>> I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY OF
THE 600,000 PEOPLE MATCH THE
TERROR WATCH LIST.
>> S CONGRESSMAN, BY DEFINITION
THEY ARE GOT AWAYS.
>> YOU DON’T KNOW.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THE BORDER IS
SECURE?
>> MY QUESTION IS CAN YOU
GUARANTEE THAT NONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS.
>> THIS ENFORCEMENT WORK IS NOT
FUN, CONGRESSWOMAN.
THIS IS A NOBLE PROFESSION IN
WHICH PEOPLE RISK THEIR LIVES TO
CONDUCT IT.
>> IF YOU USE YOUR AUTHORITY TO
SUPPRESS EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
PRESENTED BY AGENTS WHO COME
UNDER PUBLIC ATTACK AND
CONDEMNATION BY YOU AND THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
>> I DON’T EVEN THOUGH WHAT
YOU’RE REFERRING TO.
MARIA: THAT WAS REPUBLICANS
GRILLING HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS
YESTERDAY DURING THE HOUSE
HEARING.
HE MAINTAINS THE BORDER SECURE.
JOINING US NOW, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR AND HERITAGE
FOUNDATION VISITING FELLOW, TOM
HOMAN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WHAT’S YOUR REA FROM WHAT REACTI
HEARD FROM MAYORKAS YESTERDAY.
>> HE COMMITTED PERJURY.
YOU CAN’T SAY THE BORDER IS
SECURE.
SINCE HE’S BEEN SECRETARY,
RIGHT, SINCE HE’S BEEN SECRETARY
WE’VE GOT OVER 1 MILLION
RECORDED GOT AWAYS BASED ON
DRONE TRAFFIC, RECORDED BY THE
BORDER PATROL.
OVER 1 MILLION GOT AWAYS.
HE CAN’T POSSIBLY CLAIM THE
BORDER IS SECURE.
THEY ARRESTED OVER 114 KNOWN
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS TRYING TO
GET INTO THE COUNTRY.
BOTTOM LINE IS, HE CREATED THE
CRISIS, HIM AND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION CREATED THE
CRISIS THAT OVERWHELMED THE
BORDER PATROL.
IT’S BEYOND AN IMMIGRATION
CRISIS, IT’S A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS BECAUSE OF THE FENTANYL
GOING ACROSS THE BORDER, IT’S
ABOUT KNOWN SUSPECTED
TERRORISTS, RECORD NUMBER OF SEX
TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN RIGHT
NOW THAT THEY LOST TRACK OF 40%
OF CHILDREN THEY RELEASED TO SO
CALLED SPONSORS, THEY CAN’T FIND
40% OF THEM.
HOW IN THE HELL CAN YOU CLAIM
THE BORDER IS SECURE AND SAFE?
MARIA:
MARIA: IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
WHAT’S THE MOTIVATION.
YOU SAID A MILLION GOT AWAYS.
THOSE ARE THE GOT AWAYS WE KNOW
OF THAT WE’VE SEEN ON
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
WE DON’T KNOWS HOW MANY WE
HAVEN’T SEEN AND WHAT THEIR
INTENTIONS ARE.
>> THE GREATEST QUESTION THE
THAT THEY HAD COULD HAVE ASKED
YESTERDAY, YOU HAVE SAID
NUMEROUS TIMES YOU BELIEVE IN
DUE PROCESS, YOU BELIEVE THE
PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CLAIM
ASYLUM.
BUT YOU KNOW BASED ON
IMMIGRATION COURT DATA, NINE OUT
OF 10 WILL NEVER GET RELIEF FROM
U.S. COURTS BECAUSE THEY DON’T
CALLQUALIFY FOR ASYLUM.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT NINE OUT OF
TEN THAT REMOVE THE CASE SHOULD
BE HE REMOVED PER THE DIRECTION
THE FEDERAL COURTS.
HE WILL PROBABLY SAY YES.
I WILL SAY BASED ON THE LIFE
CYCLE REPORT, LESS THAN 6%
LEAVE.
KNOWS BY RELEASING THEM, KNOWS
BY NOT DETAINING THEM, THEY’RE
NEVER LEAVING.
SO PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT 1.7 THEY RELEASED IN THE
COUNTRY LAST YEAR, THEY’RE HERE
FOREVER.
HE DECAPITATED I.C.E., SAID
I.C.E. CAN’T ARREST SOMEBODY FOR
SIMPLY BEING HERE ILLEGALLY.
THAT’S PART OF THE PLAN.
WHEN YOU LET MILLIONS IN, MAKE
SURE IN NEVER LEAVE.
MARIA: WHAT’S THE MOTIVATION?
ARE THEY TRYING TO GET THE
PEOPLE TO BECOME VOTERS.
THERE’S AN EFFORT UNDERWAY IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. TO GET ILLEGALS
TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS.
IS THAT THE POINT?
WHY PUT THE COUNTRY IN SUCH
JEOPARDY?
>> I THINK THERE’S SEVERAL
THINGS.
I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION SOLD
OUT TO THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT.
I THINK THE IDEOLOGY IS THE
BORDER SHOULD BE AN OPEN BORDER.
I THINK THEY PERCEIVE A FUTURE
POLITICAL BENEFIT, THEY WILL BE
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN THE FUTURE.
THEY DON’T HAVE TO GET THAT FAR.
JOE BIDEN ALSO OVERTURNED THE
TRUMP CENSUS RULE.
THE NEXT CENSUS ROLLS AROUND,
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SITTING IN
SANCTUARY CITIES WILL BE COUNTED
IN THE CENSUS WHICH WILL RESULT
IN MORE SEATS IN THE HOUSE FOR
THE DEMOCRATS.
THIS IS ABOUT PERPETUAL POWER.
THEY SOLD THE SECURITY OF THE
NATION OUT TO HAVE POWER IN
CONGRESS.
MARIA: THAT’S INCREDIBLE.
LET ME GET YOUR TAKE ON WHAT
TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT IS
DOING, HE DECLARED IT TO BE AN
INVASION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
THE STATE CAN DEPLOY THE
NATIONAL GUARD, ORDER LOCAL
POLICE TO ARREST AND DEPORT
ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, BUILD BORDER
WALLS IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND
DESIGNATE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL AS
FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS WAS A BIG DEAL TO DECLARE
AN INVASION, RIGHT.
>> IT IS.
IT’S NEVER BEEN DONE.
IT DEPENDS WHAT ACTIONS HE
TAKES.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES IN
ADD A DIGS TO WHAT HE’S DOING.
-- ADDITION TO WHAT HE’S DOING.
HE HAS BUILT A WALL.
WHAT MORE WILL HE DO.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT, I LOVE THE GUY.
HE’S DONE MORE TO SECURE THE
BORDER THAN ANYBODY IN THE
ADMINISTRATION.
YOU CAN’T NAME ANOTHER PERSON IN
THE UNITED STATES WHO HAS DONE
MORE TO TRY TO SECURE THE BORDER
AND SAVE LIVES THAN GOVERNOR
ABBOTT.
HATS OFF TO HIM, I’M PROUD OF
HIM.
MARIA: JAMES.
>> GOVERNOR ABBOTT, ANOTHER
INTERESTING NAME IF REPUBLICANS
ARE THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO HAVE
COMPILED GOOD RECORDS.
BUT TOM, I WANT TO ASK YOU, NOW
THAT THE REPUBLICANS, LOOKS LIKE
THEY’RE TAKING THE HOUSE, WHAT
CAN THEY DO PROBABLY USING THE
APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS, WHAT DO
YOU THINK ARE THE REASONABLE
GOALS IN TERMS OF CHANGING
POLICY NOW THAT THEY HAVE A SAY
IN THAT POWER OF THE PURSE?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE’S A
COUPLE THINGS THEY CAN DO.
THEY NEED TO HAVE OVERSIGHT
HEARINGS AND BRING THE PEOPLE
IN, NOT JUST MAYORKAS BRING SOME
OF THE NGOs IN THAT ARE MAKING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE AREN’T
TALKING ABOUT, THERE’S THOUSANDS
OF I.C.E. DETENTION BEDS EMPTY,
PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS.
THEY WOULD RATHER PUT PEOPLE IN
HOTEL ROOMS.
WE NEED TO CALL THE SECRETARY
IN, SENIOR STAFF, NGOs, ASK
THE HELL WHAT IS GOING ON AND
ASK SECRETARY MAYORKAS WHAT IS
THE STRATEGY, WHAT IS THE PLAN.
YOU SAYS YOU HAVE A PLAN.
THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE OPEN
BORDERS.
CAN YOU TELL TAXPAYERS OF THE
UNITED STATES WHAT IS YOUR PLAN
TO SECURE THIS BORDER, SAVE
LIVES, ADDRESSING ALL SUSPECTED
TERRORISTS COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER AND AS YOU SAID PURSE
STRINGS.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
AMERICAN DYING FROM DRUG
OVERDOSES.
YOU’VE GOT 1 MILLION GOT AWAYS,
HOW MANY ARE SUSPECTED
TERRORISTS.
CRIMINAL CARTELS ARE MAKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AT WHAT POINT IS ENOUGH ENOUGH,
IF YOU DON’T DO A SINGLE THING
TO SHUT THE FLOW WE’RE 14U9ING
THE GOVERNMENT DOWN.
MARIA: AMERICANS ARE GETTING
POISONED.
YOU HAVEN’T HEARD A PEEP OUT OF