> Sandra: JEN PSAKI WAS ASKED
TO YOU ABOUT REINSTATING THIS
REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY AND SAID
THIS.
LISTEN. >> IT IS NOT OUR PREFERENCE TO
>> IT IS NOT OUR PREFERENCE TO
BE REIMPLEMENTING OF
REINSTITUTING THE MY GRANT
PROTECTION PROTOCOL.
WE’RE DOING IT BECAUSE OF COURT
ORDER.
WE FEEL IT’S UNEFFICIENT,
INHUMANE AND WE DID NOT EAGERLY
REIMPLEMENT IT, I SHOULD SAY.
>> LIEUTENANT, YOUR RESPONSE TO
THAT.
>> THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU,
SANDRA.
THERE’S NO INTENT TO FIX THIS
BORDER CRISIS WHEN IT COULD HAVE
TAKEN PLACE FROM THE BEGINNING.
AS SHE MENTIONED, THEY’RE NOT IN
FAVOR OF THIS POLICY.
THEY’RE FORCED UNDER A COURT
ORDER TO REINSTATE IT.
IT’S A SLOW PROCESS AND REMAINS
TO BE SEEN HOW EFFECTIVE IT WILL
BE.
I CAN ASSURE YOU RIGHT NOW AND
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THE
STATE OF TEXAS WILL CONTINUE
CRACKING DOWN ON THIS CRIMINAL
ELEMENT AND TRYING TO DISRUPT
THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM