JON: LIVE IN TEXAS, THANK YOU,
BILL.
FORMER ACTING HOME AND SECURITY
SEC. CHAD WOLF JOINS US NOW,
HE’S A VISITING FELLOW AT THE
HERITAGE FOUNDATION.
YOU HAD THE JOB OF TRYING TO
ENSURE AMONG OTHER THINGS AT THE
BORDER, SECURE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, WHAT IS YOUR
REACTION?
>> THEY ARE NOT DOING MUCH.
THE WORST BORDER CRISIS WE’VE
SEEN AN HOUR LIFETIME AND EVER
ALONG THE BORDER.
THEY ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT NEW
POLICIES OR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
ALONG THE BORDER TO CURB THIS
ILLEGAL APPREHENSIONS RECEIPT,
INSTEAD IT’S MORE OF THE SAME SO
OVER 2 MILLION ILLEGAL
APPREHENSIONS LAST CALENDAR YEAR
WE SEE THAT CONTINUING, IT
INDICATES AS MUCH AND CONTINUES
TO BE A BUSY PLACE ALONG THE
BORDER IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
BECAUSE WE KNOW THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SERIOUS
ABOUT UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW
AND ENFORCING BORDER SECURITY.
JON: BUT LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
FISCAL YEAR 2021 VERSUS 2022,
THE NUMBER OF SOUTHWEST BORDER
ENCOUNTERS THEY CALL IT.
218,000 AND 2021, THIS IS JUST
FIRST QUARTER.
IN 2022, 518,000 FROM UP 138%.
THE CRISIS SHOWS NO SIGN OF
EVADING.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT, IT WILL CONTINUE.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS
IS SELF-INFLICTED CRISIS THAT
DIDN’T NEED TO OCCUR.
THE BORDER WAS UNDER CONTROL AT
THE END OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, WE GIVE THEM A
PLAYBOOK TO CONTINUE PROCEDURES
AND POLICIES.
THEY CHOSE NOT TO SO THEY HAVE
CREATED THIS CRISIS THE LAST 12
MONTHS BUT THEY DON’T SEEM TO BE
INTERESTED IN SOLVING IT.
WHEN WE HEAR THE DHS SECRETARY
TALK, THEY HAVE A PLAN AND
EXECUTE THE PLAN SO I HAVE TO
SAY THIS IS WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO
DO WITH BORDER SECURITY
BASICALLY DESTROY IT AND YOU SEE
CATCH AND RELEASE POLICY, FAILED
POLICIES EVERY DAY.
JON: AT HIS INAUGURATION
PRESIDENT BIDEN FAITHFULLY
UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE LAWS OF
THE UNITED STATES, IT’S ILLEGAL
TO COME ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
BORDER, WHY IS THE PRESIDENT NOT
INTERESTED IN DEFENDING THE
BORDER?
>> IS A GREAT QUESTION AND WE
SEEK BORDER PATROL AT THEIR WITS
END, THERE IS VIDEO A WEEK OR SO
AGO THEN CONFRONTING THE
SECRETARY SAYING YOU NEED TO DO
YOUR JOB, LET US OUR JOB BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO APPREHEND
INDIVIDUALS AND GANG MEMBERS
BILL TALKED ABOUT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS SEGMENT, WE
KNOW THE INDIVIDUALS ARE
CROSSING THE BORDER BUT WE DON’T
LET WHAT PATROL DO THEIR JOB AND
YOU DON’T PROVIDE THEM
LEADERSHIP WHICH THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT DOING,
BASICALLY YOU SAY IT’S OPEN
SEASON IF EVERYONE CAN COME
ACROSS THE BORDER AND THAT’S WHY
WE SEEK HISTORIC NUMBERS.
THEY TRY TO JUSTIFY, FIRST THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THEN
SEASONAL INVENT CYCLICAL.
THEY REFUSED BECAUSE THEY HAVE
TORN DOWN POLICIES THAT HAVE
CHOSEN NOT TO REPLACE THEM WITH
ANYTHING MEANINGFUL IN ANY
MEASURE.
JON: BEEN THERE IS DRUG
SMUGGLING, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
ON FENTANYL SEIZURES IN THE
COUNTRY, 604 POUNDS IN FISCAL
YEAR 2019, ROUGHLY DOUBLED 4791
POUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR 202011200
POUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR 21 AND
JUST THE FIRST QUARTER OF 22,
2707 POUNDS OF FENTANYL HAVE
BEEN SEIZED, IS IT ANY WONDER
FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATHS HAVE
SKYROCKETED TO THE WORST EVER IN
THIS COUNTRY?
>> UNFORTUNATELY IT’S NOT.
IF YOU GO BACK TO 2018 AND 2019
AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WE
TOOK CERTAIN MEASURES TO STOP
THE FENTANYL COMING IN FROM
CHINA, WHERE A MAJORITY OF THIS
ORIGINATES FROM, UPS AND FEDEX
AND BECAUSE WE DID THAT, THE
FENTANYL IS GOING TO MEXICO IN
THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION KNOWS
THIS BUT WHAT WE SEE WITH THE
HUMAN SMUGGLING’S CARTEL MAKE
MILLIONS EVERY DAY, THEY PUT THE
PROCEEDS BACK INTO THE ILLEGAL
NARCOTICS AND SMUGGLE MORE AND
MORE ACROSS THE BORDER EVERY DAY
WHICH IS KILLING AMERICANS EVERY
DAY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BORDER
CRISIS, IT’S NOT JUST A CRISIS
OF INDIVIDUALS COMING ACROSS BUT
ALSO ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, THEY ARE
TIED TOGETHER, YOU CAN’T TALK
ABOUT ONE WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE
OTHER IF THIS OF ADMINISTRATION
IS NOT INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING
EITHER.
JON: IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE THE
PRESIDENT OR MAYBE VICE