BILL MELUGIN IS IN EL PASO,
TEXAS WHERE McCARTHY FIRST MADE
THOSE CALLS.
>> CHARLES, GOOD AFTERNOON TO
YOU.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET UP WITH EL PASO’S DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS
EL PASO’S DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS
WOMAN, VERONICA ESCOBAR.
SHE SAID ONE SOLUTION WOULD BE
TO GET MORE BORDER PATROL AGENTS
OUT ON THE FRONT LINES, DOING
THE JOBS THAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR
AND LESS OF THEM DOING THIS
HUMAN TEARIAN AND SOCIAL WORK.
A BORDER PATROL AGENT TAKING
CARE OF A JUNE UNACCOMPANIED
MIGRANT CHILD THAT SHOWED UP
WITH WITHOUT HIS PARENTS.
BORDER PATROL AGENTS HAVE TO DO
THIS, PLAY THE ROLE OF A BABY
SITTER AND THAT TAKES THEM OFF
OF THE FRONT LINE.
TUCSON, ARIZONA SECTOR, ANOTHER
BORDER PATROL AGENT HAVING TO
TAKE CARE OF YOUNG MIGRANT
CHILDREN.
IT HAPPENS WITH SINGLE ADULTS AS
WELL.
EAGLE PASS OVER THE WEEKEND,
THESE GARAGE GROUPS OF MIGRANTS
SURRENDER TO BORDER PATROL.
THEY HAVE TO RESPOND WITH A
BUNCH OF AGENTS.
THESE ARE HIGHLY TRAINED LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL THAT
SIGNED UP TO GO AFTER THE BAD
GUYS AND THE SMUGGLERS.
INSTEAD SO MANY ARE DOING
PAPERWORK, PROCESSING.
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO MORE IN
A ROW.
SHE SAYS EVERYTHING REPUBLICANS
HAVE OFFERED SO FAR ISN’T GOING
TO WORK.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE TRIED IT THE REPUBLICAN
WAY, WHICH IS ADDRESSING
MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION AS A
BORDER-ONLY POLICY.
IT’S EXPENSIVE AND IT’S BEEN A
FAILURE.
THE PLAN TO ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH
THE SECRETARY DOESN’T GET US ANY
CLOSER TO ANY SOLUTIONS.
IT DOESN’T OFFER ANY TANGIBLE
RESULTS.
>> DESPITE HER CRITICISM FOR
THOSE REPUBLICANS,
REPRESENTATIVE ESCOBAR SAID
SHE’S WILLING TO WORK WITH THE
WORSE AND WORSE EACH MONTH, WE
CONTINUE TO SEE THE NUMBERS, SHE
TOLD US SHE WOULD LIKE PRESIDENT
BIDEN TO VISIT THE BORDER,
SOMETHING HE’S NEVER DONE IN HIS
ENTIRE LIFE.
CHARLES, BACK TO YOU.
>> INK THATS, BILL.
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
MAYORKAS SAYS HE IS NOT GOING
ANYWHERE, HERE TO REACT IS
BRANDON JUDD.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE
SECRETARY, HE WAS UNABLE TO JOIN
US TONIGHT.
BRANDON, I THOUGHT THAT WAS
INTRIGUING WHAT VERONICA
ESCOBAR, WHAT I’VE HEARD FROM
YOU AND OTHERS TRYING TO DO THE
JOB, BEING DELUGED AND PRESIDENT
BIDEN NEEDS TO COME DOWN THERE.
THIS DEMOCRAT IS SAYING
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF NEEDS TO COME
DOWN, TWO MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
ILLEGALLY ENTERED THIS COUNTRY
IN THE LAST YEAR.
>> SHE IS RIGHT.
SHE WAS RIGHT ON TWO POINTS AND
WRONG ON A LOT OF OTHER POINTS.
WE HAVE TO GET OTHER AGENTS
PATROLLING THE BORDER.
I WORKED A MIDNIGHT SHIFT THE
OTHER NIGHT TRANSPORTING AND
EVERY AGE WAS DOING
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIESES,
PROCESSING, TRANSPORT, DETENTION
SECURITY, RATHER THAN OUT
PATROLLING THE BORDER.
THAT CREATES GAPS FOR CRIMINAL
CARTELS TO CROSS INTO THE UNITED
STATES.
SHE IS RIGHT BIDEN NEEDS TO COME
DOWN AND WE NEED MORE BORDER
PATROL AGENTS ON THE BORDER.
SHE IS WRONG, WE HAVE HAD
SOLUTIONS IN THE PAST.
REMAIN IN MEXICO IS BIGGEST
SOLUTION I’VE SEEN IN MY 25-YEAR
CAREER, WE DROVE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION DOWN TO 25-YEAR LOWS
AND WERE ABLE TO GO AFTER
CARTELS AND DRUGS.
THERE WERE FEWER AMOUNT OF DRUGS
ON THE STREET THAN I REMEMBER IN
MY CAREER DURING THAT PARTICULAR
TIME.
NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THAT THE
DRUG AMOUNTS OF DRUGS
CORRESPONDS WITH ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION.
CARTELS KNOW HOW TO GET HIGHER
VALUE PRODUCTS ACROSS THE BORDER
AND THEY USE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
TO FACILITATE THAT TRAFFIC.
>> YOU HAVE TITLE 42 POTENTIALLY
GOING AWAY, WHAT IS IT GOING TO
LOOK LIKE, WHAT WILL IT LOOK
LIKE?
IT IS ALREADY CHAOTIC
UNSTOPPABLE SCENE, HOW MUCH
WORSE IS IT GOING TO GET?
>> WELL, LET’S BE CLEAR, WE
WOULD HAVE NEVER IN OUR WORST
NIGHTMARES BEEN ABLE TO IMAGINE
THAT THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE
IT IS RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED WE
WOULD BE PULLING 90% OF
RESOURCES OUT OF THE FIELD TO DO
ADMINISTRATIVE WORK RATHER THAN
PATROL THE BORDER.
WHEN TITLE 42 GOES AWAY, IF THIS
ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT GIVE NEW
POLICIES, PROGRAMS OR OPERATIONS
WE WILL PULL OUT OF THE FIELD.
CARTELS CONTROL CERTAIN STRETCH
OF THE BORDER RIGHT NOW, THEY
WILL CONTROL THE ENTIRE BORDER
AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS
ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE DOING
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, FOR
PROTECTION AND SECURITY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
>> BRANDON, DO YOU THINK
SECRETARY MAYORKAS SHOULD
RESIGN?
>> HE SHOULD, HE SHOULD.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT
THE PERFORMANCE.
WE SHOULD JUDGE EVERYBODY OFF
PERFORMANCE, NOT OFF POLITICAL
PARTY, NOT ON PERSONAL
PREFERSES, BUT ON PERFORMANCE.
I SUPPORTED HIS CONFIRMATION, I
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE A
GOOD SECRETARY, I WAS VERY
WRONG.
HE’S DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, HE
CONTINUES TO DEFLECT ON ALL THE
PROBLEMS, CONTINUES TO USE
RHETORIC.
WE TRY TO OPERATE IN FACTS, IF
HE WOULD OPERATE IN FACTS, HE
WOULD TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THE TRUTH, THAT WOULD BE ONE
THING, HE DOESN’T DO THAT AND
HIS PERFORMANCE IS ASTOUNDINGLY
BAD AND BASED ON THAT, HE SHOULD
STEP DOWN.
>> WHAT WILL YOU LIKE TO SEE IF
HE WERE TO STEP DOWN, WHAT IS
KEY CHARACTERISTIC OR JOB
PERFORMANCE YOU WANT TO SEE FROM
THAT POSITION?
>> WE WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY GOING
TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.
IF WE CAN THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
AND RECOGNIZE THERE ARE WAYS
THAT WE CAN CONTROL ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION AND WE CAN EVEN
OPERATE WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE’S
PARAMETERS, IF WE HAD A
SECRETARY THAT WOULD DO THAT, WE
COULD GET THE BORDER UNDER
CONTROL AND DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN, WE
NEED PROPER POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS.