DAGEN: THANK YOU FOR THAT
REPORTING BLAKE BURMAN AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
JOINING US TEXAS CONGRESSMAN
HOS APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
MEMBER HENRY, CRAMMING GREA
MEMBER HENRY, CRAMMING --EA
MEMBER HENRY, CRAMMING -- A
GREAT TO SEE YOU WHAT DO YOU
SEE AS POTENTIAL COMPROMISE TO
OPEN GOVERNMENT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, LET'S LOOK AT
THE ON THE.
IF WE WANT ABOUT TO STOP DRUGS
LOOK AT LATEST DEA REPORT MOST
DRUGS WILL COME THROUGH PORTS
OF ENTRY WE GOT TO START
PUTTING TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL,
X-RAY MACHINES BECAUSE THAT IS
WHERE MOST DRUGS WILL COME IN.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE
PEOPLE THAT -- 33% OF THEM ARE
ILLEGAL CROSSINGS, 67% OF THEM
VISA OVERSTAYS, SO WE GOT TO
LOOK AT WHAT THE OBJECTIVES,
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE
BORDER I AM AT THE BORDER IF
YOU LOOK AT LATEST FBI
STATISTICS, MCKALEN PART OF MY
AREA, HAD 4.8 MURDERS TO
100,000 WASHINGTON, D.C., 16.7
SO IT IS ALMOST FOUR TIMES
MORE WASHINGTON IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE
CRIME STATS.
DAGEN: DO YOU HAVE BUT YOU
HAVE A BUT YOU ACTUALLY DO
HAVE BORDER BARRIER WALL
FENCING IN ALONG THAT PORTION
OF THE BORDER DON'T YOU?
>> YEAH, I KNOW.
>> THAT IS KIND OF THE POINT.
>> LET ME -- LET ME MAKE THE
POINT, BACK IN 2008, PRESIDENT
BUSH SAID THAT HE WANT 700
MILES SO RIGHT NOW WE GOT 654
MILES, IN THAT PARTICULAR
AREA, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT
FENCE WHAT SENATOR CORNYN AND
MYSELF WE SAT DOWN CAME UP
WITH A COMPROMISE CALL AND
LEVY WALL HELPED FLOODING
HELPS ON SECURITY, THERE ARE
WAYS WE CAN COMPROMISE
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PROBLEM IS
WE DON'T GIVE PLOL BORDER
PATROL CHIEFS SIT DOWN WITH
LOCAL COMMUNITIES WORK OUT,
WHAT SORT OF SECURITY WE CAN
PROVIDE, IT CANNOT BE
WASHINGTON DRIVEN, THOSE FOLKS
DOWN THERE AT BORDER KNOW
BETTER THAN WASHINGTON
BUREAUCRATS.
>> ROBERT WOLF HERE FELLOW
DEMOCRAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO
ASK A QUESTION IS LAYING OUT
WHEN PEOPLE WOULD GET BEHIND
BUT ALL IDEAS, THAT ARE PART
OF WOULD BE PART OF A BROADER
COMPROMISE.
>> INTERESTING TEXAS
REPRESENTATIVE THORNBERRY,
TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE HURD
YOURSELF ALL SAW THEY DON'T
BELIEVE WALL THE RIGHT WAY
ACTUALLY MOST OF TEXAS, THE
CONGRESSMEN THAT COVER MOST OF
TEXAS I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO
JUST WALL DEBATE I WANT TO GET
INTO YOU ARE IN APPROPRIATIONS
HAVE YOU SEEN -- FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE, WHERE THEY WANT
TO SPEND 5.6 BILLION?
BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD
IS THAT THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE NOR
THE HOUSE HAS ACTUALLY SEEN A
PLAN ON HOW THEY WANT TO
APPROPRIATE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, I SAW THE OMB
LETTER SENT OFF LAST WEEK END
NEGOTIATING, WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT THAT IS NOT THE WAY WE
DO APPROPRIATIONS, NOW TODAY I
WILL BE RELEASING ABOUT 3 OR 4
PAGES OF SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BORDER
PATROL FOR CBP OFFICERS ICE
IMMIGRATION JUDGES COAST
GOORDZ SO WE CAN SECURE BORDER
WE CANNOT PLAY DEFENSE IN
ONE-YARD LINE CALLED U.S.
MEXICO BORDER WE GOT TO
EXTENDED OUR DEFENSE OUR
PERIMETERS, AND PUT MONEY TO
WORK WITH MKS SOUTHERN BORDER
WITH GUATEMALA PEOPLE WORKING
WITH CENTRAL AMERICAN
COUNTRIES THIS CAPITAL WE
SPEND 18 BILLION DOLLARS
BORDER SECURITY ON U.S. MEXICO
BORDER 18 BILLION, ABOUT THREE
YEARS AGO SHIFTED OVER 80
MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP MEXICO
SECURE THE SOUTHERN BORDER DID
YOU KNOW WITH 80 MILLION
DOLLARS STOPPING 220,000
INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE COMING
OVER TO U.S..
220.
.
WHAT DO WE GET LAST YEAR?
THERE WERE 396,000 ILLEGAL
CROSSINGS, AND IN 2000 WE HAD
1.6 MILLION CROSSING SO
NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN, WE GOT
TO LEARN WHO PLAY DEFENSE
BETTER THAN ON ONE-YARD LINE.
>> CONGRESSMAN, THE -- NOBODY
DISPUTES THE PROBLEMS
OVERSTATE VISAS AND THE LIKE,
BUT SOME WILL SAY PARTS OF THE
BORDER THE WALL WALLS MAKE
SENSE, WORKED IN CALIFORNIA
AND FEW OTHER PLACES.
WHAT IS THE HANG-UP ON USING
THE WALL.
>> THERE ARE -- AND I WILL BE
STRAIGHT ARE FORWARD THERE ARE
SOME AREAS WHERE YOU CAN STEP
ONE FOOT OVER HERE ON U.S.
SIDE AND ONE ON MEXICAN SIDE
WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE WALLED
THAT UP FENCED THAT UP,
ARIZONA NEW MEXICO CALIFORNIA
THEN TEXAS --
>> WALL ARE IMMORAL ACCORDING
TO YOUR LEADER.
>> LET ME FINISH LET ME FINISH
LET ME FINISH.
SO WE GOT 1200 MILES OUT OF
1954 MILES, IF YOU EVER BEEN
TO WE SEE TEXAS YOU GOT
BIGGEST CLIFFS THAT ARE BETTER
THAN -- THAN WALLS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO TALK
ABOUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
RIVER, KEEP IN MIND CAN WHEN
THEY PUT A WALL OR FENCE THEY
DON'T PUT IT AT THE RIVERBANK,
THEY ACTUALLY GO SOMETIMES ONE
MILE INSIDE SO IF YOU BELIEVE
IN PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS I
KNOW YOU ALL DO, WHY ARE WE
GIVING UP ONE MILE OF
TERRITORY OVER THERE?
AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CLAIM
ASYLUM ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS
GET THE TO THE BANK, AND FENCE
ONE MILE AWAY THEY ARE IN U.S.
CAN CLAIM ASYLUM CREDIBLE
FEARS WE GOT TO BE SMARTER HOW
WE SECURE I WILL GET YOU
THREE, FOUR PAGES YOU WILL SEE
VERY DETAILED IN FACT SEVEN
BILLION DOLLARS, MORE THAN THE
5.6 BILLION DOLLARS THE
PRESIDENT WANTS.
>> CONGRESSMAN, IN TERMS OF A
COMPROMISE THOUGH BECAUSE
GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN, WE
ARE NEARING THE LONGEST
SHUTDOWN MORE THAN U.S.
HISTORY WHY DON'T DEMOCRATS
PUT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE,
EVEN OUTSIDE OF BORDER
SECURITY IN TERMS OF
IMMIGRATION LIKE PROTECTION
FOR THE DREAMERS, WHY DOESN'T
DID LEADERSHIP PUT THAT ON THE
TABLE AND SAY, IF YOU GIVE US
THIS, AND NOT TEMPORARY BUT
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT A PATH
TO CITIZENSHIP BUT THAT ON THE
TABLE OPEN THE DOOR TO
NEGOTIATIONS, WHY ISN'T THAT
HAPPENING IN.
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE IT
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
LAST YEAR WE TRIED TO YOU
DISCHARGE DREAM ACT HAD A LOT
OF BORDER SECURITY TEA PARTY
FOLKS BASICALLY SAID NO THE
TEA PARTY FOLKS SAID NO TO
DREAMERS YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED
ON SENATE NEGOTIATIONS WITH
SENATOR GRAHAM TRYING VERY
HARD TO NEGOTIATE, BOTTOM LINE
IS, IT IS YOU KNOW TO MIX BOTH
HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, I
WANT TO SEE STRONG --
>> YOU STILL I KNOW BUT YOU
STILL STAND FOR THE DREAMERS
DON'T UP?
YOU STILL STAND FOR TRYING TO
GIVE PROTECTION BECAUSE THE
PROTECTION IN A PRESIDENT
OBAMA GAVE THEM, THAT WAS
ESSENTIALLY TEMPORARY
RESCINDED, IT IS LADDER IN
FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT
TODAY YOU COULD WRAP THIS UP
COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE THAT
NET SIDE IS WILLING TO DO
THAT.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, IF
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILLING TO DO
THAT STEVEN MILLER WILLING TO
ADVISE HIM TO DO THAT?
ARE AT THE REPUBLICAN TEA
PARTY WILLING TO DO THAT THERE
ARE SO MANY FOLKS ON THE OTHER
SIDE REFUSE TO DO THAT NOW
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE WILL
HURD JOHN CORNYN OTHER FOLKS
WILLING TO COMPROMISE, WE NEED
TO GET THE THE PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE I AM TALKING ABOUT,
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS,
LET'S COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
DAGEN: IF YOU WON'T PUT YOU
THE ON THE TABLE WE WILL NEVER
KNOW.
>> OKAY.
IT IS ON THE I BELIEVE AT A,
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
SEE IF ANY REPUBLICANS WILL
TAKE IT, WILL TAKE AND SAY WE
WILL BE WILLING I HAVE NOT
HEARD ONE REPUBLICAN SAY THAT.
NOW, WILL HURD SENATOR CORNYN
OTHER FOLKS HAVE BEEN VERY,
VERY GOOD ABOUT IT NOTICE
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT
REPRESENTATIVE THE BORDER,
EVERYTHING SINGLE MEMBER OF
CONGRESS ON BORDER DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN DON'T SUPPORT WALL
WE WANT A STRONG BORDER
SECURITY BUT WE WANT TO HAVE,
FAIR IMMIGRATION ALSO.
>> YOU NEED TO PICK UP THAT
RED PHONE THAT DIRECT LINE TO
NANCY PELOSI, AND TELL HER