TWO MILLION DREAMERS TO DOCTOR
THE U.S., GRIFF.
>> Griff: 14,000 MIGRANTS
ENCOUNTERED AT THE SOUTHERN
BORDER THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING
TWO GANG MEMBERS, SEX OFFENDERS,
FENTANYL AND COCAINE.
YUMA IS FACING A SURGE AHEAD OF
TITLE 42.
3000 MORE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
YUMA COUNTY’S JONATHAN LIONS
JOINS US NOW, THANK YOU FOR
TAKING TIME AND COMING ON.
I TALKED TO MY SOURCE LAST NIGHT
IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS
INTERVIEW AND ASKED SINCE
OCTOBER 1 THIS FISCAL YEAR, HOW
MANY MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS HAVE YOU
HAD, HE TOLD ME MORE THAN
50,000, SINCE OCTOBER 1.
HOW BAD IS THE SITUATION ON THE
GROUND THERE?
>> I’M HERE ON THE GROUND AND
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
CROSS AND START LINING UP AS
SOON AS FLIGHTS ARRIVE, TAKE A
BUS HERE AND START COMING
ACROSS.
NUMBERS ARE PEAKING AT 1000 PER
DAY AND WITH THAT COMES
CHALLENGES IN OTHER AREAS TO THE
COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HOSPITALS
AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
>> Griff: WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY
ARE YOU SEEING TONIGHT?
>> SO FAR I HAVE SEEN 400 PEOPLE
COME ACROSS, ABOUT 600 SHORT OF
WHAT WE WILL SEE FOR THE DAY AND
THOSE ARE IT IS KNOWN GIVE-UPS,
NOT THE GET-AWAYS, 15 TO 20% ARE
NOT DETAINED, THEY RUN AND HAVE
ULTERRIOR MOTIVES.
>> Griff: WE AT FOX HAVE BROKEN
THE NUMBERS THE ADMINISTRATION
DOESN’T WANT OUT THERE, THERE
WERE 73,000 GOT-AWAYS IN JUST
THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER ALONE,
137,000 SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR 600,000 ON
PACE TO BLOW THAT NUMBER AWAY,
HOW FRUSTRATING IS THAT FOR
ARIZONA AND YUMA BUSINESS OWNERS
LIKE YOURSELF?
>> IT IS AN INCREDIBLE
CHALLENGE, WITH THE RISE OF
ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING NOT ONLY FOR
NARCOTICS, FENTANYL, HUMAN
TRAFFICKING AND SEEING HOW THAT
IMPACTS THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE
AROUND.
IT IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE’VE
HAD SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN
FENTANYL DEATHS, IT IS ESTIMATED
1 IN 1000 IN THE UNITED STATES
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
BORDER PATROL IS BUSY
PROCESSING, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO
SPEND TIME THEY NEED AND APPLY
RESOURCES TO GOING AFTER THOSE
COMING ACROSS WITH NEFARIOUS
PURPOSES AND DESIGNS.
>> Griff: RIGHT.
EVERY TIME I GO TO THE BORDER, I
HEAR THEY HAVE NO MANPOWER ON
THE LINE, THAT IS THE BORDER
DOING THEIR JOB, PROTECTING IT.
THE WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMS THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS HEADING TO
ARIZONA TODAY, STILL WILL NOT
VISIT THE BORDER.
TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS.
>> HE WILL BE GOING TO TO
PHOENIX ARIZONA TO DISCUSS
MANUFACTURING.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID HE HADN’T
HAD TIME TO GET TO THE BORDER,
HE’S GOING TO A BORDER STATE
TOMORROW, YOU WOULD THINK THERE
WOULD BE TIME THERE, IF THERE
ISN’T TOMORROW, CAN YOU SAY
THAT --
>> WHAT I’M SAYING TOMORROW HE
WILL FOCUS ON AN ISSUE,
BIPARTISAN ISSUE VOTED IN
CONGRESS, THE CHIPS ANDIN ZOOS
ACTSES.
IF REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS WANT TO
DEAL WITH IMMIGRATION, THEY WANT
TO DEAL WITH THE BORDER, THEY
WOULD STOP DOING POLITICAL
STUNTS AND WORK WITH US ON THE
PLAN THAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD.
>> Griff: JONATHAN, IF YOU COULD
SPEAK DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT
BIDEN, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
HIM?
>> STANDING BEHIND ME ARE 400
PEOPLE WHO JUST WALKED ACROSS
AND I’VE BEEN OBSERVING THEM FOR
AN HOUR, KARINE JEAN-PIERRE SAYS
PEOPLE ARE NOT WALKING ACROSS,
COME SEE FOR YOURSELF, IT IS A
30-MINUTE PLANE RIDE, 2-1/2 HOUR
DRIVE FROMMEN FOOICS, I’VE DONE
THOUSANDS OF TIMES, SEE FOR
YOURSELF, PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS.
IT IS INTERESTING, IF TITLE 42
GOES AWAY, PROBABLY SEE DOUBLE
THE NUMBERS, 73,000 GET-AWAYS
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
150,000?
HOW MUCH FENTANYL AND NARCOTICS
WILL WE ALLOW INTO THIS COUNTRY?
>> Griff: JONATHAN LINES, THANK
YOU FOR GETTING UP EARLY AND
GOING OUT THERE AND SHOWING US
EXACTLY WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT BE