18 G.O.P. SENATORS NOW CALLING
FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
>> Todd: THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE
WON’T ANSWER ONE SINGLE QUESTION
ABOUT THOSE SECRET MIDNIGHT
MIGRANT FLIGHTS.
IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH TURNS OUT
YOU, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER,
SPENDING OVER 340 MILLION BUCKS
TO MAKE THEM HAVE IT.
>> FORMER ACTING DHS SECRETARY
CHAD WOLF JOINS US NOW WITH HIS
REACTION TO THIS.
YOU KNOW, CHAD, A RECENT CBS
NEWS POLL SHOWED THAT ONLY 36%
OF AMERICANS AGREE WITH THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S
IMMIGRATION POLICIES.
YOU WOULD THINK THE
ADMINISTRATION WOULD SEE THAT
NUMBER AND CHANGE COURSE.
BUT IT DOESN’T APPEAR THAT’S
HAPPENING.
WHY?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT’S A GREAT
QUESTION.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR 12 MONTHS
IS A BORDER IN CRISIS.
AND AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS
NOT OFFERING ANY NEW POLICIES TO
SOLVE THAT CRISIS.
INSTEAD, THEY CONTINUE TO DOUBLE
DOWN ON A FAILED STRATEGY THAT
IS NOT UPHOLDING THE RULE OF
LAW.
THAT IS OVERWHELMING THE SYSTEM,
WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE THESE
FLIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT
TO ALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE BROKEN THE SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE BROKEN THE PROCESS
DOWN ON THAT BORDER AND THE
RESULT IS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MIGRANTS WHETHER THEY ARE
CHILDREN OR SINGLE ADULTS IN
COMMUNITIES AND BEING RELEASED
IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY.
BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO
DO AT THE BORDER AT THIS POINT
IN TIME.
>> Todd: DOES ANYONE ELSE
BESIDES THE WHITE HOUSE THINK
TAKING THESE MIGRANTS SPREADING
THEM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IS A
GOODEDY.
NO ONE I HAVE SPOKEN TO THINKS
THAT’S A SMART IDEA.
>> IF YOU LISTEN TO THE WHITE
HOUSE OR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY
HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO DO
THIS AND THAT’S SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY.
THERE IS ANOTHER STRATEGY TO
SECURE THAT BORDER.
WE DID THIS UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION THERE ARE
POLICIES THAT YOU CAN PUT IN
PLACE THAT DETER THE ILLEGAL
APPREHENSIONS THAT BORDER IS
ENCOUNTERING IN HISTORIC NUMBERS
EACH AND EVERY MONTH.
SO, THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS.
WE LEFT THEM A PLAYBOOK WHEN WE
HANDED OVER POWER.
IN JANUARY OF 2021.
SO THEY DO HAVE OPTIONS.
AND THE OPTION OF SIMPLY
ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS CATCH AND
RELEASE AND ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS
INTO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY SHOULD NOT BE THE FIRST
OPTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION, THAT’S EXACTLY
WHAT THEY HAVE GONE TO AND IT’S
WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR
THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THESE
FLIGHTS FOR 12 MONTHS.
AND I’M GLAD, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT
THERE IS SOME PUBLICITY ON THEM.
>> Carley: YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHEN
JEN PSAKI WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS
SHE SAID THAT YOU KNOW, THE
FLIGHT TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST.
THE FOOTAGE THAT WE WERE JUST
SHOWING IS OLD, DO YOU THINK
THAT THESE FLIGHTS ARE STILL
HANG?
$340 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY
AND I THINK THAT’S ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY THE PRESIDENT’S POLL
NUMBERS ON THIS ISSUE IS SO LOW.
>> WELL, ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE
HAPPENING.
BECAUSE YOU JUST LOOK AT THE
NUMBERS.
MONTH AFTER MONTH AND IN
DECEMBER, OVER 170,000 ILLEGAL
APPREHENSIONS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE FOLK,
AGAIN, WERE BEING RELEASED INTO
THE UNITED STATES.
SO, ABSOLUTELY, THESE FLIGHTS
ARE CONTINUING EACH AND EVERY
DAY.
LOOK, TO BE CLEAR, DURING THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WE ALSO
MOVED MIGRANTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY BUT WE DID FOR A VERY
DIFFERENT REASON.
WE DID THAT TO DETAIN THEM AND
TO DEPORT THEM VS. WHAT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING,
WHICH IS MOVING THEM AROUND AND
RELEASING THEM INTO THE UNITED
STATES.
SO TWO VERY DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
BUT ABSOLUTELY THE FLIGHTS ARE
CONTINUING.
>> Todd: BEFORE WE LET YOU GO,
JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO DEPLOY
3,000 TROOPS TO EASTERN EUROPE
IN A MAJOR SHOW OF FORCE.
IS THIS THE RIGHT MOVE, SIR?
>> WELL, LOOK, I THINK AT THE
END OF THE DAY, UKRAINE IS A
SOVEREIGN NATION.
THEY ARE NOT PART OF UNITED
STATES TOE, WE HAVE TO BE VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING
PUTIN DRAG US INTO THIS ISSUE.
THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR EUROPE TO
SOLVE.
AND WE NEED PRESIDENTIAL
LEADERSHIP TO PUSH EUROPEAN
LEADERS TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE
WITHOUT THE U.S. COMMITTING A
VAST NUMBER OF TROOPS THERE
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON’T SEE THAT
TODAY.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL.
CHINA IS THE REAL THREAT.
AND NOT UKRAINE AT THE END OF