joining us now texas congressman
tony gonzalez congressman it's great to
have you on can you talk to us more
about how you spoke with the texas
rancher
and his wife who discovered the five
toddlers
left alone abandoned in the desert they
could have died it hits 103 degrees and
more there
that's right you know in my district
sadly this happens
all the time you know these ranchers
they've lived
near the border their entire lives you
know this gentleman in particular
since the 1940s and what he told me was
things have never been this bad you know
to see five
children babies essentially just kind of
thrown in the desert there with no water
no food it's only a matter of time
before something terrible
happens and we have to act we have to do
it now in a
you know this isn't a republican issue
or a democrat issue we have to come
together
the people on the ground the ranchers
and the farmers they don't feel
safe you know when i was leaving quemado
and heading back to san antonio
there were two high-speed chases as i
made my way home
it's just out of control two high-speed
chases okay and we're also seeing
in the border states home invasions the
people down there
uh they're saying they're seeing illegal
aliens crossing with weapons
they're seeing stores burglarized are
you hearing that too
i am and you know what i will say my
district is very compassionate you know
when when i
uh put this photo out about the the
these young girls and we
were sharing information a ton of folks
reached out and they wanted to be
helpful and they were concerned about
the health and well-being of these girls
in the same breath
people do not feel safe in their own
homes i i met with ranchers and farmers
and their children are having to carry
weapons around and they're having to
repair
uh fences and and the damage is just
unbelievable
but the high speed chases imagine if
your child is in school
and you get an alert as a parent you get
an alert that they have to go on
lockdown
because there's a high speed chase going
through your small town
everyone is frustrated they're angered
and we have to do something about it
congressman this is the humanitarian
issue let's move on to a national
security issue
the press secretary for the white house
jin saki is accused of downplaying the
seriousness of terrorists arrested
illegally crossing the border
let's watch this well first let me
convey that
these type of incidents are very
uncommon uh and
cbp and dhs can speak more to
the timeline and the specifics of course
and in these
particular cases and encounters but
encounters of known and suspected
terrorists are very uncommon
you know well so was 911 uncommon is
that the footing to be on
you know sorry to say that it's rare and
uncommon right what do you say
it's the furthest thing from the truth
you know that in the del rio sector
uh border patrol agents they're
apprehending all kinds of different
nefarious activities
with uh weapons right there they're
they're finding weapons
they're finding drugs and the longer our
open border
happens the more at risk we're going to
be for
a terrorist or a terrorist attack or
anything in general i mean
we're looking at the number of people
that are apprehended what about the
number of people
that are not apprehended it's a very
dangerous situation
those you know my constituents are on
the front lines of this
we have to do something about i go back
to it isn't a republican issue or a
democrat issue we have to come together
before something terrible happens and it
starts with this administration
there are tens of thousands of got aways
right so you know let's
the data shows 19 suspected terrorists
have been caught trying to cross the
border since 9 11.
we're talking isis hezbollah uh
individuals from iran yemen
pakistan afghanistan in fact you know
two
terrorists known terrorists on the fbi
no fly lists on the terror watch list
were
caught in calexico so i mean
we're not this isn't not this is not
media hysteria it's not overreacting
we're talking about facts right and 9 11
again happened and by the way 1993
three world trade center was attacked
too so this is a serious issue your
final word sir
that's exactly right these are facts you
know the facts are
we have terrorists that are entering in
our country you know kevin mccarthy
visited the border
a while back and he brought this to
light and he got attacked by all the
these democrats saying that it's the
furthest thing from the truth it's not
this is what's happening on the ground
every single day
what we have to do is stop putting our
heads in the sand that this is going to
be that this is going to go away
and we have to act now congressman
gonzalez thanks for joining us come back
soon
thank you liz