GOOD MORNING AT HOME.
POLICY ALLOWING FOR QUICK
MIGRANT EXPULSION EXPIRES
TONIGHT.
BORDER PATROL DEALING WITH A
NUMBER OF DAILY APPREHENSIONS.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WARNING THE
CRISIS COULD BE GETTING WORSE
ADMITTING THAT TOUGH TIMES ARE
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
>> WE ARE ARE CLEAR EYED ABOUT
THE CHALLENGES WE’RE LIKELY TO
FACE IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD
WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE
VERY DIFFICULT.
>> Bill: WITH US NOW TEXAS
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT AND BORDER
CZAR MIKE BANKS.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND MR.
BANKS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN OUT AND
ABOUT.
WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN OUT THERE AND
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND FROM
YOUR EXPERIENCE, SIR?
>> SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
ONE I THINK IT WAS BRANDON JUDD
THAT YOU WERE HAVING GIVING YOU
SOME COMMENTS EARLIER.
SO BRANDON JUDD WAS SPOT ON IN
THIS REGARD.
THAT IS WE NEED THE POLICIES
THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BY THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
REMEMBER THIS, THREE YEARS AGO
WE HAD THE LOWEST NUMBER OF
BORDER CROSSINGS IN DECADES
BECAUSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
PUT INTO PLACE THE REMAIN IN
MEXICO, TITLE 42, END CATCH AND
RELEASE.
BUILT A WALL AND SENT A MESSAGE
THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT
GOING TO BE TOLERATED IN THE
UNITED STATES.
IF BIDEN HAD NOT ELIMINATED ALL
OF THOSE POLICIES WE WOULDN’T
HAVE THE CATASTROPHE WE HAVE
TODAY.
HOWEVER.
>> Bill: THE QUESTION WAS
DIRECTED TO MR. BANKS AND I WANT
OUR AUDIENCE TO KNOW I BELIEVE
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE
DONE A TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOUR
JOB AND DUTIES THAT YOU ARE UP
AND DOWN THE BORDER EVERY DAY
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND 52 WEEKS A
YEAR.
WHAT DOES AMERICA NEED TO
UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE
SEEN AND WHAT TEXAS IS GOING
THROUGH, SIR?
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO SEE AND
UNDERSTAND THIS CRISIS HAS BEEN
CREATED BY THE ADMINISTRATION,
RIGHT?
24 YEARS OF BORDER PATROL PRIOR
TO COMING TO WORK FOR THE
GOVERNOR AND THE FACT IS THAT
UNTIL THEY STOPPED CATCH AND
RELEASE, UNTIL THERE IS A
CONSEQUENCE FOR ACTIONS FOR
SOMEONE ENTERING THIS COUNTRY
ILLEGALLY, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
COME.
THE BORDER PATROL NEEDS TO BE
ALLOWED TO DO THEIR JOB AND
TAKEN FORCEMENT AND RETURN
PEOPLE BACK TO THE COUNTRIES.
WHAT IT’S DOING TO TEXAS, THE
SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, IT
IS DEVASTATING TEXAS AND THE
COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SIT BACK
AND ALLOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO ALLOW THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INTO TEXAS
AND FOR THE REST OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THAT MATTER.
MOST OF THOSE MIGRANTS WILL
CONTINUE ON FORWARD INTO THE
UNITED STATES.
THIS IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PROBLEM AND TEXAS IS STANDING UP
TO TRY TO DO WHAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS REFUSING TO
DO.
>> Dana: GOVERNOR ABBOTT,
YESTERDAY PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID
THAT THE BORDER IS GOING TO BE
CHAOTIC FOR A WHILE WHEN TITLE
42 ENDS.
HOW DO YOU THINK HE DEFINES FOR
A WHILE?
>> FOR THE REST OF HIS TENURE AS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IS THE REALITY.
THINK ABOUT THE CONTRAST OF WHAT
THE PRESIDENT JUST SAID AND WHAT
YOU’VE SEEN SECRETARY MAYOKAS
SAY WHEN HE IS REPEATEDLY SAID
THE BORDER IS NOT OPEN, THE
BORDER IS CLOSED.
AND IT’S NOTHING BUT A LIE.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE
BORDER HAS BEEN OPEN UNDER THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ENTICING
PEOPLE TO COME HERE ILLEGALLY.
THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE
UNLESS AND UNTIL, AS MIKE BANKS
SAID, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL START TO ENFORCE TITLE
EIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES LAWS
THAT ALLOWS THE UNITED STATES TO
RETURN BACK TO THE COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN THOSE COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER ILLEGALLY.
>> Dana: MR. BANKS, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE’RE CURIOUS ABOUT,
PARTIAL SOLUTION HAS BEEN THE
BARBED WIRE PLACED IN CERTAIN
PLACES THAT WE HAVE SEEN SOME
VIDEO OF THAT.
IS THAT HELPING?
>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY HELPING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AREA IN
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS WHERE THE
TACTICAL BORDER FORCE WAS DOWN
THERE AND STARTED REPELLING
PEOPLE FROM COMING INTO THE
COUNTRY YOU HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC
DECREASE IN THAT AREA.
A DRAMATIC DECREASE.
THE FACT IS WHERE THERE IS
DETERRENTS, YOU FIX THE PROBLEM.
UNTIL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
STARTS DOING THEIR JOB AND
PROVIDING CONSEQUENCES AND
DETERRENTS THE STATE OF TEXAS
WILL CONTINUE ADDRESSING THE
ILLEGAL FLOW EVERYWHERE IT POPS
UP.
>> Bill: TITLE EIGHT APPARENTLY
IS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT.
LOOSELY DEFINED IF YOU CROSS THE
BORDER AND DID NOT SEEK ASYLUM
IN MEXICO FIRST, YOU CAN BE
KICKED OUT.
IS THAT HAPPENING?
DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN?
>> WELL, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT WILL
START HAPPENING.
BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
SAID A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS
DURING HIS TENURE OF PRESIDENT
THAT’S NEVER HAPPENED.
AND SO I HAVE 0 TRUST THE
PRESIDENT OR THE PEOPLE WORKING
UNDER HIM WILL ACTUALLY ENFORCE
THE LAWS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN
THE UNITED STATES AND EXPEL
MIGRANTS AND SECURE THE BORDER.
>> Dana: GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME AS WE KICK DOWN TO
THE END OF TITLE 42.
YOUR WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN BUSY
AND ABOUT TO GET MORE SO.
THANK YOU.
>> Bill: THANK YOU.
TO MR. BANKS, YOUR FIRST
APPEARANCE WELL DONE.
SOME IMAGES ARE STUNNING.
YOU HAVE TO STOP AND LOOK AT
THIS SOMETIMES.
THIS IS FROM OUR BORDER CREW IN
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WITH THESE
DRONE SHOTS.
DANA, THAT’S -- THAT GOES FOR AS
FAR AS WE CAN SEE.
THAT DRONE IS PROBABLY 1,000
FEET IN THE AIR.
>> Dana: THERE IS A LOT TO COVER
HERE AND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THEY DON’T WANT
THE TALK ABOUT THIS.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
ANYTHING ELSE.
THEY WON’T HAVE A CHOICE.
EVEN OTHER MEDIA IS HAVING TO
REPORT ON THIS NOW.
>> Bill: YOU SEE THAT RAZOR WIRE
IS WHAT THEY PUT IN PLACE
YESTERDAY.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THIS
WILL GO FOR MILES AND WHAT THEY
WILL TRY AND DO IS FIND AREAS
WHERE THE MIGRANTS ARE TRYING TO
FIND A ROUTE TO CROSS AND THEY
WILL GO TO THAT SPOT, SET UP THE
RAZOR WIRE AND THEN ASSIGN
TROOPS TO GUARD THAT SPOT.
>> Dana: THEY’RE DOING WHAT THEY
CAN.
>> Bill: MAYBE IT’S A CASE OF
WHACK-A-MOLE.
TEXAS IS ON ITS OWN IN A LOT OF
WAYS RIGHT NOW.
TO OUR CREW DOWN THERE, THANK