>> WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
DAVID: BILL MELUGIN, THANK YOU.
AND TOWNS ALONG THE BORDER NOT
HAPPY THAT THEY’LL APPEAL THE
RULING IN PLACE.
MY NEXT GUEST IS ONE OF THEM OF
THE REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF
VIVALDI, TEXAS.
EVEN WITH TITLE 42 WE HAD
234,000 MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS IN
APRIL.
THAT’S JUST SUCH A HUGE NUMBER.
CLOSE TO THREE MILLION A YEAR.
IMAGINE DOUBLING THAT.
IS THAT WHAT WE WOULD HAVE IF
YOU GOT RID OF 42.
>> DOUBLE OR TRIPLE IT.
I MEAN, WE’VE HEARD, SHOWED YOU
THE VIDEO OF REYNOSA.
WE’VE HEARD THERE’S A CAMP OVER
18 TO 20,000 OVER THERE WAITING
TO CROSS.
DAVID: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
DO?
YOU’VE GOT LIMITED AMOUNT OF
RESOURCES.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS,
AGAIN, HAS NOT BEEN HANDLING
THIS AS WELL AS WE’RE SENDING
$40 BILLION OVER TO UKRAINE.
YOU GUYS COULD REALLY USE SOME
OF THAT MONEY HERE, RIGHT?
>> WE COULD USE IT.
I MEAN, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
YESTERDAY ALONE INTERCEPTED
EIGHT HUMAN SMUGGLING CASES
RIGHT HERE AND THREE PURSUITS
BESIDES THE EIGHT THAT WE DID
CATCH.
BECAUSE OUR BORDER’S WIDE OPEN.
BECAUSE OUR BORDER PATROL IS
NOT ON THE BORDER, THEY’VE
GOT--
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS THEM IN
PROCESSING CENTERS, PROCESSING
IMMIGRANTS.
SO THE BORDER IS WIDE OPEN.
DAVID: THERE JUST AREN’T ENOUGH
PEOPLE AROUND TO HANDLE ALL OF
THIS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, I MEAN, IT’S
NOT JUST THE BORDER ITSELF
WHERE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING
ALTHOUGH MORE THAN ANYWHERE
ELSE, IT’S BECAUSE OF FENTANYL.
PEOPLE ALL OVER AMERICA ARE
SUFFERING.
BECAUSE OF THESE MIDNIGHT RUNS
WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION SENDS
MIGRANTS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
AND WE SUDDENLY SEE A LOT
PEOPLE SHOW UP AT OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THAT’S WHY I BELIEVE 63% OF
AMERICANS THINK WE SIMPLY
CANNOT GET RID OF TITLE 42 AT
THIS MOMENT.
>> WE SHOULDN’T GET RID OF
TITLE 42, WE OUGHT TO
STRENGTHEN IT AND ADD OTHER
COUNTRIES.
YOU LOOK AT SAN ANTONIO, FROM
LAREDO, EL RIO, GOING TO SAN
ANTONIO.
SAN ANTONIO’S COVID CASES
YESTERDAY ALONE INCREASED BY
400, THE MOST SINCE FEBRUARY.
>> WOW.
>> I’M NOT SAYING IT ALL CAME
FROM THERE, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN
A SURGE IN CASES AGAIN AND LOOK
AT THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS
THEY’RE SENDING TO SAN ANTONIO.
DAVID: BY THE WAY, I SHOULD SAY
THAT THESE ARE LIVE SHOTS WE’RE
SEEING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
SCREEN, LOOKING AT EAGLE PASS
AS WE’RE SPEAKING AND IT SHOULD
BE EMPHASIZED BY THE WAY, THAT
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT CONCERNS
HISPANIC AMERICANS AS WELL AS
EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT’S IN, FACT, THE PRESIDENT’S
APPROVAL RATINGS HAVE GONE DOWN
TREMENDOUSLY AMONG THE HISPANIC
COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO, IT’S SOMETHING THAT MOST
AMERICANS REALLY ARE UNITED ON,
IN TERMS OF A PROBLEM THAT HAS
TO BE FIXED.
>> I AGREE.
THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS FED
UP WITH THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT
HISPANICS, FAMILIES IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND THEIR PARENTS
CAME THE RIGHT WAY.
OUR SHERIFF’S PARENTS IS ONE OF
THEM.
THEY CAME OVER, APPLIED FOR A
GREEN CARD AND WORKED AND
WAITED 18 YEARS AND FINALLY GOT
THEIR GREEN CARD AND THEY’RE
THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
THAT YOU CAN COME OVER AND DO
IT THE RIGHT WAY AND DO THINGS.
BUT WE JUST KEEP FLOODING THEM
OVER AND OVER, AND THE HISPANIC
COMMUNITY IS FED UP WITH IT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NO
REGARD FOR THE RIGHTS OF
AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THESE IMMIGRANTS HAVE BETTER
RIGHTS THAN WE DO TODAY.
DAVID: HAVING SAID THAT, HAD A
LOT OF PEOPLE, EVEN THOSE WHO
ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE
TO FIX THE CRISIS AT THE
BORDER, SAY THAT 42 IS NOT A
LONG-TERM SOLUTION, OF COURSE,
IT WAS A RESULT OF THE
PANDEMIC.
IT HAS KEPT THINGS FROM GETTING
EVEN MORE OUT OF CONTROL, BUT
EVENTUALLY, IT’S JUST A
TOURNIQUET.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE--
HAVE SOME KIND OF PERMANENT
SOLUTION TO THE BORDER CRISIS,
GETTING BACK TO THE MEXICO,
WOULD THAT START?
>> I DON’T KNOW WHY WE’RE
CONCERNED ABOUT MEXICO, AND
MEXICO ISN’T CONCERNED ABOUT
SENDING THEM TO THE UNITED
STATES.
WE NEED TO SEND THEM BACK TO
MEXICO AND MAKE THEM WAIT AND
WHEN MEXICO HAS TO DEAL WITH
LARGE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE,
MAYBE THEY’LL SHUT THEIR
SOUTHERN BORDER DOWN AND LIMIT
THE GROUPS COMING THROUGH.
DAVID: MAYOR, ARE YOU GETTING
ANY SUPPORT, LISTENING IN THE
BELTWAY FOR CRIES FOR HELP?
>> FROM WASHINGTON, NO,
NOTHING.
THANK GOD THE GOVERNOR IS
SENDING THE DPS TO OUR AREA AND
THERE’S A SURGE SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND THEY’RE PULLED OUT.
BUT THE NUMBER OF BAIL-OUTS,
THE NUMBER OF PURSUITS, OF
HUMAN SMUGGLING CASES WE’RE
SEEING, AND IT’S ALMOST TRIPLED
WEEKLY NOW.
DAVID: AND MAYOR, FINALLY, WHAT
IS THE ECONOMIC EFFECT ON YOUR
COMMUNITY FROM ALL THIS.
>> WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE
ECONOMIC -- WE HAVEN’T REALLY
STUDIED THAT YET, BUT IT IS.
BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, ARE
CONCERNED.
CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED.
I MEAN, WITH GAS PRICES AND
DIFFERENT THINGS, I MEAN,
EVERYBODY’S CONCERNED WHAT’S
GOING ON AND YET, WE KEEP
POURING ALL OF THE MONEY TO
THESE MIGRANTS COMING OVER.
WHAT ABOUT HELPING OUR OWN
AMERICAN CITIZENS OUT AND
TAKING SOME OF THIS MONEY AND
PUTTING IT INTO FOOD PROGRAMS
AND SO FORTH WHERE FAMILIES
NEED IT THAT ARE STRUGGLING
TODAY.
DAVID: AS YOU SEE AMERICANS ARE
CONCERNED AND BELIEVE WE NEED A