BEGGING FOR HELP.
NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN NAMED.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S GONE ON
IN PORTLAND, THOSE ARE
ANARCHISTS AND WE’VE TAKEN A
VERY TOUGH STAND.
WE DIDN’T TAKE A STAND IN
PORTLAND, ARRESTING MANY OF
THESE LEADERS, IF WE DIDN’T TAKE
THAT STAND RIGHT NOW, YOU WOULD
HAVE A PROBLEM -- THEY’RE GOING
TO LOSE PORTLAND.
>> Bret: PRESIDENT TRUMP
DEFENDING HIS DECISION TO DEPLOY
FEDERAL OFFICERS TO PORTLAND.
MAYOR TED WHEELER IS DEMANDING
THEY LEAVE THE CITY.
NOW HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING
FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO
REPORTS OF AGENTS ON LAWFULLY
ARRESTING PROTESTERS.
LET’S BRING IN MARK MORGAN,
ACTING COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
AND BORDER PROTECTION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> YOU BET.
>> Bret: LET ME PLAY THE
SOUND BITE ABOUT FEDERAL TROOPS
IN THE CITY.
>> WE HAVE DOZENS IF NOT
HUNDREDS OF FEDERAL TROOPS
DESCENDING UPON OUR CITY AND
THEY ARE SHARPLY ESCALATING THE
SITUATION.
THEIR PRESENCE HERE IS LEADING
TO MORE VIOLENCE AND MORE
VIOLENT NOMADIC VANDALISM AND
IT’S NOT HELPING THE SITUATION
AT ALL.
THEY ARE NOT WANTED HERE.
WE HAVE AND ASK THEM HERE.
IN FACT, WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE.
>> Bret: YOUR RESPONSE TO
THAT?
>> IS JUST RIDICULOUS.
IT’S REALLY A STUPID STATEMENT
THAT IS NOT BASED IN REALITY OR
FACT.
THE REALITY HERE IS THIS
VIOLENCE BEGAN IN HIS CITY WELL
BEFORE WE DEPLOYED ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES THEY ARE IN THESE
INDIVIDUALS WERE TALKING ABOUT
ARE NOT PROTESTERS, THEY ARE
CRIMINALS.
EVERY NIGHT, WILLFULLY
COORDINATING, ORGANIZING, AND
PLANNING TO INTENTIONALLY ATTACK
AND DESTROY FEDERAL PROPERTY AND
HARM FEDERAL AGENTS AND
OFFICERS.
THOSE ARE CRIMINALS.
THAT’S WHO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT’S WHY WE ARE THERE AND WE
ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
>> Bret: THE FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES WERE ON THE GROUND
INCLUDING BORDER PATROL AGENTS,
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT’S CORRECT.
WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL TRAINED
AGENTS, THE LARGEST
LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION IN
THE UNITED STATES AND
INDIVIDUALS WE ARE SENDING UP
THERE ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED FOR
SPECIFIC SITUATIONS JUST LIKE
THIS.
>> Bret: TO THAT POINT,
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS THIS
REPORT IN WHICH IT SAYS THE
TACTICAL AGENTS DEPLOYED BY
HOMELAND SECURITY INCLUDE
OFFICIALS FROM A GROUP KNOWN AS
A HIGHLY TRAINED GROUP THAT IS
NORMALLY TASKED WITH
INVESTIGATING DRUG SMUGGLING
ORGANIZATIONS AS OPPOSED TO
PROTESTERS AND CITIES.
THEY ARE SAYING THEY DON’T HAVE
THE PROPER TRAINING TO DEAL WITH
THE SITUATION AT HAND.
>> IT’S JUST FALSE I’M KIND OF
IRONIC.
SAYING THEY ARE HIGHLY TRAINED
BUT THEN THEY ARE NOT TRAINED SO
THESE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS
FROM THE SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM
ARE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED IN
THIS.
WE HAVE OVER 300 PORTS OF ENTRY,
WHICH WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS AND
LARGE GROUPS AND PROTESTS ON A
REGULAR BASIS.
NOT ONLY TRAINED, BUT HIGHLY
EXPERIENCED IN EXACTLY THESE
KINDS OF SITUATIONS.
>> Bret: HOW DO YOU TAKE IT
DOWN A NOTCH WITH THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU HAVE ON THE GROUND?
THE PORTLAND MAYOR SAYING THEY
ARE INCITING IT AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THAT YOU
HAVE TO BE THERE BECAUSE THE
VIOLENCE IS GETTING OUT OF
CONTROL.
>> THE PRESIDENT’S RIGHTS, WE
HAVE A STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY.
THE FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE
HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
FEDERAL BUILDINGS AND ALSO HAS
THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
THAT’S WHY WE ARE THERE AND I
WILL RESTATE SOME OF THE
VIOLENCE STARTED WELL BEFORE WE
PUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THEY
ARE.
WE HAD EDIBLE INFORMATION THAT
THEY WERE GOING TO BE ATTACKED.
THAT’S WHAT LED US TO PUTTING
MORE RESOURCES THERE AND THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPEN.
JUST THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS,
HAD BOTH POLICE STATIONS BOARDED
UP WITH COMMERCIAL GRADE
FIREWORKS TO SET THEM ON FIRE
WITH PEOPLE INSIDE.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WHAT WE
NEED IS WE NEED LOCAL LEADERS TO
STOP SAYING RIDICULOUS,
IRRESPONSIBLE THINGS, REACH OUT
TO THESE PROTESTERS AND GET THE
POLICE TO WORK WITH US TO GO OUT
AND STOP AND ARREST THESE
CRIMINALS.
THAT’S WHEN HE HAS TO BE DONE
BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO IT.
>> Bret: THIS IS A TIME WHERE
WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS VIOLENCE
IN CITIES, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
ON THE BORDER FOR PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON
THERE?
>> SO I’M GLAD YOU ASKED ME
THAT.
RIGHT NOW, BUT OUR MAIN FOCUS
IS, EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE
CONTINUE TO STOP CRIMINALS AND
APPREHEND CRIMINALS AND DRUGS
THAT ARE PORTED KILLING CITIZENS
IN THIS COUNTRY BUT OBVIOUSLY,
COVID-19 IS A FOCUS FOR US AND
BECAUSE UNDER THE CDC ORDER,
WHAT WE REFER TO AS TITLE 42,
THIS IS NOT A BORDER ENFORCEMENT
ISSUE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE IN A PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
THAT CAME FROM CDC AND WHAT THAT
DOES IS IT GIVES THEM THE
AUTHORITY WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER
SOMEONE TO IMMEDIATELY RETURN
THEM BACK TO MEXICO ABOUT 86% OF
THOSE WE APPREHEND WE RETURNED
BACK TO MEXICO AND IN UNDER TWO
HOURS.
THAT PREVENTS US FROM
INTRODUCING THOSE INTO OUR
SYSTEM AND REALLY FURTHERING THE
SPREAD OF COVID.
IT’S BEEN A GAME CHANGER AND I
BELIEVE IT SAVES COUNTLESS LIVES