DAYS OF TESTS.
HE WILL BE WORKING OUT OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES THERE.
LET’S WELCOME BACK CONGRESSMAN
GREG STEUBE.
CONGRESSMAN, IT’S GOOD TO HAVE
YOU ON.
A MOMENTOUS DAY.
>> YEAH.
WHAT A START TO A DAY.
YOU WAKE UP THAT THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS WIFE HAVE COVID, BUT HE
SEEM TO BE DOING WELL.
AND I HOPE THAT HE DOES AS MUCH
VIRTUALLY AS HE CAN.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN FLORIDA
TONIGHT FOR A RALLY IN SANFORD,
AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE WASN’T
ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO I KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF
DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE IN THE
ORLANDO AREA THAT WERE LOOKING
FORWARD TO GET UP TO THE SANFORD
AIRPORT AND WELCOME HIM IN
FLORIDA AS HE’S GOT A LOT OF
SUPPORT HERE IN FLORIDA.
BUT I HOPE HE TRIES TO DO AS
MUCH THINGS VIRTUALLY AS HE CAN
AS HIS HEALTH ALLOWS HIM TO DO,
BECAUSE HE’S GOT A LOT OF
SUPPORT HERE IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
ELIZABETH: LET’S TALK ABOUT
WHAT’S GOING ON STOUT OF THE
BORDER.
WE’VE GOT A COVID-19 CRISIS AND
AN ECONOMIC, SEVERE ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN JUST SOUTH OF THE
BORDER BOTH IN MEXICO AND
CENTRAL AMERICA.
WE’VE GOT NOW 3,000 THE MIGRANTS
TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE
SOUTHERN BORDER, CROSSING FROM
HONDURAS OUT OF, THROUGH
GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS.
DO YOU -- SO THAT’S AN ISSUE
TOO, THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO GET
TO THE BODDERS.
IT START -- BORDERS.
MEXICO IS IN A SEVERE COVID
OUTBREAK, SO BORDER ARRESTS HAVE
BEEN DECLINING FOR EACH OF THE
PAST FOUR MONTHS.
THERE’S THIS STORY, TOO, WHAT’S
GOING ON SOUTH OF THE BORDER
WITH COVID-19 AND BORDER
APPREHENSIONS GOING UP.
WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE NUMBERS, ARE
YOU CONCERNED?
>> YEAH.
I THINK WHAT’S INTERESTING IS
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS
AND DEMOCRATIC MAYORS, THEY’RE
SHUTTING DOWN ECONOMIES AND
SHUTTING DOWN SMALL BUSINESSES
AND TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY
HAVE TO WEAR MASKS AND NOT
OPERATE THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES,
YET THEY’RE PERFECTLY FINE WITH
HAVING AN OPEN BORDER SOUTH OF
OUR BORDER, THEY DON’T WANT A
WALL, THEY DON’T WANT ANY TYPE
OF PARTITION PREVENTING PEOPLE
FROM COMING ILLEGALLY INTO OUR
COUNTRY.
THEY WELCOME THAT, THEY WELCOME
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
WE’VE DETAINED ALMOST 50,000
PEOPLE DURING THIS PERIOD OF
TIME THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO
SEND BACK BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING
TO GET IN THE UNITED STATES, AND
WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS WHO
ARE WANTING TO SHUT DOWN OUR
ECONOMIES IN THE STATESES, BUT
THEY’RE PERFECTLY FINE WITH
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, THOUSANDS OF
THEM, ALL TOGETHER COMING ACROSS
THE BORDER AND INTO OUR COUNTRY.
OF COURSE, DURING A PANDEMIC WE
NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN,
AND I APPLAUD THE PRESIDENT FOR
HAVING 300 MILES OF WALL BUILT
TO PREVENT PEOPLE COMING ACROSS
THE BORDER IN DROVES THAT MAY
OBVIOUSLY HAVE HEALTH
IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS COUNTRY.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
HUMANITARIAN COUNTRY.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE COME INTO
THE COUNTRY LEGALLY.
PEOPLE SHOULD APPLY FOR ASYLUM
AT PORTS OF ENTRY.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
CRITICIZED FOR PUTTING AN
AGGRESSIVE CAP ON ASYLUM
SEEKERS.
SHOULD HE LIFT THE CAP FOR
HUMANITARIAN REASONS FOR ASYLUM
SEEKERS?
>> LOOK, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO
FILE FOR ASYLUM CAN DO THAT IN
THEIR EMBASSIES IN THE CUP.
SO SO IF THEY’RE IN HONDURAS,
THEY CAN GO TO THE U.S. EMBASSY
IN HONDURAS.
THEY DON’T HAVE TO COME ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, GO THROUGH THE
LEGAL PARAMETERS THAT WE SET
FORTH AS A COUNTRY ESPECIALLY
DURING THIS TIME IN A COVID
PANDEMIC TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY
APPLY AND ARE REQUISITE FOR
ASYLUM.
THEY CAN DO THAT IN THEIR HOME
COUNTRY.
THEY DON’T HAVE TO COME IN
DROVES OF CARAVANS TO OUR
BORDERS THAT OVERWHELM OUR
BORDER PATROL AND I.C.E.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, WE’VE ALSO
BEEN COVERING THAT STORY.
WE’VE ALSO BEEN COVERING
OPERATION LEGEND.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS OUT
WITH NEW NUMBERS.
AGAIN, THIS IS, THE NEWS IS
COMING IN THICK AND FAST.
THERE’S NOW 4,000 PEOPLE
ARRESTED IN OPERATION LEGEND
TAKING PLACE IN CITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THEY’VE RECOVERED MORE THAN A
THOUSAND ILLEGAL FIREARMS AND
MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF NARCOTICS,
HEROIN, FENTANYL AND COCAINE.
SO IT, AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH WALTER
REED, WE’VE GOT A NUMBER OF
THINGS HAPPENING AT THE BORDER
AND NOW JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCING NEW NUMBERS ABOUT
OPERATION LEGEND, SIR.
>> YEAH.
THANK GOD WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
THAT’S ALL ABOUT LAW AND ORDER
AND IS ALL ABOUT THE DOJ AND
I.C.E. AND THESE OTHER FEDERAL
AGENCIES AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACTUALLY UPHOLDING
THE LAW AND PROSECUTING THESE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BREAKING
LAWS AND GOING AGAINST GANGS
THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR
COUNTRY.
SO I THANK THE PRESIDENT FOR
TAKING THOSE POLICIES, I SUPPORT
THOSE POLICIES.
EVERYBODY HERE IN FLORIDA IS
PRAY ORING FOR HIM AND HIS WIFE
HOPE THEY REST WELL, AND
HOPEFULLY SOON HE’LL BE BACK ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
VIRTUALLY IF HE HAS TO BE, BUT
I’LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING HIM SOON IN FLORIDA.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, GETTING
BACK TO WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION,
THE WHITE HOUSE, THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS DEALING WITH,
VIOLENCE IN U.S. CITIES, AND
COUPLING THAT WITH WHAT’S GOING
ON AT THE BORDER, WE HAVE HEARD
TIME AND AGAIN MEXICO ’S LEADERS
SAYING WE WE NEED A SAFE,
ORDERLY AND LEGAL MIGRATION.
WE’RE STRUGGLING WITH COVID-19
OUTBREAKS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
THEY DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL
WITH CARAVANS TRANSVERSING
ACROSS THEIR BORDERS.
THEY TYPICALLY OFFERED PEOPLE
DOING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
ASYLUM IN MEXICO, BUT MANY
IGNORE THAT, SET THAT APSEUDO.
THEY’RE FULL ON -- ASIDE.
THEY’RE FULL ON COMING HERE TO
THE UNITED STATES, AND WE HAVE
AN ECONOMY, WE UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY WANT TO COME HERE.
BUT THE ISSUE IS EVEN MINORITY
COMMUNITIES AND HISPANIC AND
LATINO COMMUNITIES SAY IT’S NOT
FAIR, DO IT LEGALLY LIKE WE DID.
WAIT IN LINE.
>> YEAH.
WE HAVE LEGAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THEM TO CLAIM ASYLUM IN THEIR
HOME COUNTRIES, AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS ALL ABOUT SECURING OUR
BORDER AND INSURING THAT WE
DON’T HAVE LAWLESSNESS AND
CRIMINAL COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER.
SO WE HAVE GENUINE ASYLUM CASES,
THEY CAN APPLY IN THEIR
EMBASSIES IN THEIR HOME
COUNTRIES, AND THEY’LL BE
EVALUATED BY A JUDGE.
ELIZABETH: ALL RIGHT.
CONGRESSMAN, IT’S SO GREAT TO
SEE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US
OUT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.