WHILE THE TROUBLE AT THE BORDER
GETS MORE COMPLICATED BY THE
SECOND.
BILL MELUGIN IN EAGLE PASS TEXAS
WITH MORE.
BILL?
>> NEIL, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
LATE LAST WEEK, GOVERNOR ABBOTT
AUTHORIZED THE TEXAS NATIONAL
GUARD AND TEXAS TROOPERS TO NOT
JUST DETAIN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
BUT ALSO RETURN THEM TO THE
BORDER TO THE PORTS OF ENTRY.
WE JUST WITNESSED THE BEGINNING
OF ONE OF THE FIRST INSTANCES OF
THIS HAPPENING.
THESE TWO BUSES ARE TEXAS DPS
BUSES.
THEY’REFUL OF ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS.
WE JUST SHOT THIS VIDEO 15
MINUTES AGO.
THESE BUSES WERE LOADED UP, THIS
IS A GROUP OF SINGLE ADULTS AND
FAMILY UNITS.
75 MIGRANTS IN TOTAL THAT JUST
CROSSED OVER ILLEGALLY IN EAGLE
PASS.
TEXAS TROOPERS WERE HERE.
THEY TOOK CUSTODY OF THEM AND
SEPARATED THEM BETWEEN SINGLE
ADULTS AND FAMILY UNITS AND PUT
THEM ON THE BUSES WHAT WILL
HAPPEN NOW, THEY WILL BE
TRANSPORTED TO THE PORT OF ENTRY
HERE IN EAGLE PASS.
THIS IS A BIG CHANGE.
PREVIOUSLY THEY WOULD CALL
BORDER PATROL AND BORDER PATROL
WOULD TAKE CUSTODY.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS FED UP WITH
WHAT IS HAPPENING SO HE’S
CUTTING OUT THE MIDDLEMAN.
HE’S ALLOWING THE TEXAS
RESOURCES TO TAKE THE ILLEGALS
AND PHYSICALLY RETURN THEM TO
THE BORDER TO THE PORTS OF ENTRY
HERE ON THE U.S. SIDE OF THE
BORDER.
THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW AS WE SPEAK.
WHY IS HE DOING THIS?
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
MASSIVE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
CONTINUE SPILLING OVER THE
BORDER HERE IN TEXAS DAY IN AND
DAY OUT.
THIS IS VIDEO OF A MASSIVE GROUP
OF APPROXIMATELY 300 THAT
CROSSED OVER SATURDAY IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT.
THE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES.
108 DEGREES WHEN WE SHOT THIS
VIDEO.
IT’S 109 DEGREES AS I’M SPEAKING
TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE SINGLE ADULTS,
FAMILIES COMING FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO LAST
NIGHT AS WE EMBEDDED WITH TEXAS
DPS TROUPERS IN KINNEY COUNTY.
TEXAS DPS TROOPERS TRACKING
FOOTPRINTS, BACKPACKS LEFT UNDER
TREES.
IN MOMENTS, WE FIND THIS GROUP
OF SIX ILLEGALS THAT WERE HIDING
IN THE BRUSH TRYING TO EVADE LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THERE’S 15 MILES INLAND FROM THE
U.S. MEXICO BORDER.
THESE GUYS SLIPPED PAST BORDER
PATROL.
IF IT WASN’T FOR THE TEXAS
TROOPERS, THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN
FURTHER INTO THE UNITED STATES.
WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK WITH A
LOCAL RANCH OWNER WHO HAD A
HUMAN SMUGGLER DRIVE THROUGH A
FENCE IN A STOLEN CAR.
WE ASKED HER ABOUT THE
ADMINISTRATION’S CLAIMS THE
BORDER IS CLOSED.
>> IT’S A JOKE.
THEY OUGHT TO COME DOWN HERE AND
FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES.
THEY’RE NOT STAYING HERE.
THEY’RE COMING THROUGH MY RANCH
BECAUSE NEAR HEADED SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
THEY’RE NOT STAYING IN KINNEY
COUNTY.
THE BOREDER IS NOT CLOSED.
THEY’RE COMING THROUGH EVERY DAY
AND DESTROYING OUR PROPERTY.
>> AND PART OF WHAT YOU JUST
HEARD THERE IS THE REASON WHY
GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAYS THAT HE
FEELS HE HAS TO TAKE THIS ACTION
THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
THE TWO BUSES JUST LEFT THERE
GOING TO DROP THE MIGRANTS OFF
AT THE PORT OF ENTRY.
THERE’S MIGRANTS LEFT OVER HERE,
SMALL CHILDREN AND PARENTS HERE.
SOME MIGRANTS BROUGHT THIS DOG.
BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GO WITH
DPS.
DPS IS CALLING BORDER PATROL TO
TAKE THE CHILDREN.
SO FAST-MOVING SITUATION HERE.
WHAT YOU JUST WITNESSED IS ONE
OF THE FIRST INSTANCES OF
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT’S NEW
EXECUTIVE ORDER BEING CARRIED
OUT AS STATE OF TEXAS RESOURCES
ARE ROUNDING UP ILLEGALS AND
DROPPING THEM OFF ON THE U.S.
PORT OF ENTRY.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT?
WE’LL FIND OUT.
WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
>> Neil: TO YOUR POINT, BILL,
YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
SAYING SHIPPING THEM BACK TO
MEXICO IS IMMORAL.
AS IF LETTING THEM STAY IN THE
UNITED STATES IS NOT.
HE SEEMS TO SHARE HIS CONCERN
ABOUT TEXAS HERE.
WHERE IS THIS GOING?
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD
LIKE TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL OF
THAT MEETING TOMORROW.
PROBABLY A LITTLE AWKWARD.
BECAUSE HE JUST STOOD UP
PRESIDENT BIDEN AT THE SUMMIT OF
THE AMERICANS IN LOS ANGELES.
HE DIDN’T GO.
NOW THEY’RE MEETING TOMORROW.
THEY HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT
WHEN IT COMES TO ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY,
THE AMOUNT OF DRUGS POURING
ACROSS.
ALL OF THAT VIDEO, THE MIGRANTS,
MEXICO ALLOWS MASSIVE NUMBERS OF
MIGRANT NUMBERS TO TRAVEL
THROUGH AND ARRIVE AT THE
NORTHERN BORDER WITH THE UNITED
STATES.
THAT IS ONE OF THE GOVERNOR’S
BIGGEST FRUSTRATIONS.
HE FEELS THE MEXICANS ARE NOT
DOING ENOUGH TO STOP THAT
MIGRATION TO THE NORTHERN
BORDER.
THEY THINK THAT TEXAS NEEDS HELP
FROM THE MEXICAN SIDE AND
THEY’RE NOT GETTING THE HELP.
>> Neil: THANKS TO YOU, WE’VE
SEEN VIDEO AFTER VIDEO OF HOW