POUNDS OF DRUGS NATIONWIDE.
IMAGINE HOW MUCH STUFF ACTUALLY
GOT IN.
LAWRENCE JONES HOST OF
CROSS-COUNTRY JOINS US NOW FROM
TEXAS WHERE HE WILL TAKE PART
IN TODAY’S FOX NATION SPECIAL
ON THE BORDER CRISIS.
HI, LAWRENCE.
>> GOOD MORNING, MARTHA.
>> Martha: TALK TO ME A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WHAT
YOU ARE LEARNING DOWN THERE ON
THE BORDER AS YOU LOOK AT THESE
ENORMOUS SIERSZ OF EVERYTHING
FROM METH TO FENTANYL TO HEROIN.
>> I’VE BEEN COVERING THE
BORDER FOR A WHILE, MARTHA.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE COMPASSION HAVE
MISPLACED COMPASSION.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE PLIGHT
OF PEOPLE WANTING TO COME TO
THE COUNTRY BUT YOU HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE THAT’S AT THE BORDER.
THE SAME PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY TO
GET ACROSS TO THE CARTEL.
THE SAME CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE
DRUGS THROUGH THAT SAME PASSAGE
AS WELL AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE COMPASSION FOR
PEOPLE WANTING A BETTER LIFE,
CONGRESS SHOULD GET IMMIGRATION
REFORM DONE FIRST.
THE NOTION THAT WE SHOULD
ATHROUGH DRUGS TO SPILL ACROSS
THE BORDER TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
GO THROUGH TREACHEROUS HEAT IN
THE STATE OF TEXAS, BORDER
PATROL AS WELL AS DETECTIVES IN
DPS, THE LAST DEFENSE OF OUR
BORDER HAVE TO FIND PEOPLE
EVERY DAY THAT ARE DEHYDRATED
AND THE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED.
THE YOUNG WOMEN ARE PUMPED UP
WITH BIRTH CONTROL BECAUSE THEY
ARE RAPED.
THE YOUNG MEN ARE RAPED ACROSS
THE BORDER.
THIS IS WHAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
DOES.
WE STARTED TO GET TIPS THAT
BECAUSE THIS CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE HAS BEEN SO
WIDESPREAD YOU EVEN HAVE GANGS
THAT ARE IN THE UNITED STATES
THAT ARE HELPING WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THESE ILLEGAL.
IT’S PROBLEMATIC, MARTHA.
>> Martha: IT’S HORRIFIC.
AND YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO TEENAGERS.
WE HEAR ABOUT CHILDREN COMING
ACROSS UNACCOMPANIED, MANY
YOUNG TEENAGERS BEING SOLD INTO
SEX SLAVERY.
THIS STORY DOESN’T GET NEARLY
ENOUGH ATTENTION.
SO THE DRUG TRADE AND THE SEX
TRAFFICKING TRADE THAT IS BEING
RUN BY THE CARTELS IN AN OPEN
WAY ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER
GETS LITERALLY ALMOST NO LIP
SERVICE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,
LAWRENCE.
>> THERE IS NO COVERAGE FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE.
I THINK TEXANS LIKE MYSELF AS
WELL AS RANCHERS HERE ARE
SAYING WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE
BIDEN?
HE WAS FINE WHEN HE WAS A U.S.
SENATOR FUNDING BORDER FENCING.
WHEN THEY CHANGED IT TO A WALL
BECAUSE OF SEMANTICS HE DOESN’T
WANT TO SUPPORT IT.
ALSO WHY IS HE UP IN ARIZONA
WITH THEIR BORDER AND NOT
HELPING TEXAS WITH ITS BORDER?
WE HAD A PLAN HERE IN THE STATE
OF TEXAS TO BUY THE WALL
MATERIAL THAT IS SITTING THERE
RUSTING AND ALREADY PAID BY THE
UNITED STATES TAXPAYERS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS SO
PETTY THEY WOULDN’T SELL IT TO
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IT WAS ALREADY PAID FOR BY THE
U.S. TAXPAYERS AND WHY WE ARE
HAVING THIS CONFERENCE TODAY.
>> Martha: THAT’S PATHETIC.
TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT PAID TO
BILL A WALL, FENCE, WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO CALL IT IN TEXAS
GETS NO SUPPORT TO CONTINUE
THAT PROJECT BUT ARIZONA DOES
AND YOU HAVE TO SAY I WONDER
WHY THAT WOULD BE?
IS ARIZONA IS PURPLE STATE?
YES, IT IS.
>> THERE IS A BIG SENATE RACE.
MARK KELLY NEEDS THE SUPPORT.
IT IS SO FUNNY WATCHING THESE
DEMOCRATS SPIN ON THIS.
THIS REALLY SHOULDN’T BE A
POLITICAL ISSUE.
THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY
ISSUE.
YOU’VE GOT THEM ALL PANTING
RIGHT NOW ABOUT ILLEGALS JUST A
PORTION THAT ARE IN THEIR
CITIES.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COMPASSION
THERE?
AND, OF COURSE, IN TEXAS WE
HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THEM HERE.
WE WILL BE HAVING THIS
CONFERENCE AND MARIA BARTIROMO
AND GRIFF JENKINS AND I WILL DO
A PANEL AS WELL.
A LOT OF BORDER HEROES, PEOPLE
THAT EXPERIENCE THIS DAY-TO-DAY.
>> Martha: WE’LL BE WATCHING,
LAWRENCE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE ON
ALL SIDES OF THE POLITICAL
AISLE SHOULD CARE ABOUT AND
SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE
RAMIFICATIONS OF REGARDLESS OF
THE POLITICAL DIFFERENCES FROM