>> GOT ON BUSES WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE BORDER.
GILLIAN: THANK YOU, GARRETT,
APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT. LELAND: MORE ON THIS WITH THE
FORMER ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY
AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, KEN
CUCCINELLI,
CUCCINELLI, CUCCINELLI.
CUCCINELLI. DO YOU TAKE GREYHOUND SAYING
THEY’RE MAGNANIMOUS ABOUT THIS
OR THEY’RE CAVING TO PRESSURE?
>> WELL, I DON’T KNOW WHAT
BROUGHT IT ON.
YOU REFERENCED THE LONG
STATUTORY JURISDICTION OF THE
BORDER PATROL TO DEAL WITH THE
BORDER.
BORDER. THEY DON’T JUST STAND AT THE
BORDER ON THE INTERNATIONAL LINE
TO ENFORCE THE SECURITY OF THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
DO THAT IN SOME DEPTH AND SO,
YOU KNOW, IT’S A SAD DAY TO SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND
HOPEFULLY #BOYCOT GREYHOUND WILL
PICK UP AND WE’LL SEE HOW IT
PLAYS OUT.
PLAYS OUT. BUT WE’LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS
WITH THIS.
WITH THIS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY
TALK TO US ABOUT BEFORE THEY
MADE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO
FOR US, IT’S ULTIMATELY ABOUT
HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. LELAND: NOTEWORTHY--
LELAND: NOTEWORTHY-- >> IT ISN’T ALWAYS ABOUT THE
RHETORIC.
RHETORIC. LELAND: NOTEWORTHY THEY DIDN’T
TALK TO YOU GUYS FIRST.
IF YOU BROADEN THIS OUT, IS THIS
AN ISOLATED INCIDENT?
ARE YOU SEEING OTHER BUSINESSES
BECOMING MORE ACTIVELY HOSTILE
TOWARDS ICE AND TOWARDS
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS THAT YOU
HAVE GOING ON?
>> THIS IS MORE THE POLITICAL
ACTIVIST COMMUNITY, SANCTUARY
CITIES EFFORT IS REALLY MORE
WHERE IT HAS BEEN TYPICALLY
FOCUSED AND YOU REPORTED ON SOME
INTERACTION WITH SAN DIEGO
SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND SOME THE
LAWSUITS THAT ISIS BROUGHT TO
GATHER THE INFORMATION THAT THEY
NEED TO DO THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT
DUTIES, IMPOSED BY CONGRESS, BY
THE WAY, AND YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A
LOT OF CONGRESSMEN WHO SAY THEY
DON’T LIKE THEM, BUT THEY DON’T
DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THEM.
THEY ALSO DON’T DO MUCH ALL THE
TIME TO HELP US ACTUALLY ENFORCE
THAT LAW.
THAT LAW. BUT ICE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF
PLOWING AHEAD.
PLOWING AHEAD. WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL AND STATE
PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
IT’S JUST VERY SAD TO SEE THIS
POLITICALIZATION OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT. THE PRESIDENT COMMENTED ON IT IN
THE STATE OF THE UNION AND SAYS
HE’S NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT
AS THE PRESIDENT AND PERSONAL
ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ENFORCING FEDERAL LAW AND WE’RE
IMPLEMENTING THAT VISION OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S, AGAIN, WITH
ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE
COOPERATING WITH US.
AND WHERE THEY WON’T, WE GO DO
OUR JOB ANYWAY.
LELAND: GARRETT TENNEY REPORTED
THAT YOU ALL ARE NOW SEEING THE
FIRST SIGNS OF SUCCESS ON
TARGETING SANCTUARY
TARGETING SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS, LAST WEEKEND,
SIR, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE BORDER PATROL SENDING IN
SOME OF THEIR SPECIAL OPERATIONS
TEAMS INTO CITIES LIKE CHICAGO,
LIKE BOSTON, LIKE LOS ANGELES TO
HELP ROUND UP DANGEROUS ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS AND FUGITIVES FROM
THE LAW.
THE LAW. HAVE YOU STARTED TO SEE SOME
REAL SUCCESS WITH THAT, ANY
NUMBERS YOU CAN SHARE WITH US?
>> I DON’T OF NUMBERS TO SHARE
WITH YOU AT THIS POINT.
WE DON’T TYPICALLY SHARE
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION UNTIL
ANY PARTICULAR OPERATION IS
OVER.
OVER. AND, BUT I WILL SAY WHILE THE
CUSTOMS BORDER PROTECTION
OFFICERS GOT A LOT OF PRESS FOR
JOINING ICE IN THEIR EFFORTS,
THE REALITY IS THAT OTHER
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
PARTNER WITH ICE AS WELL AND
THEY DON’T NECESSARILY MAKE THE
NEW YORK TIMES.
AND THOSE ARE JUST HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS IN THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY THAT ICE
HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME.
AND THERE ARE VERY GOOD REASONS
FOR IT.
FOR IT. IN ADDITION TO REMOVING PEOPLE
HERE ILLEGALLY AND THE PRIORITY
AS YOU NOTED ARE CRIMINALS WHO
ARE HERE ILLEGALLY MEANING
THEY’VE COMMITTED OTHER CRIMES,
BUT THAT ISN’T ALL.
ANYBODY WHO IS NOT HERE LEGALLY
IS AND HAS A REMOVAL ORDER HAS
BEEN THROUGH THE DUE PROCESS
THAT THEY GET, WHICH IS VERY
GENEROUS IN THIS COUNTRY, IS
ALSO SUBJECT TO REMOVAL AND
THOSE ARE DONE WITH LOCAL
PARTNERS, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND THAT
WILL CONTINUE.
WILL CONTINUE. WHERE WE DON’T HAVE THAT OR
THEY’RE STANDING IN THE WAY.
ICE WILL DOUBLE DOWN AND DO
THEIR JOB.
THEIR JOB. THEY’RE COMMITTED AS
PROFESSIONALS TO DO THEIR JOB AS
BEST THEY CAN.
>> AND ONE MIGHT THINK THE
STEPPED UP ENFORCEMENT MIGHT
HAVE PEOPLE LEECHING ON THEIR
OWN.
OWN. --
-- LEAVING ON THEIR OWN.
AND TALK ABOUT THE TRAVEL BAN.
REASONABLE, THE FIRST COUPLE OF
WEEKS OF THE TRAVEL BAN THE
BEGINNING OF THE ADMINISTRATION
HAVE, SHALL WE SAY, SOME
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. AND NOW ADDING A FEW NEW
COUNTRIES, KAZAKHSTAN, BURMA,
NIGERIA, TANZANIA.
NIGERIA, TANZANIA. TAKE US THROUGH SORT OF THE
GENERAL THOUGHT PROCESS HYPED
THOSE COUNTRIES AND DO YOU FEEL
AS THOUGH YOU ALL ARE ON STABLE
ENOUGH LEGAL GROUND THAT WE’RE
NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME
PROBLEMS IN ROLL OUT OF TRAVEL
BOHN 1.0?
BOHN 1.0? >> REMEMBER HOW THAT ENDED UP?
IT ENDED UP IN HAWAII V TRUMP
AND THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRITING
THE OPINION FOR THE SUPREME
COURT SAID THE PRESIDENT COULD
HARDLY BE ON STRONGER LEGAL
FOOTING.
FOOTING. HE HAS NATURAL ARTICLE TWO
AUTHORITY AND CONGRESS PASSED
THE LAW THAT HE’S USING.
WE’RE ON STRONG GROUND AND ALL
OF THESE ARE TARGETED ADDITIONS
TO WHAT YOU CALL THE TRAVEL BAN,
I USE NIGERIA AS AN EXAMPLE.
THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA USED A
BLUE RIBBON, HE DIDN’T CALL IT
THAT TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT
LED TO THE SECURITY CONCERNS
THAT GOT THEM ON THAT LIST IN
THE FAIRS PLACE--
FIRST PLACE AND HE’S COMMITTED
TO GETTING OFF THE LIST AND
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT THE COOPERATIVE SECURITY
WITH THE OTHER COUNTRIES.
LELAND: THANK YOU FOR COMING IN