THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
ELIZABETH: GRIFF JENKINS,
TERRIFIC REPORTING.
CONGRESSMAN BETH VAN DUYNE HOUSE
TRANSPORTATION, ALONG WITH
ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK
BRNOVICH.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
CONGRESSWOMAN, YOUR REACTION TO
THAT STORY.
THE PRESIDENT NAMED
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS THE BORDER
CZAR.
SHE SAID THE BORDER WAS SECURE.
NOW THE PRESIDENT IS CLAIMING
THEY INHERITED A BROKEN SYSTEM
WHEN BIDEN HAS BEEN IN D.C.
SINCE NIXON, THE NIXON ERA.
HE HAS BEEN ON SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS.
HE KNOWS THIS BORDER HAS BEEN A
PROBLEM AND HE HAS NEVER BEEN
THERE.
>> NO.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
HE HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 50
YEARS AND NEVER HAS BEEN DOWN
THERE NEITHER ARE THE MAYORS
FROM NEW YORK, D.C., CHICAGO.
THEY NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THE
EFFECT WHAT IS IS HAPPENING AT
OUR BORDERS.
I WAS A MAYOR IN A TEXAS CITY.
I SAW FIRST-HAND WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU HAVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
COME INTO YOUR CITY.
YOU CAN’T PLAN FOR THEM.
YOU DON’T HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE SAW OUR SCHOOLS OVERRETURN.
WE WERE BUILDING SCHOOLS THAT BY
THE TIME THEY WERE OPEN WERE
ALREADY TOO SMALL.
WE SAW PEOPLE COME IN NOT HAVE
ENOUGH HOUSING.
WHAT DID IT TO OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WERE NOT PREPARED.
YOU WERE NEVER PREPARED FOR
THIS.
ELIZABETH: CONGRESSWOMAN -- YOU
WERE THE MAYOR OF IRVING, TEXAS.
IRVING, TEXAS.
>> YES.
ELIZABETH: THAT IS BIG CITY.
>> 250,000 PEOPLE.
ELIZABETH: YOU DIDN’T HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEAL WITH IT.
MARK, REACTION TO THIS NEWS,
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
TO ASK THE DOJ TO CHARGE
GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND GOVERNOR
DESANTIS FOR KIDNAPPING?
DO YOU SEE THEM COMING WITH A
RANSOM NOTE OR GUN TO THEIR
HEAD?
>> ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS, LIZ.
REALITY GOVERNOR DESANTIS SHOULD
BE PRAISED BECAUSE APPARENTLY
ONLY ONE THAT CAN MAKE AIRLINES
TO ARRIVE ON TIME AT DESTINATION
THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
REALITY THE DEMOCRATS WERE
WELCOMING PEOPLE ILLEGALLY
COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH
FREE FLIGHTS AND YOU KNOW FREE
HOTEL ROOMS.
ITINERARIES INCLUDE LIBERAL
CITIES.
THAT IS WHEN THEY FINALLY WILL
OBJECT.
REALITY IN PLACES LIKE MARTHA’S
VINEYARD WE HAVEN’T SEEN A PANIC
LIKE "JAWS" FROM SHARK.
THEY CREATED THIS CRISIS.
AS YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS
PAST YEAR, EVERY STATE IS A
BORDER STATE.
EVERY CITY IS A BORDER CITY.
AS A RESULT OF NOT ONLY FLOOD OF
PEOPLE ILLEGALLY ENTERING OUR
COUNTRY.
AS A RESULT OF ALL THE POISON
FLOODING ACROSS OUR BORDER EVERY
DAY.
JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND IN
ARIZONA ENOUGH FENTANYL WAS
SEIZED THAT COULD POSSIBLY KILL
A MILLION PEOPLE.
ELIZABETH: WE ALREADY HAD ENOUGH
FENTANYL THAT COULD KILL
EVERYBODY IN AMERICA.
>> YEAH.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN VAN DUYNE AND
MARK, ALL OF US, WE HAVE BEEN
COVERING THIS FOR SIX YEARS,
SINCE 2016.
RIGHT?
I MEAN GOVERNOR DESANTIS, YOU
KNOW, HAS HAD IT.
NOW HE IS HELPING SEND ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD,
THE SWANKY MARTHA’S VINEYARD
HOME TO FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA.
HE REPORTEDLY CONSIDERED
DELAWARE TOO.
THIS IS DIRECT SHOT AT SANCTUARY
STATES AND CITIES.
THEY TALK ABOUT A BIG GAME.
THIS IS GETTING THEM TO GIVE A
DAMN ABOUT THE CRISIS THEY
CREATED.
BLATANT VIOLATION OF FEDERAL
LAW.
THE MEDIA INN HEISTER RAKES.
GOP GOVERNORS ARE PLAYING CHESS
WHILE DEMOCRATS ARE PLAYING
CHECKERS.
WE HAVE FENTANYL, VIOLENT GANGS,
HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THE BORDER IS
IN COLLAPSE AND DEMOCRATS HAVE
YET TO ANSWER THE WAKE-UP CALL?
>> YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE’VE BEEN SEEING THIS FOR
YEARS.
UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
EVERY SINGLE TOOL OF THE TOOL
BOX, CUSTOMS, BORDER PATROL GONE
OUT THE WINDOW.
EVERY TOOL OF IMMIGRATIONS AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.
WHEN I WAS MAYOR WE WERE NOT
PREPARED FOR THIS.
WE WORKED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD A
FANTASTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH
IMMIGRATIONS AN CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT.
WE ENFORCED OUR LAWS.
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH I.C.E.
TO DEPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO
HAD COMMITTED CRIMES IN OUR
CITY.
WHAT WE FOUND OUR CRIME RATE
DROPPED.
WE CAME THE FIFTH SAFEST CITY IN
THE COUNTRY.
WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IN CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IS
THE THEM IGNORING THAT, CRIME
RISING.
IT IS NOT A SHOCK, NOT A
SURPRISE.
THEY PLANNED IT.
IT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
ELIZABETH: THAT IS WHAT THE
CONGRESSWOMAN IS SAYING.
WHY ARE DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS OR
LEADERS AND MAYORS SAYING YEAH,
WE’VE GOT DRUG GANGS COMING IN,
WE’VE GOT CRIME COMING IN FROM
THE BORDER, RIGHT, MARK?
WE’VE GOT DEMOCRAT ILLINOIS
GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER CALLING OUT
THE NATIONAL GUARD ROOMS TO DEAL
WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BUSED TO
CHICAGO BUT NOT THE VIOLENT
CRIME.
THIS SAME GOVERNOR SUPPORTS
NO-CASH BAIL FOR VIOLENT
FELONIES LIKE ARSON, KIDNAPPING,
AND PUTTING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS
BACK ON THE STREETS.
BY THE WAY, MARK, LISTEN TO
THIS.
CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT
SAID FEDERAL FUND SHOULD BE
DIVERTED AWAY FROM YOUR STATE TO
CHICAGO AND OTHER BLUE CITIES.
APPEARING TO TELL BIDEN YOU HAVE
TO FIX THE BORDER.
WATCH THIS.
>> EVERY DOLLAR GOES TO THE
STATE OF TEXAS, OR STATE OF
ARIZONA, ANY OTHER STATE BE A
DID INDICATING RESPONSIBILITY
MANUFACTURING THIS CRISIS IN OUR
CITY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE
DOLLARS NEEDS TO BE RECOMMITTED
TO CITIES LIKE CHICAGO,
NEW YORK, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO PUT, TAKE
OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS TO SAY THAT
WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
IT NEEDS A NATIONAL SOLUTION.
>> BIDEN WOULD FLY PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, DUMP THEM
ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
THERE WAS NO WARNING ON ANY OF
THIS.
WE’VE HAD PEOPLE RIGHT ON THE
BORDER HELPING, WORKING WAYS.
THEY WILL DUMP IN SAN ANTONIO.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE, THEY’RE
BASICALLY JUST THERE AND A LOT
OF THEM END UP MIGRATING TO
DIFFERENT PARTS.
ELIZABETH: MARK, WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO ALL OF THAT?
U.S. LAW SAYS YOU CAN’T CLAIM
ASYLUM IF YOU’RE AN ECONOMIC
MIGRATE, RIGHT?
SO WE HAVE, THAT IS A BIG
PROBLEM TOO.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL OF
THAT?
>> YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AS
FAR AS THE ASYLUM CLAIMS.
WE HAVE A LAWSUIT WHERE WE’RE
CHALLENGING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTING TO
ALLOW DHS TO OFFER OR GIVE
ASYLUM INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH
TRADITIONAL PROCESS OF
IMMIGRATION JUDGES.
WE THINK THIS WILL EXPLODE THE
CRISIS EVEN MORE.
NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
WHEN I HEAR THE CHICAGO MAYOR
TALKING OR THE ILLINOIS GOVERNOR
I KEEP THINKING REMINDS ME OF A
BAD SCENE, THE BAR SCENE OUT OF
"STAR WARS."
LIKE A BUNCH OF CLOWNS AND THEY
DON’T CARE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS
COUNTRY.
>> GOT THIS TOO, GO AHEAD, MARK,
FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.
>> THAT IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO
FIGHT THEM IN THE COURTROOM.
SHAME ON HER BECAUSE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION CREATED THIS.
DEMOCRATIC MAYORS AND GOVERNORS
ENCOURAGED IT.
NOW JUST BECAUSE THEY GET A
LITTLE TASTE OF IT SOMEHOW, IT
IS OUR FAULT?
IT IS JOE BIDEN’S FAULT.
KAMALA HARRIS’S FAULT.
ELIZABETH: YOUR FINAL WORDS,
REUTERS IS REPORTING THE
WHITE HOUSE, REUTERS IS SAYING
THIS, IT IS ASKING MEXICO,
PRESSING MEXICO TO TAKE IN MORE
ILLEGALS FROM CUBA, NICARAGUA,
VENEZUELA UNDER TRUMP’S
TITLE 42, COVID-19 EXPULSION
ORDER.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUBLICLY
FIGHTING TO END THAT IN COURT.
YOUR FINAL WORD ON THAT?
>> PEOPLE LIKE MIKE POMPEO,
REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN HARRISON
FROM TEXAS WORKED VERY
DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
TOOLS IN PLACE HANDLING WHAT WAS
HAPPENING AT THE BORDER, THEY
WORKED.
BIDEN’S PETTINESS.
ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION PETTINESS
TAKING BACK EVERYTHING WAS
WORKING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
PUT IN PLACE.
YOU HAVE A CRISIS T WAS CREATED
BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
NOW THEY’RE HAVING TO WALK IT
BACK.
THEY’RE GOING BACK TO THE TOOLS
THAT WERE WORKING FIRST PLACE.
CONGRATULATIONS YOU FINALLY