>> Harris: GROWING CONCERNS THAT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
PREPARED FOR WHAT MAY BE AN
UNPRECEDENTED SURGE AT OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SET TO
DISCUSS MIGRATION WITH MEXICO’S
PRESIDENT TOMORROW.
TITLE 42, AS YOU KNOW, THAT
COVID DRIVEN HEALTH RESTRICTION
IS SET TO EXPIRE ON THURSDAY.
TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT NOW
ACTIVATING AN ADDITIONAL 545
SERVICE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS
NATIONAL GUARD IN LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND
ANNOUNCING THE CREATION OF A NEW
TACTICAL BORDER FORCE UNIT.
THAT’S TO PROTECT THE BORDER.
REMEMBER, HE’S ALREADY DONE THAT
WITH 10,000 OF THOSE NATIONAL
GUARD.
HE GOT SERIOUS ABOUT THIS MONTHS
AGO.
LONGER THAN THAT.
FOX’S DRONE TEAM, FOX FLIGHT
TEAM, CAPTURING THE BRAND NEW
VIDEO OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.
THIS IS YESTERDAY.
LOOK AT THAT LINE.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING
TO BE PROCESSED AFTER CROSSING
THE BORDER.
MANY OF THEM ILLEGALLY AS WHAT
OUR PEOPLE ON THE GROUND HAVE
TOLD US.
MANY OF THEM SINGLE ADULTS.
AND THIS MAY JUST BE THE CALM
BEFORE THE STORM.
MEANWHILE, THE D.H.S. SECRETARY
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS STILL CAN’T
SEEM TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS BEHIND
THE BORDER RUSH?
WHY IS IT HAPPENING?
>> BIG SURGE IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
AND IF YOU’RE SEEING THIS BIG OF
A SURGE AHEAD OF MAY 11TH OR MAY
12TH, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING
COME MAY 12TH?
>> IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO
IDENTIFY THE CAUSE.
YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE OF
MIGRATION IS IN ONE ASPECT, IT’S
DYNAISM, A VERY COMPLEX
PHENOMENON.
>> Harris: BILL HEMMER, THE ROOT
CAUSE, I DON’T KNOW.
WATERGATE LIKE.
WHAT IS GOING ON?
>> Bill: BACK WE GO.
>> Harris: WE CAN SOLVE THIS
ALREADY.
>> Bill: THEY SAID 55,000 HAVE
CROSSED THE BORDER OVER THE LAST
SEVEN DAYS.
7,000, 8,000 A DAY.
>> Harris: LARGEST NUMBER HE’S
SEEN.
>> Bill: THE NUMBERS ARE GOING
TO GO HIGHER.
I HEARD WHAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT
SAID YESTERDAY.
WE DON’T NEED 1500.
WE NEED 15,000 OR 150,000,
PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
AS WE’RE GOING TO SEE THAT STUFF
FROM OUR DRONE CAMERAS DOWN
THERE ON THURSDAY, ON FRIDAY,
AND INTO THE WEEKEND AND INTO
NEXT WEEK.
I DON’T KNOW WHEN YOU TURN THE
FAUCET OFF.
I’M NOT SURE.
BUT LOOK, I DIDN’T THINK IT
WOULD GO ON FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AND
IT HAS.
I’M ASKING THE QUESTION, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING TO DISSUADE THOSE
THAT ARE WILLING TO MAKE THIS
TRIP?
WHAT’S TODAY?
MAY 8TH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YESTERDAY THIS IS.
IT SAYS "THEY HAVE BUILT
TEMPORARY FACILITIES TO HOUSE
THOUSANDS MORE MIGRANTS, HIRED
CONTRACTORS AND CUT PROCESSING
TIME FOR PEOPLE IN CUSTODY.
THEY HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO
ENCOURAGE A MORE ORDERLY FLOW OF
MIGRATION."
NONE THIS SAYS DON’T COME.
ALL OF THIS SAYS, WE’LL DO IT
FASTER FOR YOU AND THERE ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT
ONE OF YOUR FORMER BOSSES,
KAYLEIGH, MIKE PENCE WAS ON WITH
US LAST WEEK.
YOU KNOW, HE JUST THINKS THE
ADMINISTRATION IS FILLED WITH A
LOT OF OPEN BORDERS POLICY,
SORRY, OPEN BORDER SOCIETY
PEOPLE.
AND YOU PRETTY MUCH ARE SEEING
THAT RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO COME TO OUR
COUNTRY IS WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS
APPARENTLY THINK.
GO AHEAD.
>> Kayleigh: I THINK THAT’S
EXACTLY RIGHT AND THE FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
11:59 P.M. ON THURSDAY, TITLE 42
EXPIRES.
THERE WILL BE A SOLUTION ON THE
TABLE.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS THINK THEY
HAVE THE VOTES TO PUT IN PLACE A
CODIFICATION OF TRUMP’S BORDER
POLICIES.
THAT WILL HAPPEN THURSDAY.
AS WE SEE THESE IMAGES YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT,
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS, THEY HAVE A SOURCE THAT
SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD VETO
IT, IF IT GOT TO HIS DESK.
I DON’T THINK IT WILL MAKE IT
THROUGH THE SENATE.
POINT IS REPUBLICANS WILL SAY WE
HAVE A SOLUTION HERE.
YOU’RE VETOING IT AND EVEN THE
ONE WITH THE BIPARTISAN
SOLUTION, THAT WILL BE VOTED ON
THIS WEEK.
>> Harris: YOU HAVE SENATOR
CINEMA AND TOM TILLIS AS WELL,
THEY’RE WORKING ON THAT
BIPARTISAN SOLUTION THAT WOULD
JUST EXTEND THE EXPULSION
PORTION OF TITLE 42 WHICH YOU’RE
GOING TO NEED BECAUSE A HUGE
AMOUNT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT
COMING HERE SO THAT THEY CAN
QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM.
THEY’RE COMING HERE SO THAT THEY
CAN IN QUOTES QUALIFY BECAUSE
THEY WANT BETTER JOBS AND THAT’S
ACTUALLY NOT ON THE LIST.
EMILY?
>> Emily: THAT’S RIGHT.
AND THEY ARE COMING HERE BECAUSE
THEY ARE ENGAGING IN ILLICIT
MASSIVELY LUCRATIVE INDUSTRIES.
LET’S DIG IN A LITTLE DEEPER TO
THE EXCELLENT REPORTING.
WE HAVE CHIEF ORTIZ OF THE U.S.
BORDER PATROL IN THE PAST 72
HOURS, WE HAD THE STAGGERING
NUMBERS THAT BILL BROKE DOWN.
AN AVERAGE OF JUST UNDER 8,800
PER DAY.
HE’S NEVER SEEN THAT VOLUME.
NONE OF US HAVE IN TERMS OF THE
DAILY REPORTINGS.
WITHIN THOSE APPREHENSIONS,
ALMOST 7400 GETAWAYS, BY THE
WAY, 165 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA.
83 POUNDS OF METH.
66 POUNDS OF COCAINE.
11 POUNDS OF FENTANYL.
FIVE POUNDS OF HEROIN.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
CASH, THREE SEX OFFENDERS, ONE
WANTED FELON AND ONE GANG
MEMBER.
THAT’S JUST THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG.
FOR SOME REASON, MAYORKAS WHOSE
SALARY OUR TAX DOLLARS PAYS
CONTINUES TO FAIL AT
ARTICULATING AGAIN WITH
SPECIFICITY THE PUSH FACTORS AND
THE PULL FACTORS THAT BRING THE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HERE.
WHY CAN’T HE SAY THAT IN ONE
SENTENCE?
THEY ARE BEING INCENTIVIZED TO
COME HERE ILLEGALLY AS THE
CARTELS ARE BEING TO ENGAGE IN
HUMAN SMUGGLEING AND INIALLY
ISITY DRUG SMUGGLING.
EVERYBODY IS BEING REWARDED WHO
ENGAGES IN CROSSING THE BORDER
ILLEGALLY AND IN ENGAGING IN THE
DRUG AND HUMAN SMUGGLING.
ONLY PEOPLE NOT BEING BLESSED A
MILLION TIMES OVER ARE AMERICAN
CITIZENS THAT ARE SEEING THEIR
RESOURCES BE DEPLETED AND FARMED
OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN
HERE ACROSS THE BORDER.
>> Harris: IT’S HAPPENING ON
MAYORKAS’ WATCH, WHEN I
INTERVIEWED THE FORMER ACTING
ICE DIRECTOR ON MY FOCUS, MY
QUESTION IS TO WHY DOES HE HAVE
A JOB?
HE TALKED ABOUT THE MOVE TO SEND
OUR MILITARY TO THE BORDER.
HERE IT IS.
>> HE’S SENDING 1500 TROOPS DOWN
THERE FOR ONE REASON.
TO DO ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES LIKE
TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD CATERING
AND STUFF THAT SOME AGENTS HAVE
TO DO.
1500 AREN’T DOING ANYTHING FOR
BORDER SECURITY.
THIS IS SIMPLY TO RELEASE MORE
AGENTS TO PROCESS QUICKER AND
RELEASE QUICKER.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS THE ONLY
THING THEY’VE DONE ON THIS
BORDER, HARRIS, IS SEND MORE
PEOPLE TO THE BORDER TO PROCESS
QUICKLY, RELEASE QUICKLY,
BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT THE
OPTICS.
IF THERE’S NO OVERCROWDING, THEN
THERE’S NO CRISIS.
THIS IS ALL THEY’VE DONE FROM
DAY ONE!
>> Harris: REMEMBER, WHEN I WENT
DOWN TO THE BORDER LAST
SEPTEMBER, COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE
THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE
HEAD OF THE RIO SECTOR B.P.,
BORDER PATROL, TALKED ON THE
RECORD FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE
FACT THAT WHEN ALL THE MIGRANTS
FROM HAITI WERE UNDER THE
BRIDGE, THAT WAS AN OPTIC
DIFFICULTY FOR THIS WHITE HOUSE.
HIS OFFICE CALLED AND SAID CAN
WE SAY THAT’S NOT REAL?
IS THAT MADE UP?
GOT IT ON TAPE.
LOOK, EMILY MENTIONED 7,400 GOT
AWAYS.
THAT’S A PROBLEM.
SOME OF THEM POTENTIALLY ARE
CARTEL MEMBERS.
>> Emily: RIGHT.
THERE ARE NO DISINCENTIVES FOR
PEOPLE TO COME ACROSS THE
BORDER.
THERE ARE TWO ISSUES.
NOT DEINCENTIVIZED AND THE
BORDER, FAR TOO MANY ACCESS
POINTS FOR PEOPLE TO COME
ACROSS.
WHY WOULDN’T THEY COME?
YOU COME HERE, OUR POLICIES SAY
YOU CAN HAVE FREE HEALTH CARE,
FREE SHELTER, A CELL PHONE AND
WE HAVE GOVERNMENT FUNDED
NONPROFITS TO HELP YOU MAKE THAT
TRANSITION PUSH FOR YOU.
FOR REPUBLICANS TO WIN THIS NEXT
ELECTION, THEY NEED TO BE STRONG
WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION.
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S RULE WAS TO
ROLL BACK ALL OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S POLICIES AND THAT’S WHAT
HAS RESULTED IN CHAOS AT THE
BORDER AND BOILS DOWN TO
SOMETHING SIMPLE AS WHAT WE DO
WITH RESEARCH IN MICE.
TO TEACH MICE TO HAVE DIFFERENT
BEHAVIORS, YOU GIVE THEM
NEGATIVE THINGS SO IF THEY GO A
CERTAIN WAY, THEY BEEP THE
LITTLE THING AND GET
ELECTROCUTED OR GET A BUZZER
NOISE.
EVENTUALLY THEY CHANGE THEIR
BEHAVIOR.
IF THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN
PEOPLE WERE COMING TO THE BORDER
AND THEY WERE GETTING SHIPPED
BACK OR THEY WERE GETTING COURT
PAPERS OR SOMETHING IN THE SENSE
IT WAS A NEGATIVE, SOMETHING
NEGATIVE WAS HAPPENING,
EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD STOP
COMING BACK.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR.
AND WE CAN’T JUST KEEP MAKING IT
EASY FOR THEM TO COME ACROSS THE
BORDER.
>> Harris: MAYBE
SURREPTITIOUSLY, THAT’S WHY THE
APP THAT BIDEN PUT OUT ISN’T
WORKING FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY’RE
ANGRY ABOUT THE FACT THEY CAN’T
MAKE THE ASYLUM APP WORK.
MAYBE THAT’S THE KIND OF
NEGATIVITY THAT’S HAPPENING.
MEANWHILE, THOUGH, 7400 GOT
AWAYS COMING ACROSS OUR BORDER
ILLEGALLY.
THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR EVERYBODY
IN THIS COUNTRY.