BRIAN: 60 MILES OF BRAND NEW
WALL GOING UP AT THE ARIZONA
BORDER.
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION RELEASING THIS
DRONE FOOTAGE ANNOUNCING
THEY EXPECT IT TO BE
COMPLETE, 450 MILES BY THE
END OF 2020.
HIRE WITH MORE IS ACTING
COMMISSIONER OF U.S. CUSTOMS
AND BORDER PROTECTION MARK
MORGAN.
MARK, SO WHAT WE WERE JUST
WATCHING, HOW NEW IS THAT?
>> SO, IT'S BRAND NEW.
AND THERE'S A FALSE
NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT
REALLY WANTS TO MAKE A BIG
DEAL ABOUT THAT.
THAT IT REPLACEMENT.
THIS HEARKENS BACK TO WHEN
WE CALLED IT A FENCE, A
WALL, A BARRIER.
LOOK, WHAT WAS THERE WAS
OLD, DILAPIDATED AND DIDN'T
WORK.
EVERY MILE THAT'S BEING
BUILT IS ABSOLUTELY A NEW
WALL.
AND IT'S NOT JUST WALL,
BRIAN.
IT'S A WALL SYSTEM.
IT HAS INTEGRATED LIGHTING,
TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS ROADS IT.
ABSOLUTELY AND I HAVE BEEN
SAILING THIS WITH EACH MILE
THAT'S BUILT, THIS COUNTRY
IS MORE SAFE.
AND IF YOU ASK THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF BORDER PATROL, THIS
PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN THEM
EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN
ASKING FOR.
THIS BRAND NEW BALLARD TYPE
WALL THAT'S WHAT THE EXPERTS
ASKED FOR AND THAT'S WHAT
THE PRESIDENT IS DELIVERING.
BRIAN: READING AXIOS
YESTERDAY AFTER TWO AND A
HALF YEARS AFTER TRUMP TOOK
OFFICE HE PROMISED A NEW
WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
HIS ADMINISTRATION CANNOT
TELL US THE FIRST MILE OF
NEW WALL THAT'S BEEN BUILT.
IS AXIOS WRONG?
>> THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY
WRONG, BRIAN.
EVERY MILE THOSE 60 MILES
HAVE BEEN BUILT, THAT'S A
NEW WALL.
JUST AS I SAID.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WHAT
THEY ARE TRYING TO CONVOLUTE
IS NEW ADDITIONAL LINEAR
MILES OF WALL.
AND RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ALSO
BEEN UNDERWAY.
AND RGV ONE OF THE STRATEGIC
LOCATES RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
BEEN ACQUIRING LAND FOR A
LONG TIME.
AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING
CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN SOON
OF ALMOST 100 NEW MILES OF
LINEAR WALL IN THE RBG AREA
SO THAT'S JUST THOUGHT
ACCURATE.
BRIAN: MARK, YOU WERE
EXPECTING THIS BUT IT'S
HAPPENED.
19 STATES AND WASHINGTON,
D.C. HAVE LAUNCHED NEW
LAWSUITS AGAINST THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION OVER CHANGES
TO THE FLORES RULE THAT
WOULD ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE
TO KEEP UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
AND MINORS WITH THEIR
FAMILIES LONGER THAN 20
DAYS.
YOU ARE EXPECTING THE SUIT.
ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT TORE
THE SUIT.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST PITCH TO
OVERTURN THE FLORES RULE?
>> HERE'S TWO BEST PICTURES.
ONE IS THE NEW FLORES
REGULATION NOT ONLY DOES IT
MEET THE FLORES SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT PARAMETERS, IT
ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THEM FOR
THE CARE THAT WE WILL
PROVIDE IN THESE RESIDENTIAL
CENTERS FOR THESE CHILDREN.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT
ACTUALLY WILL MAKE SURE THAT
THE FAMILIES ARE HELD
TOGETHER.
AND HERE'S A REALLY QUICK
FALSE NARROW THAF NEEDS TO
BE ADDRESSED.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT INDEFINITE
DETENTION.
IF ANYBODY SAYS THAT, THAT'S
AN ABSOLUTE LIE.
WE ARE WANTING TO HOLD THEM
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY IN A
GOOD, SAFE ENVIRONMENT JUST
DURING THE IMMIGRATION
PROCEEDINGS WHICH HISTORY
SHOWS US TAKES BETWEEN 40
AND 60 DAYS.
BRIAN: YOU FEEL IF YOU PUT
45 DAYS IN THEY WILL START
PLAYING WITH THAT.
60 DAYS IN PLAY WITH THAT
YOU PUT THE WORD INDEFINITE
IN THERE BUT DOESN'T MEAN
INDEFINITE.
IT'S AN ORDER TO GET THEM
PROCESSED STAY OR GO, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TIME AND
TIME AGAIN IF WE PUT
LIMITATIONS IN THERE THEN
THEY GAME THE SYSTEM AND
THEY GET PASSED THAT AND END
UP HAVING TO RELEASE THEM.
PUTTING THAT WORD IN THERE
ALLOWS TO US MAINTAIN THEM
DURING THE PROCESS.
BRIAN: IT'S AMAZING.
MOST OF THESE 19 STATES HAVE
INCREDIBLE HOMELESS PROBLEM.
THEY ARE TAXED UP TO THE
GILLS.
YET THEY WANT TO TAKE IN
ILLEGALS AT RANDOM PACE.