FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS.
JOINING ME NOW, FLORIDA ATTORNEY
GENERAL ASHLEY MOODY.
AG MOODY, IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU
ON THIS MORNING.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THIS DEPOSITION.
>> GOOD MORNING.
JACKIE: THESE COMMENTS AND HIS
ANSWERS WERE REALLY EXPLOSIVE
AND YOU WATCH THEM AND JUST
REALIZE WHAT A TOUGH SITUATION
WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU KNOW, I FELT COMPELLED
TO SHARE THIS WITH THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT IS
PURPOSEFULLY TRYING TO DECEIVE
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
MAYORKAS WENT IN FRONT OF
CONGRESS AND SAID THEY WERE
EFFECTIVELY HANDLING THE BORDER,
THAT IT WAS SECURE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE WHITE
HOUSE COME OUT JUST THIS WEEK
AND SAY THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT
WALKING ACROSS THE BORDER, THAT
THAT WASN’T HAPPENING, THAT WAS
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY’S MOUTH.
AND THAT IS -- WHAT IS OCCURRING
IS A CRISIS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE OPPOSITE OF
WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SELL TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO IS WORKING IN
COURT CASES RIGHT NOW AND
UNCOVERING THE TRUTH, I THOUGHT
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SHARE
BECAUSE THIS IS BECOMING ALL TOO
COMMON WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
A GAME PLAN AND WHEN SOMETHING
GOES BAD BECAUSE OF ONE OF THEIR
POLICIES, WHICH IS EVER
INCREASING AND HAPPENING, THEY
FIRST BLAME SOMEONE ELSE.
AT FIRST, THEY TRIED TO BLAME
TRUMP FOR THE BORDER CRISIS
SAYING IT WAS BROKEN WHEN THEY
GOT IT.
LET ME PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
IN THE LAST MONTH OF TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, THEY HE RELEASED
17 PEOPLE INTO THE AMERICAN
INTERIOR.
YOU ARE LOOKING NOW AT HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT THIS
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS LET
POUR INTO OUR COUNTRY UNVETTED
AND SO FIRST THEY’LL TRY AND
BLAME SOMEONE ELSE AND THEN THEY
DENY AND LIE.
IT’S NOT HAPPENING.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
YOU SAW THIS WITH THE RECESSION.
IT’S NOT A RECESSION.
I KNOW WE DEFINED THAT
REPEATEDLY FOR YOU OVER THE
YEARS BUT WE’RE NOT IN A
RECESSION.
WE HAVE NO INFLATION.
THERE’S NO BORDER CRISIS AND SO
I FELT VERY COMPELLED AS THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL DEALING IN A
STATE THAT’S DEALING WITH
EFFECTS OF THIS DISASTROUS
POLICY AT THE BORDER TO TELL THE
TRUTH AND I COMMEND CHIEF BORDER
PATROL RAUL ORTEZ FOR TELLING
THE TRUTH.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR
IT.
STEVE: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
--
JACKIE: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING THE ISSUE
HEAD ON AND TRYING TO EXPOSE
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE BORDER.
WE TALK ABOUT THE STAGGERING
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
WALKING OVER WHILE THE WHITE
HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SAID
THEY’RE NOT.
WE’VE WATCHED THEM, SEE THEM DO
IT WITH OUR EVEN EYES.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPECTATION
OF HOW THE LAWSUIT PLAYS OUT,
THE TIMELINE, THAT KIND OF
THING.
>> WELL, WE ARE ACTUALLY IN
COURT PUSHING FOR MORE
DEPOSITIONS NOW.
I MEAN, PEOPLE WOULD NEVER
BELIEVE THIS BUT NOT ONLY ARE
THEY COMPLETELY IGNORING PUBLIC
SAFETY IMMIGRATION LAWS, TO THE
DETRIMENT OF THE SECURITY OF OUR
NATION, THEY ARE ALSO BUILDING
NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE UNLAWFUL
TO BRING MORE PEOPLE OVER HERE
THAT ARE ILLEGAL.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION
SACRIFICING THE SAFETY OF OUR
NATION FOR POLITICS.
JACKIE: YEAH.
>> THAT NEEDS BE SAID.
IT NEEDS TO BE SAID OFTEN AND
MORE THAN JUST ON THIS NETWORK.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS NOT
BEING DISCUSSED IN MORE PLACES
BUT LET ME JUST SAY, TO THE
BORDER PATROL AGENTS THAT ARE
TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB AND
DESPERATELY WANTING TO FOLLOW
THE LAW AND STILL COMING TO WORK
EVERY DAY, WE SEE YOU, WE THANK
YOU, WE PRAY FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WEATHERING THIS
UNLAWFUL, UNGRATEFUL,
UNDERMINING ADMINISTRATION.
PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
JACKIE: THAT’S A GREAT POINT
AND THEY ARE SO FRUSTRATED BY
THE SITUATION THEIR HANDS ARE
TIED IN DOING THEIR JOBS.
TODD.
>> AG MOODY, GREAT TO CHAT WITH
YOU.
WHEN I INTERVIEW, I LIKE TO PUT
MY JD HAT HAT ON, JUSTIFY THE
DEGREE I GOT.
I FIND THIS EXTREMELY
FASCINATING.
AS A STATE AG HOW FAR CAN YOU
PUSH THESE DEPOSITIONS IF?
IN OTHER WORDS, HOW HIGH UP THE
FEDERAL CHAIN AS A STATE AG CAN
YOU PUSH THIS?
ARE WE TALKING AS FAR AS
MAYORKAS?
>> WELL, LOOK, AS YOU REMEMBER,
I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO
COME OUT AND SAY HE IS BEING
UNTRUTHFUL AS THE HEAD OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
HE’S BEING UNTRUTHFUL.
AND SO, YES, AT STATES WE HAVE
TO PUSH BACK AND IN ORDER TO
PROVE THAT THEY ARE ACTING
UNLAWFULLY AND THEY’RE DOING THE
EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY’RE
SAYING WE HAVE TO SEEK DISCOVERY
IN THIS LITIGATION AND SO WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE
IN ORDER TO PRESENT OUR CASE
EFFECTIVELY, WE HAVE TO SHOW
THAT THEY ARE DOING THE OPPOSITE
OF WHAT THEY’RE TELLING PEOPLE.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO
THAT AS FLORIDA.
I THINK YOU’LL SEE OTHER STATES
DO THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE A SUIT WHERE WE
WERE CLAIMING AND WE ARE PROVING
THAT RIGHT AWAY WHEN THEY GOT IN
OFFICE THEY STOPPED DEPORTING
PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE ILLEGALLY,
COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST
AMERICANS.
SERIOUS CRIMES.
EVEN OBAMA DID THAT.
THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED AND I’LL
JUST POINT OUT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SAY THIS ISN’T
HAPPENING, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THEY ENCOUNTERED IN ONE FISCAL
YEAR IS UNPRECEDENTED.
HISTORIC.
WE’VE NEVER SEEN NUMBERS LIKE
THIS.
IT WHIM AWILL DIRECTOR DWARF THE
MANY STATES.
STATES.
JACKIE: IT WILL HAVE A LASTING
IMPACT, NO DOUBT.
EVEN WHAT WE’VE SEEN UP TO THIS
POINT, DAMAGING FOR THE COUNTRY.
WHILE I HAVE YOU, CHICAGO MAYOR
LORI LIGHTFOOT PERSONALLY
ATTACKING TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT FOR BUSSING ILLEGAL
MIGRANTS TO THE WINDY CITY.
WATCH THIS.
>> WITH THESE CONTINUED
POLITICAL STUNTS, GOVERNOR
ABBOTT HAS CONFIRMED WHAT
UNFORTUNATELY MANY OF US HAVE
ALREADY KNOWN, THAT HE IS A MAN
WITHOUT ANY MORALS, HUMANITY, OR
SHAME.
JACKIE: ABBOTT OF COURSE HAS
BUFFED 95 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS TO
CHICAGO, OVER 1900 TO NEW YORK
CITY.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL OF THIS?
THESE ARE SANCTUARY CITIES,
SELF-DECLARED, AND YET THEY’RE
SAYING WE DON’T WANT THIS IN OUR
BACKYARD.
>> WELL, I JUST TOLD YOU, THIS
IS THE PLAYBOOK.
IT’S THEIR POLICIES THAT ARE HE
DESTROYING THAT CITY.
THESE RADICAL DEMS ARE
DESTROYING THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
BUSINESSES ARE FLEEING THERE.
YOU THOUGH WHERE THEY’RE
FLEEING?
TO FLORIDA.
WE LEAD THE NATION IN THE NUMBER
OF NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE
STARTING.
IT’S INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT THEY
WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH POLICIES
THAT THEY ARE DESTRUCK TOUGHER.
DESTRUCTIVE.
WE’VE PROVEN THAT.
THEY HAVE RECORD HIGH VIOLENT
CRIME.
ONE OF THE CITIES THAT ARE
LEADING THE NATION IN THE MURDER
RATE.
THEY SAY THEY WANT -- THEY’RE AN
OPEN CITY, A SANCTUARY CITY.
OKAY.
ONCE YOUR POLICIES START TO FAIL
AND YOU DESTROY YOUR CITY OR
YOUR STATE, YOU KNOW, ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING?
BLAME FIRST, ABBOTT.
AND SOON SHE’LL START DENYING
AND LYING.
JACKIE: THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENS.
WE’VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME
AGAIN.
AG MOODY, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME THIS MORNING.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
YOU’RE DOING.
AND REALLY FOR BREAKING THAT
DOWN FOR US SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND
WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS.
A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO
UNWIND AND UNDO THE DAMAGE THAT