MUCK.
ELIZABETH: OKAY, THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID PRESIDENT BIDEN DID NOT
FOCUS ON THE BORDER CRISIS WHEN
HE MET WITH THE LEADERS OF
MEXICO AND CANADA, BUT TEXAS IS.
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN
PAXTON JOINS US NOW.
SIR, IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK
ON.
IS IT TRUE THAT THE TEXAS ARMY
NATIONAL GUARD AND OTHERS IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT ARE DOING RIOT
DRILLS AT THE BORDER AND AERIAL
DEPLOYMENT EXERCISES ON THE BANK
OF THE RIO GRANDE TO PREPARE FOR
MIGRANT CARAVANS?
IS THAT HAPPENING IN.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE HAVING
TO PREPARE FOR THINGS THAT WE
NEVER WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED,
YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO OR EVEN
A YEAR AGO.
AND, YES, THEY HAVE TO PREPARE
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS FOR
THE WORST TYPE OF SCENARIO WITH
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE POTENTIALLY
COMING AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF
THEM MAY BE CRIMINALS, SOME OF
THEM MAY BE TERRORISTS.
WE JUST DON’T KNOW.
ELIZABETH: MIGRANTS FROM 1503
COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN CAUGHT
COMING IN, MIDEAST, THOUSANDS
FROM RUSSIA.
ARE YOU GUYS USING RECYCLED
SHIPPING CONTAINERS AS WELL AS A
BORDER WALL?
>> YEAH, IT’S AMAZING, WE’RE
USING ALL KINDS OF CREATIVE
WAYS.
THE GOVERNOR’S EMPLOYED EVER
MEANS HE CAN TO TRY TO DETER
PEOPLE SINCE WE KNOW THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT DOING
THAT.
SO IT’S LEFT UP TO US TO TRY TO
KEEP PEOPLE FROM CROSSING THE
BORDER ESPECIALLY IN PLACES THAT
COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR OUR
CITIZENS.
ELIZABETH: WE KNOW TEXAS IS
DEFENDING ITSELF, FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OVERSEES IMMIGRATION
POLICY, BUT BLOOMBERG IS
REPORTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT
INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN UNABLE
TO LOCATE UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT
CHILDREN, THEY’VE POTENTIALLY
ALLEGEDLY TURNED OVER TO LABOR
TRAFFICKERS.
DHS, HHS, LA LABOR DEPARTMENT
TRYING TO INVESTIGATION THIS IN
ALABAMA.
CHILDREN IN SOME OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS, DIRTY WAGE JOBS IN
THE COUNTRY.
AND THESE UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS WHO WORK IN THESE
SLAUGHTERHOUSES, THEY’RE AFRAID.
THEY DON’T EVEN USE THEIR OWN
NAME.
SO ALL THE PHONY GRANDSTANDING
IN WASHINGTON THAT WHAT THEY’RE
DOING IS HUMANITARIAN, HUH-UH.
WHAT YOU’RE DOING IS NOT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> WELL, THIS HAS BEEN MY
CONCERN FROM THE BEGINNING.
YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
CROSSING THE BORDER EVERY MONTH.
THERE’S NO WAY TO TRACK THEM
ALL.
THEY RELEASE THEM INTO THESE
COMMUNITIES, AND THEY’RE SUBJECT
TO ALL KINDS OF BAD PEOPLE.
AND THERE’S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND
THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS
OF KIDS WHO HAVE ENDED UP IN THE
HANDS OF TRAFFICKERS AND SEX
TRAFFICKERS AND LABOR
TRAFFICKERS, AND IT’S VERY
UNFORTUNATE.
AND MORE IS CONTINUING AS WE LET
MORE CHILDREN IN WHO DON’T HAVE
SUPERVISION.
ELIZABETH: SO HOW HOW DOES THAT
MESSAGE GET OUT TO CONGRESS AND
TO THE WHITE HOUSE THAT NOW
YOU’RE HARMING CHILDREN?
YOU’RE PUTTING THEM -- THEY’RE
ENDING UP IN MEAT FACTORIES,
SLAUGHTERHOUSES WITH CATTLE,
CHICKEN AND OTHER PRODUCTS?
TEXAS SENATOR JOHN CORNYN IS
ACCUSING HOMELAND SECURITY OF
WASHING ITS HANDS OF THESE
CHILDREN’S WELL-BEING AFTER
THEY’RE TRANSFERRED TO HHS AND
THEN ON TO SPONSORS.
THEY ARE NOT TRACKING IT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> WELL, SADLY, I THINK THEY
KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING.
THEY’VE IGNORED IT, THEY’VE
PUSHED I IT ASIDE TO, BUT IF YOU
AND I KNOW ABOUT IT, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION KNOWS ABOUT IT,
CONGRESS KNOWS ABOUT IT.
THE ADMINISTRATION KNOWS IT’S
HAPPENING, THEY’RE JUST PUSHING
IT UNDER THE RUG, AND THIS MEANS
BAD THINGS FOR THESE CHILDREN
CONTINUING INTO THE FUTURE.
ELIZABETH: THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL" REPORTING DEMOCRAT
SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ OF NEW
JERSEY SAID THE WHITE HOUSE IS
IN DISARRAY OVER THE BORDER
CRISIS IT CREATED, THAT IT’S
THE, QUOTE, RUNNING FROM ONE
MOMENT TO ANOTHER AND MAKING
POLICY ON THE FLY, AND THAT’S A
RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
THAT’S SENATOR MENENDEZ SAYING
THAT.
THERE’S REPORTS OF IN-FIGHTING
BETWEEN PROGRESSIVES AND FORMER
OBAMA AND HILLARY OFFICIALS WHO
DON’T LIKE WHAT THEY SEE GOING
ON AT THE BORDER.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
>> AT LEAST THERE’S SOMEBODY IN
THE ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS
TROUBLE WITH THIS, THAT IS
FLAGGING THIS AS A HUGE PROBLEM.
AND MAYBE THEY’RE DOING ONLY
THAT FOR ELECTION PURPOSES, BUT
LEGITIMATELY AFFECTS NEGATIVELY
AMERICANS, PEOPLE ON THE BORDER,
CHILDREN, AS WE DISCUSSED.
AND, HOPEFULLY, SOME COMMON
SENSE WILL BE HEARD FROM THIS
ADMINISTRATION AT SOME POINT
BEFORE WE END UP WITH MORE
DISASTERS ALONG THE BORDER.
ELIZABETH: SIR, TEXAS IS
BATTENING DOWN THE HATCHES.
IS ARIZONA DOING IT?
WE HEAR, YOU KNOW, ILLEGALS ARE
ARE CROSSING INTO ARIZONA.
>> YEAH, I DON’T KNOW.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY ARE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE STATE LEADERS
THAT, I THINK, CARE ABOUT THIS
ISSUE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE.
I’M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT
ARIZONA’S DOING.
ELIZABETH: WE’RE A HUMANITARIAN
COUNTRY.
WE WANT IMMIGRATION.
WE ARE BUILT ON IMMIGRATION.
WE WANT IT DONE LEGALLY AT THE
PORTS OF ENTRY.
YOU DO IT ILLEGALLY, CRIME
EXPLODES.
>> PEOPLE ON THE BORDER ARE
FRUSTRATED AND THEY’RE SCARED.
THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE THE RIGHT
WAY, AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY
LAW, NOT BY AN ADMINISTRATION
THAT JUST IGNORES FEDERAL LAW
AND INVITES PEOPLE ACROSS NO
MATTER WHO THEY ARE AND THEIR
BACKGROUND.
ELIZABETH: WE’RE TRACKING THE
POLLS.
MINORITIES AT THE BORDER DON’T
LIKE WHAT BIDEN’S DOING AT ALL.
THEY’RE TURNING AWAY FROM THE