MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
WELL, THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
ACCUSED OF MURDERING FIVE OF HIS
NEIGHBORS IN TEXAS IS NOW BEHIND
BARS ENDING A MASSIVE DAYS LONG
MANHUNT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SENT 1500 ACTIVE
DUTY TROOPS TO THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
HE IS SENDING THE TROOPS AHEAD
OF DAY TELL 42S’ EXPIRATION --
TITLE 42’S EXPIRATION DATE.
JOINING ME TO DISCUSS THIS AND
THE BORDER OVERALL IS TEXAS
RANCHER, STEPHANIE KANALIS.
IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU THIS
MORNING.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I WAS AT THE BORDER AND TALKING
I WAS AT THE BORDER AND TALKING
TO RANCHERS A WHILE BACK.
ASSESS THE SITUATION.
WHAT DO YOU DEAL WITH ON A DAILY
BASIS AS A RANCHER WITH PRIVATE
PROPERTY NEAR THE BORDER.
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING
THROUGH OUR PROPERTY, 24 HOURS A
DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THEY’RE
COMING IN BY FOOT, COMING IN BY
VEHICLE.
IT HAS BECOME A CONSTANT,
CONSTANT BATTLE FOR US AND IT’S
ALSO BECOMING VERY EXPENSIVE FOR
US AS WELL.
MARIA: SO WHAT COULD DO YOU DO
IT?
IS THIS A COST?
IS YOUR PROPERTY GETTING DEVOID,
RANSACKED IN ANY WAY?
IS THIS CAUSING YOU TO HAVE TO
UPGRADE YOUR OWN PROPERTY?
ARE YOU AFRAID?
DO YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOURSELF?
WHO IS THERE AND WHAT ARE THEY
DOING?
>> RIGHT.
WHEN THEY DRIVE THROUGH OUR
PROPERTY, THAT’S FENCE DAMAGE SO
WE’RE CONSTANTLY REPAIRING
FENCES, WE’RE CONSTANTLY
REPLACING GATES THAT THEY WILL
HEBLOW THROUGH ON THEIR VEHICLES
WHEN BEING CHASED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT HAS COME AT A COST FOR US
REPLACING THOSE MATERIALS AND
OBVIOUSLY IN TODAY’S ECONOMY,
NOT CHEAP TO DO SO.
WE’VE ALSO HAD TO INSTALL
CAMERAS THROUGHOUT OUR PROPERTY.
THAT’S ALSO COME AT A COST TO
US.
BUT THE CAMERAS ALLOW US TO SEE
WHO IS ON OUR PROPERTY AT ANY
GIVEN TIME SO THEN WE CAN ALERT
BORDER PATROL.
IT’S COME AT A HUGE COST TO US
AND IT’S VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING
AND WE DON’T FEEL SAFE AT ALL.
MARIA: YEAH, SURE.
I MEAN, WHEN I WAS THERE TALKING
TO ANOTHER RANCHER SHE SAID SHE
WON’T EVEN THROW THE GARBAGE OUT
WITHOUT CARRYING HER PISTOL.
SHE’S APLAYED WHO IS ON HER --
AFRAID WHO IS ON HER PROPERTY.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THE
ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION TO
SEND TROOPS TO THE BORDER?
>> THEY NEED TO CLOSE THE
BORDER.
GOD HE BLESS OUR TROOPS.
I’M SURE THEY’LL BE A BIG HELP
TO BORDER PATROL AND STATE
TROOPERS THAT ARE DOWN HERE BUT
WHERE WERE THEY A LONG TIME AGO
AND THEY NEED TO SHUT THE BORDER
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST COMING
OVER HERE, IT’S NONSTOP, AND THE
PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SEEING ON OUR
PROPERTY, THEY’RE NOT -- THEY
DON’T APPEAR -- LET ME SAY THEY
DON’T APPEAR TO BE DESTITUTE
PEOPLE, THEY’RE WELL-DRESSED
PEOPLE, THEY HAVE BRAND-NEW CELL
PHONES ON THEM, THEY HAVE LOTS
OF CASH IN THEIR POCKETS.
SO IT’S -- I DON’T KNOW.
MARIA: WOW.
THAT’S VERY CONCERNING.
SO STEPHANIE, WHAT DO YOU MAKE
OF WHAT WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE
SAID THAT SHE MADE THIS CLAIM
THAT ILLEGAL MIGRATION IS DOWN
90%.
WATCH THIS.
I’VE GOT TO GET YOUR REACTION A.
LOOK.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO ILLEGAL
MIGRATION, YOU’VE SEEN IT COME
DOWN BY MORE THAN 90% AND THAT’S
BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS THAT THIS
PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN.
REPUBLICANS HAVE CONTINUED TO
USE THIS AS A POLITICAL STUNT, A
POLITICAL TOOL, AND NOT ACTUALLY
COME TO THE TABLE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ON HOW TO PROTECT
DREAMERS.
THEY WANT TO DO POLITICAL STUNTS
AS WE’VE SEEN FROM GOVERNORS AND
MAYORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MARIA: SO WHAT’S YOUR REACTION
TO THAT, STEPHANIE?
>> YOU WANT TO LAUGH.
I MEAN, IT’S A JOKE.
AND WHEN THOSE OF US THAT LIVE
DOWN HERE EVERY DAY AND ARE
DEALING WITH THIS, IT HAS NOT
IMPROVED AT ALL.
IT JUST CONTINUES TO GET WORSE
AND I DON’T CARE WHAT LIES THEY
SPEW TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
THEY ARE LIES.
WITH BECAUSE IT’S ONLY GOTTEN
WORSE EVERY DAY IT GETS WORSE
DOWN HERE.
MARIA: WHEN YOU SAY IT’S WORSE
AND IT GETS WORSE, GIVE US A
SENSE OF WHAT THAT MEANS.
WHAT’S GETTING WORSE?
>> WELL, LIKE RIGHT AFTER BIDEN
TOOK OFFICE, WE STARTED SEEING
PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR
PROPERTY BUT IT WAS GROUPS OF
MAYBE FIVE AT THE MOST 10
PEOPLE.
YOU WOULD HAVE ONE BAILOUT A
DAY.
NOW IT’S MULTIPLE BAILOUTS A
DAY.
NOW THE GROUPS HAVE GONE FROM
FIVE PEOPLE TO 30 TO 40 GROUPS
OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH YOUR
PROPERTY AT ONE TIME.
THAT’S HOW IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE
AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO GET
WORSE AND THE MORE PEOPLE THEY A
ALLOW TO CROSS THE BORDERS, THE
BIGGER THESE GROUPS ARE GOING TO
BE COMING THROUGH OUR PROPERTY
AND WHEN YOU’RE A RANCHER IN THE
MIDDLE OF A FIELD AND A 40
PEOPLE APPROACH YOU, THAT’S --
YOU KNOW, THEY’RE PUTTING US IN
A BAD SITUATION.
MARIA: WHAT THAT IS SCARY.
I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WHO IS PROTECTING YOU, AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO WORKED HARD
FOR THE PROPERTY, WHO IS TRYING
TO MAKE A LIVING ON YOUR RANCH.
STEPHANIE, OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH
YOU.
WE’LL BE WATCHING.
WE’LL CERTAINLY KEEP A SPOTLIGHT
ON THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WALKING US