RIGHT NOW.
BUT OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR,
LET'S MOVE DOWN TO CRACKING DOWN
ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT LAUNCHING A
SMALL-SCALE ROUNDUP OF
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
YESTERDAY.
IT COMES AS VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE TOURED MIGRANT DETENTION
FACILITIES AT THE SOUTHERN
BORDER ON FRIDAY.
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
ACCOMPANIED THE VICE PRESIDENT
ON HIS VISIT.
AND MARIA, MARIA BARTIROMO,
SPOKE WITH HIM YESTERDAY ON
SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES.
MARIA: WE'VE GOT PUSHBACK FROM
SOME DEMOCRATS AND LIBERAL
MAYORS, TRYING TO STOP THE
I.C.E. OFFICIALS AND BORDER
PATROL OFFICIALS FROM CARRYING
OUT THEIR DIRECTIVE.
>> THE I.C.E. RAIDS TODAY ARE
FOCUSED ON CRIMINALS WHO HAVE
GONE TO COURT AND LOST THEIR
CASE.
DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO ADVOCATING
DECRIMINALIZING ENTRY INTO THE
UNITED STATES AND PROVIDING FREE
HEALTHCARE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
ONCE THEY GET HERE.
THIS IS INSANE.
IT'S GOING TO BLOW UP IN THEIR
FACE AND IT'S DOING DAMAGE TO
OUR COUNTRY.
MARIA: YOU WERE WITH THE VICE
PRESIDENT ON FRIDAY.
YOU'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS AND
LEADING THIS EFFORT TO CHANGE
THESE LOOPHOLES IN A BIG WAY.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ABOUT
WHAT REALLY YOU SAW THERE.
>> WHAT DID I SEE?
A SYSTEM ABOUT TO BREAK.
I SAW BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB
UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
I SAW 900 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
THAT WERE CAPTURED FOR COMING
INTO OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY,
HOUSED IN DETENTION FACILITIES
THAT WAS MEANT FOR 385.
WHAT I SAW IS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, BROKE
THE LAW BEFORE, AND WE'RE NOT
GOING TO LET THEM GO.
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SHORT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THIS
MORNING.
DAGEN: WHAT IS THE
ADMINISTRATION GOING TO DO ABOUT
THE HORRIFIC CONDITIONS AT THE
BORDER?
>>LET'S BREAK THAT APART FOR A
SECOND, DAGEN.
WE TOOK A TOUR OF TWO SEPARATE
FACILITIES.
ONE WAS A FACILITY FOR CHILDREN
AND PARENTS THAT I THINK WE WERE
PLANNING TO ALIE THE ALLEGATIONS
OF ALLEGED CONCENTRATION CAMPS
THAT SOME DEMOCRATS HAVE YOU
ALLEGED WHEN THE REALITY IS THAT
NAZIS WERE KILLING CHILDREN AND
THE REALITY IS IN THESE
FACILITIES, THEY ARE PROVIDED
THEM WITH FOOD, CARE, HYGIENE
AND MEDICAL FACILITIES.
SOME OF THAT RHETORIC IS WAY OUT
OF CONTROL.
SEPARATELY, THE VICE PRESIDENT
TOOK A DELEGATION TO A SEPARATE
FACILITY AT CBP WHERE WE HOUSE
INDIVIDUAL ADULT MALES WHO HAVE
FLED FROM CBP.
IN MANY CASES THESE PEOPLE ARE
REPEAT OFFENDERS AND ALSO HAVE
CRIMINAL RECORDS.
THEY'RE HOUSED IN A SEPARATE
FACILITY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS
UNTIL BEDS ARE PROVIDED AT
I.C.E.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN
ASKING CONGRESS TO PROVIDE MORE
BEDS SO WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE
FACILITIES FOR THESE
INDIVIDUALS.
CONGRESS HAS NOT BEEN WILLING TO
GIVE US THAT FUNDING.
WE DID GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING
MOST RECENTLY IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL.
AGAIN, DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
REFUSE TO FUND A PORTION OF THAT
WHICH WAS A REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL DETENTION BEDS FOR
I.C.E.
THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS
INTERESTED IN SHOWING, ONE, THE
FACILITIES WE HAVE FOR FAMILIES
ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING GREAT
CARE FOR THOSE FAMILIES.
BUT SEPARATELY, THE FACILITIES
FOR ADULT MALES ARE OVERCROWDED
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN SAYING
FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION, THAT WE NEED TO
PROVIDE MORE ASSETS AND
RESOURCES TO I.C.E. SO THERE ARE
BEDS THERE AND PROVIDE THE
PROPER CARE.
DAGEN: THAT $4.6 BILLION IN
HUMANITARIAN AID THAT WAS
PASSED, EVEN BY MOST DEMOCRATS,
$2.8 BILLION OF THAT IS FOR THE
UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN
PROGRAM AND HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE
CHILDREN THERE.
HOW MUCH MORE MONEY DO YOU NEED
OR DO YOU WANT FROM CONGRESS AND
IS THERE A TIME LINE WE CAN
WATCH FOR THAT?
>> AGAIN, I THINK IT'S PARTIALLY
THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCE, IT'S
PARTIALLY HOW CONGRESS TIES OUR
HANDS AND ALLOCATES THOSE
DOLLARS.
THEY'RE SPECIFIC IN REQUESTING
THAT I.C.E. NOT HAVE THE
RESOURCES I.C.E. NEEDS.
THEY MAY GIVE MORE FUNDING TO
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL.
THEY NEED TO HAVE THE BACKLOG
FREED UP IN I.C.E. TO MOVE THEM
OUT OF TEMPORARY FACILITIES INTO
FACILITIES THAT I.C.E. HAS WITH
BEDS.
IT'S PARTIALLY SAD
IT'S PARTIALLY AAD
IT'S PARTIALLY ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.
THE REALITY IS THAT DEMOCRATS
WANT THE SYSTEM WE CURRENTLY
HAVE.
THAT'S THE REALITY WE'RE FACING.
WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW IT'S AN
OVERCROWDED SYSTEM BUT IT'S ONE
THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE REFUSED TO
PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE TO FREE IT UP.
DAGEN: CAN YOU DO ANYTHING
EXCLUDING CONGRESS, JUST PUSH
CONGRESS TO THE SIDE, WHAT CAN
THE ADMINISTRATION DO TO IMPROVE
THESE CONDITIONS AT THIS MALE
DETENTION FACILITY AND WHERE
OTHER PROBLEMS MIGHT EXIST WHERE
CAMERAS HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENT?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT FOR ONE,
AS THE PRESIDENT SAID, WHAT WE
NEED TO DO IS SHOWCASE, BECAUSE
WHERE THERE'S OVERCROWDING
THERE'S A PROCESS FOR COMING
INTO OUR COUNTRY THAT IS LEGAL
AND THAT IS GOING THROUGH A PORT
OF ENTRY.
FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO COME
THROUGH ILLEGALLY AND ARE
FLEEING CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PATROL, THEY ARE LIKELY TO END
UP IN AN OVERCROWDED FACILITY.
ONE SOLUTION IS TO BASICALLY
CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AND
TO SHOW THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO
COME INTO THE COUNTRY.
DAGEN: ARE YOU SAYING YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO ALLEVIATE CLEAR
PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF NO SHOWERS,
PEOPLE NOT BEING ALLOWED TO
BRUSH THEIR TEETH BECAUSE IT
SENDS A MESSAGE TO DEMOCRATS AND
ILLEGAL ALIENS?
>> THE REALITY IS THAT THESE
INDIVIDUALS IN DETENTION HAVE
BEEN PROVIDED ACCESS TO SHOWERS
AND THERE'S BEEN MANY LIES ABOUT
TOOTH BRUSHES.
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF TOOTH
BRUSHES PROVIDED IN THE FAMILY
AND ADULT FACILITIES.
MANY OF THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN
PROVEN TO BE FACTUALLY
INCORRECT.
SO THEY ARE BEING PROVIDED WITH
THOSE RESOURCES.
WE'RE NOT DENYING THE FACT THAT
THE FACILITY IN TEMPORARY
FACILITIES ARE OVERCROWDED.
WE'VE BEEN SAYING WE WANT MORE
RESOURCES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
BEDS SO WE CAN MOVE THEM OUT OF
CBP INTO I.C.E. DETENTION
FACILITIES.
DAGEN: IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT
ON FRIDAY ENOUGH DEMOCRATS
JOINED REPUBLICANS TO BLOCK AN
AMENDMENT FROM ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ TO A DEFENSE BILL
THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED THE
PRESIDENT FROM SENDING U.S.
TROOPS TO THE BORDER.
THERE WAS SOME BIPARTISANSHIP
THERE.
SPEAKING OF ONE OF THOSE
CONGRESSWOMAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP
TARGETED THOSE PROGRESSIVE
CONGRESS WOMEN.
IT WAS A CONTROVERSIAL TWEET
STORM OVER THE WEEKEND.
HE WROTE THIS.
SO INTERESTING TO SEE
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT
CONGRESSWOMEN WHO ORIGINALLY
CAME FROM COUNTRIES WHOSE
GOVERNMENTS ARE CATASTROPHE, THE
WORST, MOST CORRUPT ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD, EVEN IF THEY EVEN
HAVE A FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT AT
ALL.
NOW TELLING THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES THE GREATEST AND
MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH
HOW OUR GOVERNMENT IS TO BE RUN.
WHY DON'T THEY GO BACK AND HELP
FIX THE TOTALLY BROKEN AND
CRIME-INFESTED PLACES FROM WHICH
THEY CAME.
THEN COME BACK AND SHOW US HOW
IT IS DONE.
THESE PLACES NEED YOUR HELP
BADLY.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE OF FAST ENOUGH.
I'M SURE NANCY PELOSI WOULD BE
VERY HAPPY TO QUICKLY WORK OUT
FREE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.
MARK CALLED RACIST, DISBELIEVE R
MARK CALLED RACIST, DISBELIEVE C
MARK CALLED RACIST, DISBELIEVE S
MARK CALLED RACIST, DISBELIEVE T
MARK CALLED RACIST, DISBELIEVE B
MARK CALLED RACIST, DISBELIEVE Y
MARK CALLED RACIST, DISBELIEVE N
MARK CALLED RACIST, DISBELIEVE Y
PELOSI.
WHY WOULD THE PRESIDENT
INTERVENE WHEN THE DEMOCRATS ARE
ESSENTIALLY DESTROYING ONE
ANOTHER.
HE BELLY-FLOPS RIGHT INTO THE
MIDDLE OF THAT AND ESSENTIALLY
UNITES THE DEMOCRATS ONCE AGAIN,
AGAINST HIM.
>> WELL, IF THE DEMOCRATS CHOOSE
TO WANT TO ALIGN AROUND ILHAN
OMAR, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE WHITE
HOUSE, I JOINED THE VICE
PRESIDENT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY.
WHEN THE VICE PRESIDENT SWORE IN
50 NEW NATURALIZED CITIZENS, IT
WAS A REMARKABLE DAY.
THAT DAY, HE WAS JOINED BY A
CABINET MEMBER IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION WHO CAME TO THE
UNITED STATES AS A CHILD, UNABLE
TO SPEAK ENGLISH, LEARNED
ENGLISH AND EVENTUALLY BECAME A
NATURALIZED CITIZEN.
SHE IS AN ASIAN AMERICAN, ELAINE
CHOW, SERVING IN THE CABINET OF
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
WHEN PEOPLE WRITE THE PRESIDENT
HAS RACIST MOTIVES, LOOK AT THE
REALITY OF WHO IS SERVING IN
DONALD TRUMP'S CABINET.
HE IS MAKING A POINT ABOUT A
GREAT FRUSTRATION.
I THINK IT'S HARD TO FIND
ANYTHING THAT ILHAN OMAR THAT
HAS SAID THAT IS POSITIVE ABOUT
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DAGEN: I SAID REPEATEDLY THAT
THE DEMOCRATS NOT CALLING OUT
ANTE
ANTI-SEMETIC REMARKS AND THE USE
OF TROPES AS ANTI-SEMITISM,
CALLING IT THAT, MARGINALIZES
AND ULTIMATELY NORMALIZES IT
WHEN IT WAS SEVERAL DECADES AGO
THAT 6 MILLION JEWS DIED BECAUSE
OF THAT VERY KIND OF
ANTI-SEMITISM.
NEVERTHELESS, IS ANYBODY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE AWARE THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SAY
SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON TWITTER?
DOES ANYBODY -- IS THERE ANY
STUMBLING BLOCK TO PREVENT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM GETTING
OUT, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT TURNS THE
ATTENTION AWAY FROM SOMEONE
LIKE ELAINE CHOW.
>> WELL, I THINK THE PRESIDENT
HAS THE GREAT ABILITY TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO ELAINE CHOW AND HIS
ABILITY TO TWEET HAS BEEN AN
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILL,
HE REMINDS PEOPLE HE PROBABLY
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ELECTED
PRESIDENT IN 2016 AROUND IT
BECAUSE IT'S A WAY TO GET AROUND
SOME OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
COVERAGE.
I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE
CHANGE IN THAT POLL