NEIL: ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO
AGAIN, ANOTHER BUS.
I BELIEVE FIVE THIS PAST WEEK,
EMPTYING OUT IN NEW YORK’S PORT
AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL, ONE OF
THE LARGEST, I MIGHT POINT OUT.
THESE ARE ALL HOSE MIGRANTS FROM
TEXAS THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS
SENDING HERE.
NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS
FURIOUS ABOUT IT HERE, BUT THE
TEXAS GOVERNOR SAYING I WANT YOU
TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE’VE BEEN
EXPERIENCING IN TEXAS, AND YOU
DEAL WITH WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO
DEAL WITH.
MANY OF THOSE MIGRANTS, BY THE
WAY, ARE FREE TO GO WHERE THEY
WANT AFTER THIS.
THE FIRST BUS, YOU MIGHT RECALL,
EMPTIED OUT AT PLAZA HOTEL,
FAMOUS HOTEL.
LULLABY ON BROADWAY, YOU
PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT, FOR
THOSE OF A CERTAIN AGE.
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS IT NOW.
ACTUALLY, THEY ARE GIVEN RETURN
COURT DATES, BUT THEY CAN GO
WHERE THEY WANT.
ALL OF THAT WORRIES JOHN KATKO,
,S RANKING -- NEW YORK,
RANKING HOMELAND SECURITY
COMMITTEE MEMBER.
ONCE THEY’RE OFF THE BUS AND
THEY’RE GIVEN A DATE TO RETURN,
THEY CAN GO WHERE HAY WANT.
DO WE KNOW WHERE THEY GO?
IS THERE ANY TRACKING OF THEM
AND WHERE THEY GO?
>> NO.
THAT’S THE PROBLEM, NEIL X. IF
HER TRACKED, THEY’RE TRACKED
TEMPORARILY.
HEIR GIVEN A PIECE OF -- THEY’RE
GIVEN A PIECE OF PAPE AER, AND
WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR,
YOU’VE GOT TO CALL IN AND CHECK
MANY WITH US, AND THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY
CHECKING IN IS VERY LOW.
THEY’RE HERE ILLEGALLY, LET’S
NOT FORGET THAT, AND THEY’RE
HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE OF ASYLUM
CLAIMS.
AND THEN THEY HAVE AN AN ASYLUM
HEARING AT SOME POINT DOWN THE
ROAD.
THE PROBLEM IS THE SYSTEM IS SO
OVERWHELMED WITH EYE -- CAN
ASYLUM CLAIM THAT THE BACKLOG IS
YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, SO
THESE PEOPLE GET LOST.
AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE
WORKING FOR THE MEXICAN CARTELS
TO WORK OFF THE DEBT THEY OWE
THEM FOR THE CROSSING BECAUSE
YOU CAN’T CROSS FROM MEXICO INTO
THE U.S. WITHOUT PAYING THE
CARTELS AT LEAST 10 GRAND.
SO THEY’RE MAKING BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS A MONTH, AND THESE
PEOPLE OWE THEM MONEY.
SO IN IN EFFECT, THEY’RE WORKING
TO PAY OFF THE DEBTS TO THE
CARTELS, WHICH IS CRAZY.
NEIL: SO YOU GET THROUGH THE
BORDER, LET’S SAY TEXAS OR
ARIZONA, ANY ONE OF THESE OTHER
STATES.
YOU HAVE TO BE PROCESSED.
SO THEY TAKE YOU TO SOME OF
THESE FACILITIES, OFTEN TIMES
DETENTION FACILITIES OR THE
REST, BUT MANY OTHER TIMES -- IN
FACT, FAR MORE OFTEN, I’M
TOLD -- TO SITES MUCH FURTHER
NORTH AND TO STATES AND CITIES
LIKE NEW YORK, ETC.
THEN THEY’RE GIVEN THAT PIECE OF PAPER.
BUT DOES THAT MEAN HEN FEDERAL
OFFICIALS HAD CLOSED ANDED HAD
OPENED A GATE THAT TEXAS
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN HAD CLOSED
ARE INVITING MORE OF THIS BY
KEEPING IT OPEN AT CERTAIN ENTRY
POINTS SO THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS
CAN BE PROCESSED IN THE UNITED
STATES AND CAN TAKE A BUS PRETTY
MUCH ANYWHERE?
>> YEAH, NEIL, THERE’S NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND YOU KNOW THAT VIDEO, THE
TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD TRYING TO
SECURE THE BORDER, AND THE
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL ACTING
UNDER THE ORDERS OF THE
PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTRATION
BASICALLY HAD TO GO OPEN UP THAT
BORDER, OPEN UP THAT GATE --
NEIL: GATES LIKE THAT ALL ACROSS
THE BORDER.
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY,
CONGRESSMAN --
>> RIGHT.
NEIL: BUT NATIONAL LAW SAYS
YOU’VE GOT TO KEEP THEM OPEN
BECAUSE THAT’S AN ENTRY POINT.
NOW, IF I’M TRYING TO GET ENTRY
INTO THIS COUNTRY, I’M GOING TO
GO FOR THOSE OPEN GATES, AREN’T
I?
>> YEAH.
BUT THAT WASN’T AN ENTRY POINT,
THAT WAS SOMEONE’S PRIVATE
PROPERTY --
NEIL: WHAT GAVE THE GOVERNMENT
THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THAT GATE
AFTER TEXAS NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN -- OR TO OPEN IT AFTER
THE GUARDSMEN HAD CLOSED IT?
>> THAT’S A DARN GOOD QUESTION,
AND IT’S SOMETHING I’M GOING TO
TAKE OVER TO THE HOUSE IN
JANUARY AND WE’RE GOING TO
FIGURE OUT.
YOU CAN BET NO MATTER WHAT THE
CARTELS TOOK THAT VIDEO AND ARE
NOW ADVERTISING ON INSTAGRAM,
TIKTOK AND ALL THESE OTHER
MEDIUM YUM -- MEDIUMS TO GET
OTHER PEOPLE TO COME ACROSS
BECAUSE THEY’RE MAKING SO MUCH
MONEY.
THAT’S THE SIN -- INSANITY.
AND OVERLAY WITH THAT THE
ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
AFGHANISTAN AND THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE 66 PEOPLE ON THE TERROR
WATCH LIST SEIZED AT THE BORDER
WHICH WHICH STANDS TO REASON AT
LEAST THAT MANY GOT THROUGH, AND
THAT IS A FIVE-TIME INCREASE
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS
COMBINED -- OR TWO-TIME INCREASE
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS
COMBINED.
SO THE BAD GUYS ARE LOOKING AT
THE SOUTHERN BORDER, SEEING HOW
POROUS IT IS, AND HEIR
EXPLOITING IT TO GET INTO
COUNTRY.
WE’VE SEEN A PLOT AGAINST FORMER
PRESIDENT BUSH TO KILL HIM.
WE SAW A PLOT BY TWO THE ILLEGAL
ALIENS TO CONSTITUTE A MASS
CASUALTY EVENT ON JULY 4TH.
SO THIS IS REAL.
AND WHAT THEY’RE DOING IS
CREATING A TICKING TIME BOMB
THAT’S GOING TO HAVE LONG-TERM
IMPLICATIONS.
NOT TO MENTION THE 108,000
PEOPLE WHO DIED THIS YEAR OF
DRUG OVERDOSE --
NEIL: I GUESS WHAT I FIND FAR
MORE STARTLING IS THAT GATE
VIDEO.
I DON’T WANT TO MINIMIZE IT AND
SHARING SORT OF THE PROBLEMS
HERE THAT THE TEXAS GOVERNOR HAS
HAD, BUT THAT GATE ISSUE ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DECIDING TO OPEN WHAT
OBVIOUSLY IS A PRIVATE OWNER
WANTED CLOSED AND THE TEXAS
MARTIAL GUARDSMEN WANTED
CLOSE -- NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
WANTED CLOSED, THAT’S A BIG
DEAL.
BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE
TELEGRAPHING TO MIGRANTS AND
THOSE WITH FAR MORE, YOU KNOW,
EVIL INTENTIONS THAT THESE ARE
THE ENTRY POINTS.
AND IF YOU CAN GET THERE, YOU’RE
SAFE HERE.
>> YOU’RE MOST CERTAINLY RIGHT.
AND THE COYOTES, THE ONES
WORKING PERCENT CARTEL CROSSING
PEOPLE, THEY KNOW WHERE THE
PRESSURE POINTS ARE AND WHERE
THE EASY POINTS ARE.
EVERY PLACE IS GETTING EASY TO
COME ACROSS.
THOSE PEOPLE CAME ACROSS, THEY
GOT THROUGH THAT GATE, THEY WERE
PROCESSED, THEY WERE SENT TO
WHAT’S CALLED NONGOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT GET MILLIONS
AND MILLIONS FROM THE U.S.
THOSE NGOs PUT THEM ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY, AND WE CAN’T GET
INFORMATION FROM THE NGOs AS
TO WHERE THEY’RE GOING BECAUSE
THEY’RE PRIVATE ENTITIES.
THAT’S WHAT’S REALLY HARD.
IT’S HARD FOR US TO DO OVERSIGHT
BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT TELLINGS
US -- TELLING US WHERE WE’RE
SENDING THEM.
NEIL: CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
WE ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THE
ADMINISTRATION OR ANYONE FROM
HOMELAND SECURITY TO UPDATE US
ON THAT.
WE NEVER HEAR BACK OR, BUT WE
KEEP TRYING BECAUSE WE HAVE
PHONES THAT WORK.
[LAUGHTER]
IT’S THE UM TO -- IT’S THE UP TO
THEM TO RETURN CALL.