CAMPAIGN FORMED ANY SORT OF
AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA.
JOINING US TONIGHT IS DONNA BRA
STILL
DOILL
DONNL
DONNABRAZILE.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> IT'S BAN LONG TIME BUT I HOPE
ALL IS WELL WITH YOU.
LOU: YOU BETCHA AND I HOPE THE
SAME FOR YOU.
I KNOW UP WITH THING.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE YEARS
AGO.
>> I REMEMBER.
LOU: AND THE FIRST IS WHAT IN
THE WORLD IS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THINK IT'S DOING REFUSING TO
SECURE THE NATION, THE NATION'S
BORDERS AND TO TAKE CONTROL OF
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, GOING
BACK TO 2006 WHEN GEORGE BUSH
WAS PRESIDENT, 2013 WHEN BARACK
OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT, DEMOCRATS,
ESPECIALLY DEMOCRATS IN THE
SENATE HELD VOTES, THEY WERE
STRONG SUPPORTERS OF BORDER
SECURITY, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
THAT PROTECTS THE BORDER, ADDED
MORE BORDER AGENTS TO INSURE
MORE BORDER AGENTS TO ENSURE
THAT THOSE WHO WERE CAUGHT WERE
APPREHENDED.
WE CAN COME UP WITH AN APPROACH
TO SECURE MEXICO'S SOUTHERN
BORDER.
AS YOU KNOW, ONE FIFTH OF THE
PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER ARE
ACTUALLY APPREHENDED.
BUT I DON'T PAINT PEOPLE WITH A
BROAD BRUSH.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE
MORE TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
MAKE SURE THAT CONGRESS WORKS
WITH HIM AND THE VICE PRESIDENT
WHO IS SITTING DOWN WITH
MEXICO'S OFFICIALS, HE'S BEEN TO
CENTRAL AMERICA.
WE'VE GOT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE
IN DEALING WITH THE CRISIS DOWN
IN MEXICO.
LOU: WELL, HERE WE ARE WITH A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND THE
CRISIS.
YOU MENTIONED 2006.
2006 AND '07, THE PERIOD IN TIME
IN WHICH COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION REFORM IT WAS THEN
CALLED THE KENNEDY-McCAIN ACT.
WHAT BLEW THAT UP WAS CHAIN
MIGRATION, FAMILY MIGRATION, IF
YOU WISH, EXTENDED FAMILY
MIGRATION, AND THE RESULT IS WE
ARE, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST
STUDY, RESPONSIBLE STUDY,
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 22 AND
30 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN
THE COUNTRY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE TIME.
AND THE WAY WASHINGTON, AS YOU
WELL KNOW, KILLS ANY SOLUTION IS
TO TRY TO MAKE THE PROBLEM EVER
LARGER.
WE HAVE A SECURITY PROBLEM AND
WE NEED TO SECURE THE BORDER.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT, AS I DO,
THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO
PAY A HEAVY PRICE, WHO ARE THE,
BY THE WAY, THE RINO REPUBLICANS
GOING TO PAY A HEAVY PRICE IN
2020 FOR NOT SECURING THE
BORDER.
>> LOOK, I KNOW THAT IMMIGRATION
IS A BIG ISSUE, BIG TOPIC OF
CONCERN.
MANY AMERICANS CARE ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY ON THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY SIDE TO GET THE
TALKS BACK ON THE TABLE.
WE GOT TO HAVE A COMP HENCE UF
APPROACH TO IT, LOU.
WE CAN'T DO A BAND AID AND CALL
IT A WALL AND GO HOME.
THIS IS A MIGRATION CRISIS.
THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS RUNNING
AND FLEEING VIOLENCE.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SAFETY.
AND YES, I KNOW THE DRUG CARTELS
AND OTHERS ARE SMUGGLING.
LOU: YOU CAN'T JUST SAY YOU KNOW
THERE'S A LITTLE DRUGS.
THERE'S 70,000 OPIOID OVERDOSE
DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY EVERY
YEAR BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF
METH AM
METHAMM
METHAMPHETAMINES, MARIJUANA,
COCAINE, HEROIN, FENTANYL ARE
CROSSING THE MEXICAN BORDER.
>> SOME ARE CROSSING THE BORDER
IN PLAIN VIEW.
I'M NOT MINIMIZING THE RISK.
I'LL NOT MINIMIZING THE DANGER.
I'M SAYING THIS CRISIS THAT
WE'RE FACING TODAY IS NOT GOING
TO GET ANY BETTER AS LONG AS
WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, CALLING
PEOPLE NAMES.
WE GOT TO -- LOOK, CENTRAL
AMERICAN LEADERS --
LOU: FIRST ONE CALLING NAME BY
THE WAY IS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
REPUBLICAN SENATE.
DONNA BRAZILE, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'VE
REACHED SUCH AGREEMENT OVER THE
YEARS.