>> NEW REACTION TO THE MAYOR OF
YUMA, ARIZONA DECLARING
EMERGENCY AMID THE BORDER
CRISIS, UNABLE TO COPE WITH
MIGRANT FAMILIES BEING RELEASED
THERE.
>> I HAVE ALREADY SIGNED
EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, EMINENT
THREAT ON HAVING TOO MANY
MIGRANT RELEASES INTO THE
COMMUNITY, ABOVE OUR CAPACITY AS
A COMMUNITY TO SUSTAIN W. A
HEAVY HEART, I DECLARE WE'RE AT
THIS POINT AND SOMETHING I
BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO.
>> Harris: CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS
THIS WEEK STEP UP ATTACKS ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER THREATS TO
SEND DETAINED MIGRANTS TO
SANCTUARY CITIES.
NEWSOM CALLING IT NONSINCE CAL
WITH THE LATEST PROPOSAL THAT
WOULD KEEP THEM INSIDE THE U.S.
AND NOW THIS, ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM BARR, OVERTURNED 2005
RULING, RULING THAT SOME ASYLUM
SEEKERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE
RELEASED ON BAIL WHILE THEIR
CASES ARE HEARD.
IT IS AN EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON
SO-CALLED CATCH AND RELEASE
POLICIES AND REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN PETE KING APPLAUDING
THE MOVE.
>> IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO
BE DONE.
LISTEN, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO
MANY OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD.
THE REALITY IS, WE CAN'T TAKE
EVERYBODY IN AND HAVE TO LOOK
CAREFUL AT ASYLUM CLAIMS.
MANY OF THEM TURNED OUT NOT TO
BE REAL, TO BE PHONY, IT GETS
THE PERSON IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY DISAPPEAR OR COME BACK FOR
A COURT HEARING TWO YEARS LATER.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS DOING
WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AND I FULLY
SUPPORT THEM.
>> Harris: THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE RESPONDING
BARR'S MOVE, SAYING "INSTEAD OF
ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CENTRAL
AMERICA AND AT THE BORDER, TRUMP
CONTINUES TO PUSH CRUEL AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGENDA, UNLIKE
TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS IN
CONGRESS, DEMOCRATS BELIEVE
DIVERSITY AND COMPASSION IS OUR
NATION'S GREATEST STRENGTH.
WE BELIEVE IN WORKING TO END THE
VIOLENCE THAT HAS CAUSED SO MANY
TO FLEE THEIR HOMES."
KATIE, SEEMS LIKE THEY CHANGED
THE ISSUE AGAIN.
YEAH.
NOW IT IS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE
VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
IN THE MEANTIME, I MEAN, THIS
POOR MAYOR, YOU SAW HIM AT THE
BEGINNING.
I WANT TO READ A COUPLE THINGS
HE SAID, EMINENT THREAT POSED BY
TOO MANY RELEASES IN THE
COMMUNITY.
IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO
MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY MAINTAIN
HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE MIGRANTS ARE
MAINTAINED AND WE HAVE A PATH
FORWARD THAT RESPECTS BOTH.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FEMA-TYPE
RESPONSE, IT IS NOT A NATURAL
DISASTER, BUT A DISASTER EITHER
WAY.
THEY WANT RESOURCES TO COME TAKE
CARE OF THIS SITUATION.
HE'S BEGGING FOR HELP.
>> Katie: DISASTER AND CHAOS HAS
GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL, WE NOW
HAVE OVERPOWERING SITUATION
WHERE HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS
HAVE DETERIORATED AS RESULT OF
NOT BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THE
FLOW OF PEOPLE.
I WANT TO GIVE CONTEXT WHY THE
RULING BY BARR MATTERS IN TERMS
OF ASYLUM.
WHEN YOU ARE GIVEN ASYLUM, FIRST
ROUTE, 90% OF ASYLUM CASES FILED
INITIALLY ARE THROWN OUT.
FIRST ASYLUM CLAIM IS FILED,
PROTECTED FROM DEPORTATION,
RELEASED INTO THE CENTER OF THE
COUNTRY AND ELIGIBLE TO GET A
WORK PERMIT.
SO BEING ABLE TO HOLD PEOPLE WHO
APPLY FOR ASYLUM TO THE SECOND
ROUND TO BE SURE THEY ARE
ELIGIBLE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH
THIS ISSUE, RESULT OF THE POLL
FACTORS WE'VE ARKLLOWED, WORK
PERMITS BEING RELEASED INTO THE
COUNTRY, IDEA DEVIN NUNES --
GAVIN NEWSOME -- TALKING ABOUT,
IT COSTS MONEY, IT COSTS
FACILITIES, IT COSTS AMERICAN
TAXPAYER WHETHER BUILDING NEW
FACILITIES OR PROVIDING
HUMANITARIAN AID, THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING
AGAIN TO FIND THE SOLUTION WHILE
CONGRESS STILL HASN'T PUT
SOMETHING ON THE TABLE THAT CAN
BE PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW.
>> Melissa: JERRY, THE MAYOR
SAYS WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT
EVERYONE'S HUMAN RIGHTS, PEOPLE
HERE AND THE MIGRANTS COMING
OVER, RIGHT?
>> Jerry: IT IS A CRISIS, IT IS
TERRIBLE FOR EVERYBODY, OKAY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY
FLEEING TERRIBLE SITUATION WHERE
THEY COME FROM, BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT AND I THINK FOR THE
DEMOCRATS TO SAY IT IS UP TO THE
PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS THE ROOT
CAUSE OF IT IS CRISIS IN CENTRAL
AMERICA, THAT IS A BIT OF A
REACH.
HOW IS THE PRESIDENT SUPPOSED
TO, INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE
ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES,
DEAL WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
PRIVATIONS IN PLACES LIKE
HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA TO STOP
PEOPLE COMING HERE, ABSURD
ARGUMENT, TO BE HONEST.
IT IS UP TO THAT COUNTRY TO DO
THAT.
THE PRESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY
IS MAKE SURE THERE IS LAW AND
ORDER OBSERVED IN THIS COUNTRY
AND HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES LIKE
THE MAYOR OF YUMA TO DEAL WITH
CRISIS THAT EXISTS.
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS A TERRIBLE
SITUATION FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT ISSUE AND THE UNITED
STATES IS NOT UNDER ANY
OBLIGATION, REALLY ISN'T UNDER
ANY OBLIGATION TO LET ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY
COME HERE, IT HAS TO HAVE
CONTROL OF HIS BORDERS THAT
DEFINES NATIONAL SAF RI
DEFINES NATIONAL SAF --
SOVEREIGNTY.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE GOT TO FIND
A WAY TO STOP THIS NUMBER OF
PEOPLE, AS MUCH PITY AS WE HAVE
FOR THEM, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY
NO, WE CAN'T LET THE PEOPLE BE
RELEASED INTO THE COMMUNITY.
>> Harris: THE OTHER THING
CONGRESS IS, SHORT ON MONEY,
AWARDED $1.6 BILLION FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO CONTINUE ON WITH
PROMISE OF BUILDING A BORDER
FENCELINE OR WALL, THE OTHER
MESSAGE, HE'S GOING TO DO THAT
NOW AND CONGRESS, YOU HAVE TOLD
ME THAT I COULD, AS THE
PRESIDENT.
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A
WEEK AGO ANNOUNCE TODAY AWARDED
966 MILLION IN CONTRACTS TO
BUILD THE PRESIDENT'S WALL.
YESTERDAY THE MEETING WITH
LAWMAKERS, AND WALL PROTOTYPE
BUILDERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
WORKS BEST.
FISHER INDUSTRIES SAYS THEY CAN
BUILD A MILE AND A HALF OF FENCE
LINE PER DAY.
LOOKING FOR 11 MILES OF IT IN
YUMA, 46 MILES OF IT IN EL PASO.
TO DEAL WITH WHAT BORDER PATROL
HAVE TOLD US AS REPORTERS AND
THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THEY NEED.
THAT IS HAPPENING.
>> BEING I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA
AND WE HAVE MAJORITY OF MIGRANTS
COME TO CALIFORNIA AND WHERE THE
PRESIDENT WANTED TO DUMP THEM,
WHICH I THINK IS ABSURD, YOU
USING THAT TERM, THAT DOESN'T
SOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONGRESS HAS
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> WHERE SHOULD WE PUT THEM?
>> CONGRESS HAS RESPONSIBILITY
HERE.
WE KNOW LEFT AND RIGHT, THERE
ARE LAWS WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS
THAT NEED TO BE FIXED, CHANGED
AND SPECIFICALLY THOSE ARE
ASYLUM LAWS AND SPECIFICALLY THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY --
>> WHAT DO WE DO BETWEEN NOW AND
TIME POLITICALLY CONSTIPATED
CONGRESS THAT DOES OLTHS THIS --
>> I SMILE BECAUSE YOU SAID
THAT.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> IT WORKS.
WHAT DO WE DO IN THE GAP BETWEEN
WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW, SINCE
EVERYBODY AGREES IT IS A CRISIS
AT LEAST.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS EMERGENCY,
BP, BORDER PATROL, SAYS
EMERGENCY.
WHAT DO WE DO BETWEEN NOW AND
THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE FOR
CONGRESS TO ACTUALLY GO DO
SOMETHING?
>> I THINK WE DO WHAT THE MAYOR
OF YUMA HAS REQUESTED.
I THINK WE PROVIDE SUPPORT, HE
HAS, THIS IS HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, DO THEY
HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, WATER,
SHELTER?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES,
OVER A THIRD DEGREE, 36,000 OF
THE 90 SOMETHING THOUSAND ARE
FAMILIES.
>> THEY ARE SAYING THEY DON'T
HAVE RESOURCES, WHY DOES IT NOT
MAKE SENSE TO SEND THEM TO
SANCTUARY CITY THAT WANTS TO
WELCOME THEM?
>> FIRST OF ALL, JUST AS ACTING
HEAD OF ICE SAID, THERE ARE
LIABILITIES THERE.
SOMETHING HAPPENS IN TRANSPORT,
ESPECIALLY TO A CHILD, SECOND,
THERE IS COST, WHAT IS COST OF
THAT GOING TO BE?
COULD BE FAR LARGER THAN TO
ADDRESS THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND
THIRD, A PERSON WHO IS IN ANY