MARIA: WELCOME BACK, WE ARE
COMING LIVE THIS MORNING FROM
U.S.-MEXICO BORDER TEXAS
CONGRESSWOMAN MAYRA FLORES
INTERVIEWING FIRST BILL
YESTERDAY TARTH PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S BORDER CRISIS
WIDE-OPEN BORDER LEGISLATION
TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION
HER RACE FLIPPING THE DISTRICT
RED, HAS BEEN HELD DEMOCRAT
FOR 100 YEARS, JOINING ME
RIGHT NOW IS WOMAN HERSELF
TEXAS CONGRESSWOMAN MAYRA
FLORES MEMBER OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEES IT IS GREAT TO SEE
YOU --
>> THANK YOU, MARIA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.
CONGRATS ON THE BILL TELL US
ABOUT THE BILL WHAT ARE YOU
TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, THAT
WE INVEST, IN OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, AND
BORDER SECURITY IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR ME, I AM A
BORDER PATROL WIFE, THE
SOUTHERN CRISIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS AFFECTING US, HERE IN
SOUTH TEXAS BUT TO BE HONEST I
THINK AFFECTING ALL OF US
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SO VERY
IMPORTANT THAT WE GET TO WORK,
AND THIS BILL THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER
MEMBERS ON THE HOUSE MEMBERS
DEMOCRATS AND IMPORTANT,
IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK
TOGETHER BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
CRISIS SHOULD NOT BE POLITICAL
WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER IT IS
UNFORTUNATELY, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, DOESN’T
UNDERSTAND, THAT IT IS
IMMIGRATION HURTING THIS
COUNTRY ALSO HURTING
IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE VERY
DANGEROUS, THE JOURNEY SO MANY
WOMEN GO THROUGH ABUSE,
CHILDREN, ARE BEING PUT INTO
CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING, WE WANT
TO CHANGE THAT WE MUST SECURE
OUR BORDERS.
MARIA: I MEAN IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT, TO HEAR THIS FROM
YOU, YOU WERE BORN IN MEXICO.
THE FIRST MEXICAN
CONGRESSWOMAN YOUR FAMILY HERE
THE LEGAL WAY YOU ARE A MEMBER
OF CONGRESS, ABLE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THIS HAS
EVOLVED IF YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE WHAT YOU ARE
SEEING IN THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF IN.
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS I HAVE NEVER SEEN
THIS, SO MUCH STRESS, ON MY
HUSBAND I KNOW NOT JUST MY
HUSBAND I KNOW ALL BORDER
PATROL AGENTS GOING THROUGH
VERY DIFFICULT TIMES, AND
FAMILIES AS WELL THE PUTS A
LOT OF PRESSURE, AND A LOT OF
STRESS ON THE FAMILIES AS
WELL, AND CONSTANT ATTACKS ON
BORDER PATROL AGENTS, IT IS,
IT IS VERY HURTFUL TO US IN
SOUTH TEXAS OUR BORDER PATROL
AGENTS ARE FAMILY.
>> YOU WERE A REGISTERED
DEMOCRAT, RIGHT THAT YOU
ACTUALLY FLIPPED YOURSELVES.
>> YES, I VOTED DEMOCRAT VOTED
FOR BARACK OBAMA.
>> YOUR MIDTERM OPPONENT
CLAIMING YOUR CONFUSED AFTER
YOU SAID DEMOCRATS LOST TOUCH
WITH HISPANIC COMMUNITY WHAT
DO YOU WANT TO SAY HE IS
CONFUSED BACKING IN CHINA I AM
BACK HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
HE CAN’T EVEN DEFINE WHAT A
WOMAN IS.
AND HE BELIEVES THAT HIRING A
BLOGGER TO CALL ME RACIST
NAMES -- MISS ENCHILADA TO
HARASS ME ATTACKS NOT JUST
AGAINST ME BEGINS OUR CULTURE
AGAINST WOMEN I THINK HE IS
THE ONE THAT IS CONFUSED.
MARIA: ISN’T IT TRUE THAT JOE
BIDEN, CALLED THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST TACOS?
>> IT IS HONESTLY, BLOWS MY
MIND BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT
BY GIVING US TACOS, LATIN
REMOVE ALL IT TAKES TO VOTE
FOR THEM.
IT IS NOT.
THEY HAVE TO GET TO WORK IF
THEY WANT SUPPORT.
>> IT IS ABOUT ONE THING ONE
THING ONLY YOU DISCUSSED, THAT
IS THE ECONOMY, OPPORTUNITY
FOR HISPANIC FAMILIES THE WAY
EVERYBODY IN EVERY ETHNICITY
WANTS OPPORTUNITIES, SAFETY
FOR FAMILIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY WE WANT MORE
MONEY IN POCKETS.
SO, ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR
FAMILIES.
AND THAT IS WHY, IN MY
DISTRICT UNDERWATER, ALSO
UNDERWATER IN ENTIRE COUNTRY
HISPANIC COMMUNITY VERY SMART
VERY WISE, SEEING THAT THEY’VE
BEEN PLAYING WITH THEM PLAYING
GAMES, USING THE IMMIGRATION
REFORM EVERY ELECTION YEAR,
JUST TO OBTAIN VOTES BUT ONCE
THEY GET VOTE SUPPORT FROM
HISPANIC COMMUNITY, THEY DON’T
CARE ANYMORE THEN BRING THE
IMMIGRATION REFORM EVERY
ELECTION YEAR.
MARIA: YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR
YOUR FAMILY, YOU HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, YOU SAY
FAMILIAR VALUES KEYSTONE OF
YOUR CAMPAIGN WE SAW YOUR
BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER ON SPLAY
NANCY PELOSI GAVE A SHOVE THE
OTHER DAY WHEN YOU WERE SWORN
IN.
>> WHEN IT HOPED I DIDN’T SEE
IT I SAW IT ON TV SOCIAL MEDIA
I WAS VERY PROUD OF MY YOU
DAUGHTER WE DIDN’T ALLOW THAT
MOMENT TO DESTROY THAT SPECIAL
MOMENT BECAUSE IT REALLY WAS
IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL TO MY
FAMILY, TO EVEN MY FAMILY IN
MEXICO, THAT WERE VERY
SUPPORTIVE WATCHING THIS
MOMENT, FOR US, SO WE DIDN’T
ALLOW HER TO DESTROY THAT
SPECIAL MOMENT VICTIM PROUD OF
MY DAUGHTER THE WAY SHE
RESPONDED.
>> SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, VERY
ACTUALLY, UNFAZED.
>> GREAT, COMING FROM YOU
REALLY IMPORTANT, TO
UNDERSTAND, HOW YOU THINK
THINGS ARE TO PROCEED BECAUSE
YOU HAVE FAMILY STILL IN
MEXICO.
WHAT KIND OF AN IMMIGRATION
POLICY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
FOR AMERICA?
I MEAN WE HAVE A STRUCTURE IN
PLACE RIGHT NOW, WE WHAT ISSUE
ONE MILLION GREEN CARDS A
YEAR, YET LOOK AT TWO MILLION
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
ENCOUNTERED ILLEGALLY CROSSING
THE BORDER UNDER JOE BIDEN’S
WATCH THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE
GOTAWAYS I AM TOLD ABOUT
900,000 GOTAWAYS THAT WE KNOW
OF THE, THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN ON
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO SEE IN TERMS OF
IMMIGRATION.
>> IT IS VERY DIFFICULT, I
HAVE FAMILY IN MEXICO I DON’T
VISIT AS OFTEN BECAUSE OF THE
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN SOUTH
TEXAS HAVE FAMILY IN MEXICO,
THAT WE DON’T VISIT AS OFTEN
BECAUSE OF CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE
UNDERSTAND, HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS TO SECURE OUR BORDERS BUT
WE WANT A BETTER LEGAL
IMMIGRATION PROCESS I STILL
HAVE FAMILY IN MEXICAN I HAVE
BEEN WAITING -- WAITING FOR 15
TO 20 YEARS TO BE ABLE TO COME
TO UNITED STATES THE PROCESS
IS VERY LONG I THINK
IMPORTANT, THAT WE IMPROVE THE
PROCESS OF GOOD PEOPLE THAT
WANT TO COME HERE TO THE
UNITED STATES TO WORK HARD FOR
THE AMERICAN DREAM, CAN DO SO,
AND NOT TO GO THROUGH
DANGEROUS JOURNEY IT IS OUR
POLICY CREATING THIS CRISIS,
THEY ARE COMING BECAUSE OF
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S
POLICIES THAT ENCOURAGE THEM
TO COME HERE KNOWING THEY ARE
GOING THROUGH A VERY DANGEROUS
JOURNEY, BREAKS MY HEART THIS
ADMINISTRATION KNOWS IT IS
DANGEROUS, THEY DON’T CARE,
THEY ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME
BECAUSE JUST WANT TO USE THEM
FOR POLITICAL POWER IN DAY
STATE THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT
CHILDREN.
MARIA: PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY
WHEN YOU SEE WHAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE, PARTICULARLY IN THE
LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THESE
CARTELS, ARE DANGEROUS.
YOU KNOW THAT.
AND TELL ME ABOUT THOSE
CARTELS WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW?
ARE THEY RUNNING UL MEXICO.
THEY ARE RUNNING THE BORDER.
>> THAT WE KNOW.
>> THEY ARE RUNNING THE
BORDER, 4,000 DOLLARS AHEAD
FROM THE TRAY ANGLE 6,000 A
HEADED FROM CHINA.
>> ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION FUNDS CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS, AND IF WE WANT
TO DEFUND THE CARTELS, IT IS
WE ARE GOING DOING IT SECURING
BORDER WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT,
BUT I AM HE THEY’VE CHANGED
EVERYTHING FOR THE STATE WE
ADOPT VISIT OUR FAMILIES AS
OFTEN I DON’T WANT NO AMERICAN
TO EVER FEEL THAT YOU KNOW
THEIR LIVE IS IN DANGER
BECAUSE THEY VISIT THEIR
FAMILY WHY WOULD I WANT THAT
FOR THIS COUNTRY?
WHEN IN MY HOME COUNTRY THAT
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING, IT IS
HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TAKEN SO
MUCH AWAY FROM ME, TAKEN AWAY
SO MUCH FROM PEOPLE HERE IN
SOUTH TEXAS, WE LOVE OUR
FAMILY, BACK IN MEXICO, WE
LOVE OUR CULTURE OUR TRADITION
WE LOVE OUR VALUES, THAT WE
TAKE, WITH US, YOU KNOW THAT
IS THE REASON WHY I BELIEVE,
THAT NO POLITICAL PARTY IS
WORTH PUTTING OUR VALUES ASIDE
WE SHOULD ALWAYS PUT GOD, AND
FAMILY FIRST.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT
NOVEMBER ELECTION IT FEELS
LIKE YOU ARE HANGING OUT IN
THE MIDDLE LEAN TET RIGHT ON
CERTAIN THINGS TO LEFT OTHER
THINGS LIKE MANY AMERICANS, BY
THE WAY.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS WHO
YOUR RESONATING WITH?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GET A
VICTORY IN INNOVATIVE.
>> I AM A STRONG CONSERVATIVE
I WILL ALWAYS TALK FOR VALUES
I BELIEVE, THAT MY VALUES AND
DO RESONATE WITH DISTRICT WHY
WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN SPECIAL
ELECTION GOING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE
BECAUSE WE ARE FOCUSED ON THAT
ISSUES MATTER TO THE DISTRICT
NOT THE NONSENSE IN
WASHINGTON, YOU KNOW, THINGS
LIKE THAT, WE ARE FOCUSED ON
GAS GROCERIES RENT, INTEREST
RATES, THOSE ARE THE THINGS
THAT MATTER, TO MY DISTRICT.
AND I WAS A PRACTITIONER I SAW
WHAT ELDERLY COMMUNITIES WENT