SERVICES AND HOUSING MAYOR ERIC
ADAMS BOASTED ABOUT WITHIN THE
SANCTUARY CITY.
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN
PAXTON IS HERE TO REACT.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THIS MORNING, I IMAGINE AS YOU
HEAR MAYOR ADAMS YOU HAVE TO
AGREE IN SOME PART THIS IS A
DRAIN ON SERVICES.
IMAGINE YOU DISAGREE ON IT BEING
A DESPICABLE ACT BY TEXAS TO
SEND THIS BURDEN TO NEW YORK?
>> GOOD MORNING, YEAH.
WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS
EXACT ISSUE FOR A
YEAR-AND-A-HALF.
WE DEALT WITH OVER A MILLION
IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO OUR
STATE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
NOT ONLY HELP US BUT ENFORCE THE
LAW TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING.
WE ASKED FOR HELP.
FOR YEAR-AND-A-HALF WE GOT NONE.
THEY COOPERATE WITH THE CARTELS
AND LEAVING ALL OF US IN A
HORRIBLE SITUATION INCLUDING NOW
NEW YORK CITY.
WILL: YOU KNOW, I WOULD, MAYOR
ADAMS ISN’T ENTIRELY WRONG TO
SAY THIS IS A POLITICAL ACT BY
GOVERNOR ABBOTT TO SEND THESE
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO NEW YORK
CITY AND TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
IT IS A STATEMENT.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT, YOURSELF,
TEXAS, IS SENDING A STATEMENT.
WHAT IS THE STATEMENT YOU’RE
SENDING TO NEW YORK CITY AND TO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
>> WELL, PART OF IT IS, WE HAVE
A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM ON BOARD.
THEY’RE ONLY EXPERIENCING A
SLIGHT BIT OF IT.
IT IS ALMOST A LITTLE
INCONVENIENCE FOR THEM.
IT’S A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR US.
SO IT IS JUST INTERESTING TO SEE
SOME OF THESE MAYORS WHO
INVITED, HAVE CREATED SANCTUARY
CITIES, SUDDENLY START
COMPLAINING THEY HAVE A FEW
THOUSAND IMMIGRANTS WHEN WE’RE
DEALING WITH MILLIONS.
IT IS KIND OF A STATEMENT FIRST
OF ALL OF FAIRNESS.
HEY, WHY DON’T YOU PAY ATTENTION
TO THE REAL PROBLEM ON THE
BORDER?
YOU’RE EXPERIENCING JUST A SMALL
PART OF IT.
WILL: I THINK THAT POINT IS VERY
WELL-ILLUSTRATED.
THEN ALSO THERE IS THIS, THERE
IS THE INCONSISTENCY OF
ESTABLISHING YOURSELF AS A
SANCTUARY CITY, THEN DECRYING
THOSE WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
SANCTUARY?
>> YEAH.
SOMEWHAT HYPOCRITICAL.
YOU ACT LIKE YOU REALLY THINK
THIS IS A GREAT IDEA UNTIL IT
ACTUALLY AFFECTS YOU.
WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO START
DEALING WITH THE CRIME AND DRUGS
AND COST OF IT, AND JUST A SMALL
WAY, SUDDENLY IT BECOMES A REAL
PROBLEM.
IT IS NOT SUCH A GREAT IDEA BUT
EVERYBODY IS GREAT, IF IT IS
TEXAS, ARIZONA, BORDER STATE,
FINE WE’RE DEALING WITH A
MASSIVE PROBLEM.
WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH A SMALL
PROBLEM IT BECOMES A REAL ISSUE.
WILL: MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL, A
QUESTION ON LOGISTICS HOW DOES
THIS WORK?
I’VE SEEN THE GOVERNOR SAY ALL
THE MIGRANTS THAT GO TO NEW YORK
CITY ARE GOING VOLUNTARY.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
WE’VE SEEN THE VIDEO, THERE ARE
VENEZUELAIANS, CENTRAL
AMERICANS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT
TO GO TO NEW YORK, 50 PEOPLE
RAISE THEIR HAND, HOW DOES IT
THAT WORK?
>> IT IS THAT SIMPLE.
NO ONE IS FORCING THEM TO GO TO
NEW YORK OR WASHINGTON, D.C.
THAT IS IRONIC ABOUT THE MAYOR’S
COMPLAINT.
THESE PEOPLE VOLUNTEER, ACTUALLY
WANT TO GO TO THESE PLACES.
YET THESE MAYORS HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH THESE VOLUNTEERS COMING TO
THEIR STATE, THEY START BLAMING
GOVERNOR ABBOTT FOR THE PROBLEM.
WHY DON’T THEY DEAL WITH REAL
PROBLEM, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT
ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW?
NOT ONLY THAT, TELL THE CARTELS
BRING AS MANY PEOPLE HERE AS YOU
CAN, MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
WILL: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAYS THIS IS
JUST THE BEGINNING?
>> I THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
ALL OF THESE CITIES, THERE MAY
BE MORE WILL START DEALING WITH
JUST THE TOUCH OF THE PROBLEM
THAT WE HAVE AND HOPEFULLY ALL
OF THESE CITIES WILL START
REALIZING IT IS NOT JUST BORDER
STATES ARE SUFFERING.
NOW THEY’RE SUFFERING EVEN TO A
SMALL DEGREE.
THEY’RE DEALING WITH MAJOR
PROBLEMS THEY’RE DEALING WITH.
WILL: REALLY QUICKLY, 50, THAT
IS THE NUMBER ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
IF THIS IS THE JUST THE
BEGINNING CAN YOU GIVE MAYOR
ADAMS WHAT NUMBERS WILL HEAD TO
NEW YORK CITY?
>> IT IS VOLUNTEER BASIS.
WE DON’T KNOW.
AS LONG AS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION ENCOURAGES THE
CARTELS TO BRING AS MANY PEOPLE
HERE AS POSSIBLE THOSE NUMBERS
CONTINUE TO GO UP.
THEY’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH
SOME OF THE PROBLEM WE’RE
DEALING WITH.
I WOULD EXPECT IT TO GO OWN AS
LONG AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION