SEMI TRUCK WERE TAKEN TO A TRAUMA HOSPITAL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. SEVERAL AGENCIES, PART
OF THIS INVESTIGATION,
INCLUDING HOMELAND SECURITY
AND WITH THE END OF TITLE, 42
APPROACHING. MANY ARE WONDERING
IF THIS PROBLEM WILL WORSEN
TODAY. THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
FINISHING UP HIS TOUR OF SOUTH
TEXAS WHERE CITIES ARE GEARING
UP FOR AN EXPECTED INCREASE
IN ASYLUM SEEKERS. OUR JONATHAN
COTTO JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM
THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER IN
BROWNSVILLE. JONATHAN, WE KNOW
THE SECRETARY’S VISIT IS TO
BRING ATTENTION TO THE END OF
THAT
TITLE. 42.
>> DEPORTATION POLICY. WHAT IS
HE SAYING IS HIS PLAN TO DEAL
WITH THE THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS
GETTING READY TO CROSS?
>> YOU KNOW, HE’S CALLING THE
SITUATION DOWN HERE AT THE
BORDER, A CHALLENGING ONE.
HE SAYS IT’S A REGIONAL
CHALLENGE THAT REQUIRES A
REGIONAL SOLUTION. AND HE’S
ALSO CALLING ON THE COMMUNITY
RESPONSE. KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THAT
RESPONSE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME.
THIS IS CAMP THAT MONUMENT.
IT’S A SCREENING AND PROCESSING
CENTER AND WE’VE SEEN HUNDREDS
100’S OF MIGRANTS SCREENED
PROCESS AND SHUTTLED OFF.
AND THIS WAS ALL SET IN JUST
72 HOURS.
>> HERE BEHIND ME, WE HAVE A
VERY EFFICIENT OPERATION CALLED
CAN’T MONUMENT.
>> U.S. BORDER PATROL CHIEF
GLORIA CHAVEZ SAYS THAT THIS IS
A SYSTEM THAT IS SUFFICIENT
FOR THEM. SHE SAYS SINCE APRIL
16TH THAT THEY HAVE SCREENED
IN PROCESS CLOSE TO 30,000
MIGRANTS COMING INTO THIS AREA.
MOSTLY MIGRANTS FROM VENEZUELA,
COLOMBIA. AND THE NUMBER ONE
GOAL IS TO DO IN TAKE
PROCESSING.
>> TO DO SECURITY, TO ENSURE
THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE. AND
THEN 3RD TRANSPORTATION.
THESE VIDEO IMAGES TAKEN TODAY
SHOW THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
AND THEIR SITUATION IN
>> JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM
WHERE WE ARE STANDING.
SECRETARY MAYORKAS SAYS THEY
ARE BUILDING A LAWFUL PATHWAYS
THAT WOULD PROVIDE A SAFE, AN
ORDERLY WAY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM UNDER THE
UNITED STATES LAW TO REACH THE
UNITED STATES, BUT SAYS THEY
ARE ALSO WORKING ON MITIGATING
THE HUMAN SMUGGLING EFFORT.
>> WE ARE BUILDING PATHWAYS
AT THE SAME TIME.
WE WILL DELIVER CONSEQUENCES
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARRIVE AT
OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. IT
REGULARLY.
♪
REGULARLY. ♪ >> NO, GUYS SAYS THE BORDER IS
NOT OPEN. IT WILL NOT BE OPEN
AND HE ADVISES MIGRANTS TO
ACCESS CREDIBLE INFORMATION,
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AS TO
AVOID FALLING VICTIMS TO SOME
HUMAN SMUGGLING OPERATIONS.
COMING UP AT 6, WHAT THE PAN
ENFORCEMENT ABOUT SECURITY AND ANY POTENTIAL THREATS REPORTED IN NEW BRAUNFELS ARGUE MARCUS
KSAT, 12 NEWS.
>> WE’RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW A
SITUATION OUT OF KINNEY COUNTY
AT THIS HOUR. THE KINNEY COUNTY
SHERIFF TELLS US DOZENS OF
MIGRANTS FOUND OVERHEATED AND
DEHYDRATED INSIDE A TRAIN CAR.
WE’RE TOLD MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE
ARE IN CUSTODY AROUND 60 OTHERS
RAN INTO A BRUSHY AREA NEARBY.
SO FAR THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE
HAS NOT REPORTED THAT ANYONE
HAS DIED IN THIS INCIDENT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO GATHER
MORE INFORMATION. WE’LL BRING
IT TO YOU AS IT COMES AND
MEANWHILE, BORDER CITIES ARE
BRACING FOR THE END OF TITLE.
42 NEXT WEEK, U.S. BORDER
PATROL SAYS MORE THAN 30,000
MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN SCREENED
AND PROCESS THERE SINCE APRIL
16TH JUST THIS MORNING, 2300
MORE PEOPLE WERE DETAINED.
OUR JONATHAN COTTO JOINS US
LIVE FROM THE U.S. MEXICO
BORDER IN BROWNSVILLE,
JONATHAN, HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS
TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
TODAY. SO DID HE ANNOUNCE ANY
PLAN FOR THE END OF TITLE?
42.
>> YOU KNOW, SECRETARY AND HAVE
BEEN MY GO-TO HAS TOUCHED ON
SEVERAL ITEMS DURING HIS VISIT
HERE.
>> IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY,
ONE OF THOSE WAS BUILDING
PATHWAYS, LEGAL PATHWAYS FOR
THOSE TO SEEK ASYLUM. HE ALSO
TALKED ABOUT CUTTING OFF
OPERATIONS, HUMAN SMUGGLING
OPERATIONS AS WELL AS BUILDING
AT CALLING OUT OR DEPENDING
ON A COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND AN
EXAMPLE OF THAT COMMUNITY
RESPONSE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME.
THIS IS CAMP MONUMENT. IT’S A
PROCESSING CENTER SCREENING
CENTER WHERE MIGRANTS ARE THEN
SHUTTLED OFF AND IT WAS ONLY
BUILT AND SET UP WITHIN THE
FIRST 72 HOURS.
>> TODAY, U.S. BORDER PATROL
CHIEF GLORIA CHAVEZ SAYS THAT
THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT IS
EFFICIENT FOR THEM. SHE SAYS
SINCE APRIL 16TH, THEY HAVE
SCREENED IN PROCESS CLOSE TO
30,000 MIGRANTS COMING IN
THROUGH THIS AREA. MOSTLY
MIGRANTS FROM VENEZUELA,
COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR. THE GOAL
HERE IS TO DO
INTAKE PROCESSING SAFETY IN
TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION
TO BORDER FACILITIES, PATROL
STATIONS AND PORTS OF ENTRY
SINCE TITLE. 42 HAS AN EXPIRED
JUST YET. SECRETARY MAYORKAS
HIGHLIGHTS THE DETAILS OF A
42 ENVIRONMENT.
>> WE WILL BE.
>> USING OUR EXPEDITED REMOVAL.
AUTHORITIES UNDER TITLE 8 OF
THE UNITED STATES CODE THAT
ALLOWS US TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS
VERY QUICKLY. WE WILL BUY MAY
11TH FINALIZE THE RULE THAT WE
PUBLISHED IN A PROPOSED FORMAT
THAT PROVIDES THAT INDIVIDUALS
WHO DO NOT ACCESS OUR LAWFUL
PATHWAYS. WE’LL BE PRESUMED TO
BE INELIGIBLE FOR ASYLUM.
>> NOW, BOTH CHIEF GLORIA
CHAVEZ AND SECRETARY MAYORKAS C
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ARE NO
STRANGERS AT DEALING WITH THIS
TYPE OF SITUATION. THEY HAD TO
DEAL WITH IT BACK IN 2019 WHEN
THIS BORDER SECTOR DEAL WITH AN
INCREASE IN MIGRANT CROSSINGS
AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO