PANDEMIC, THE RESULTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
CHERYL: JOINING ME NOW FORMER
U.S. FORMER BORDER PATROL CHIEF
AND FORMER ACTING ICE DIRECTOR
RONALD, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THE SECRETARY ALSO CALLED THE
CRISIS A, QUOTE, REGIONAL
CHALLENGE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> WELL, HE ALSO SAID HE’S DOING
A GOOD JOB.
I’M WONDERING WHAT PLANET HE’S
ON AND WHAT IS HE SEEING.
THIS ADMINISTRATION REGULARLY
PUTS PEOPLE ON TELEVISION IN THE
CONTEXT AND SAYS YOU’RE DOING A
GOOD JOB AND DON’T BELIEVE YOUR EYES, 6 TO 8,000 PEOPLE TRYING
EYES, 6 TO 8,000 PEOPLE TRYING
TO CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY
EVERY 24 HOURS.
THEY ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB,
THEY INSTITUTED THE LARGEST
SURGE IN THE HISTORY OF THE
BORDER.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT PLANET THEY
ARE LIVING ON BUT THE BORDER IS
IN TOTAL CHAOS.
NOBODY IS WINNING HERE.
THE CARTELS ARE -- ARE ENRICHING
THEMSELVES BASED ON THE FLOW --
THE FLOW OF HUMANITY THAT’S
COMING TO THE BORDER EVERY 24
HOURS.
THEY’RE NOT HELPING US, THEY ARE
PUTTING US ALL AT RISK.
WE HAVE THAT KIND OF CHAOS IN
THE BORDER, IT HURTS THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES.
THINK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE, THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF DHS AND THEIR
FAMILIES, HOW STRETCHED OUT THEY
ARE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS
UNBELIEVABLE WORKLOAD WITH NO
END IN SIGHT.
CHERYL: I KEEP THINKING ABOUT
THE MIGRANTS THAT DIED IN THAT
TRUCK LAST WEEK, THAT WAS
DEVASTATING WHAT HAPPENED BUT
THAT IS WHAT’S HAPPENING EVERY
WEEK.
THESE FARMERS AND PARTICULARLY
DOWN ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER ARE
FINDING DEAD MIGRANTS.
I MEAN, IT IS A HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS BUT OH, NO, ACCORDING TO
MAYORKAS THEY ARE DOING A GOOD
JOB AND IT’S A REGIONAL PROBLEM
AND I I WANT TO STAY WITH THIS
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEW STUDY OUT
THAT LABELS CROSSING BETWEEN THE
U.S. AND THE MEXICO BORDER THE
DEADLIEST LAND ROUTE IN THE
WORLD.
THE MISSING MIGRANTS PROJECT
RELEASED 1,032 DEATHS DURING
MIGRATION JUST IN 2021, MORE
THAN 700 ON THE BORDER ALONE.
NOW YOU’VE GOT 3 COUNTIES IN
TEXAS, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO
DECLARE BORDER EMERGENCY TODAY
OVER THE RECORD AMOUNT OF
CROSSINGS.
RON, YOUR THOUGHTS ON ALL OF
THAT?
>> WELL, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF
YEAR IT’S DANGEROUS TO CROSS THE
BORDER, RIGHT, WE WANT TO WARN
PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT DOES SOME
INFORMATION DOWN RANGE TO TELL
PEOPLE HOW DANGEROUS IT IS BUT
WHEN YOU ENCOURAGE THIS KIND OF
CHAOS, YOUR POLICY IS AN
EFFECTIVELY OPEN BORDER YOU WILL
HAVE INCREASE MISERY ACROSS THE
BOARD.
YOU WILL HAVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AND PEOPLE PICKED UP IN THE
PIPELINE AND YOU WILL PUT MONEY
IN THE POCKETS OF CORRUPT
GOVERNMENT AND CORRUPT
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
IT’S REALLY HOT OUT THERE.
THERE’S NOT A LOT OF WATER
SOURCES IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
AND THAT’S WHY THE SMUGGLER
WILLS DRIVE THEM OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND LEAVE THEM
BEHIND BUT WHEN YOU ADD THIS
KIND OF VOLUME, YOU WILL GET
MORE DEATHS, MORE MISERY
HOMELAND.
CHERYL: IT IS THE SMUGGLERS
WINNING THE WAR DOWN AT THE
BORDER AND IT IS A WAR, ANGELA,
TO BE CLEAR.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT AND IT’S
A WAR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
UNFORTUNATELY HAS VERY LITTLE
INTEREST IN FIGHTING.
SO MY CONCERN IS WHAT DOES THE
FUTURE OF THE BORDER LOOK LIKE.
RIGHT NOW IT IS WIDE OPEN BUT
YEARS FROM NOW WHAT COULD BE
DONE AND WHAT COULD BE DONE TO
REVERSE THE TITLE WAVE OF DRUGS
AND CRIME THAT IS COMING INTO
THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT IS MORE
THAN A BORDER CRISIS.
IT IS ALSO A DRUG CRISIS AND
OPEN BORDER IS BAD FOR EVERYONE.
AT THIS POINT, EVERY STATE IN
THE COUNTRY IS A BORDER STATE
AND IT’S THANKS TO THIS
ADMINISTRATION’S FAILED
POLICIES.
CHERYL: RON, LAST QUESTION TO
YOU?
>> I AGREE, WE ARE ALL AT RISK
BECAUSE OF THE OPEN-BORDER
POLICY OF THIS ADMINISTRATION
AND IT HAS TO BE FIXED.
THEY HAVE TO GET THE INCENTIVES
RIGHT.
PEOPLE CANNOT CONTINUE TO COME
TO THE UNITED STATES AND BE
RELEASED BY AUTHORITIES ON THEIR
OWN RECOGNIZANCES AND WE ARE
PUTTING EVERYONE AT RISK
INCLUDING THE MIGRANTS
THEMSELVES.
CHERYL: AGAIN, WE KEEP SAYING
THE STORIES OVER AND OVER AND
HEARTBREAKING TRACTOR TRAILER
FULL OF MIGRANTS, MORE THAN 50
DEAD, ABANDONED.
THE DRIVER WAS ON METH AND HE’S
DRIVING THOSE MIGRANTS AND THEY
SUFFOCATED.
MAYORKAS DOESN’T WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THEY DON’T
WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AND ACT
LIKE IT’S NOT HAPPENING AND IT