DANGEROUS DRUG FENTANYL.
NEIL?
>> Neil: THANKS, CASEY.
LET’S GO TO LIEUTENANT CHRIS
OLIVAREZ, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
HE’S BEEN MONITORING THIS.
ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU,
LIEUTENANT.
WE’RE LEARNING THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION KIND OF WANTS TO
DO WHAT THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
HAS BEEN DOING, AND THAT IS TAKE
SOME OF THESE APPREHENDED AT THE
BORDER AND BRING THEM NORTH.
THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE
PRESIDENT’S PLAN IS TO KEEP THEM
IN TEXAS.
CAN YOU UPDATE US ON THAT?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
YOU’RE RIGHT ON POINT WITH THAT.
IT’S GREAT FOR THE SMALLER
BORDER COMMUNITIES ALONG THE
BORDER.
ALLEVIATES THE OVERCROWDING OF
THESE IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE BEING
RELEASED.
ALL IT WILL DO IS TRANSPORTING
THOSE IMMIGRANTS TO A LARGER
FACILITY IN LARGER CITIES AND
ULTIMATELY YOU’LL TRANSPORT THEM
TO THE FINAL DESTINATION.
THIS IS NOT AN END RESULT.
ALL IT’S GOING TO DO IS CONTINUE
TO TRANSPORT THEM THROUGH THE
PROCESS TO LARGER CITIES AND
FROM THERE TO THE ULTIMATE
DESTINATION.
WITH THAT MESSAGING, ALL IT WILL
DO IS CREATE MORE CHAOS AT THE
BORDER.
WHAT I MEAN BY CHAOS, LARGE
GROUPS COMING ACROSS.
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE DOING RIGHT
NOW.
THE RUNNERS, OVER 440,000 KNOWN
GOT-AWAYS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE STILL HAVE FIVE MONTHS TO GO
WE’RE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
THE GOT-AWAYS THAT HAVE GOT IN
UNDETECTED.
THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
WE DON’T KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND
WHERE THEY’VE BEEN.
>> Neil: TO YOUR POINT, THE
ENCOUNTERS IN MAY.
I BELIEVE A LITTLE NORTH THAN
239,000, LIEUTENANT.
I KNOW IT’S A GUESS.
THOSE ARE KNOWN ENCOUNTERS.
A GOOD MANY GET AWAY.
SO THERE’S NO WAY TO
HANDICAPPING THE GOT-AWAYS.
EVEN IF IT WERE 10%, YOU’RE
TALKING SERIOUS NUMBERS.
>> YOU ARE.
EVEN WITH THE KNOWN GOT-AWAYS,
THAT’S AN ESTIMATE.
THEY’RE GOING BASED OFF OF FOOT
TRACKS.
THAT DOESN’T GIVE YOU A NUMBER
OF HOW MANY WOULD BE IN THAT
PARTICULAR GROUP THAT IS JUST AN
ESTIMATE.
THE NUMBER IS MUCH HIGHER.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS, YOU DON’T
KNOW WHO THEY ARE UNTIL YOU
APPREHEND THEM AND VET THEM TO
FIND OUT WHAT THEY’RE CRIMINAL
HISTORIES ARE, WHERE THEY’RE
GOING, THIS IS WHERE BORDER
PATROL AND STATE TROOPERS COUPLE
ACROSS GANG MEMBERS.
THOSE WITH VIOLENT CRIMINAL
HISTORIES, SEX CRIMES THAT ARE
TRYING TO BLEND IN WITH THESE
FAMILY GROUPS.
THAT’S WHAT WE’VE BEEN SEEING
RECENTLY, THE LARGE FAMILY
GROUPS.
YOU HAVE SINGLE ADULTS MIXED IN
WITH THE GROUPS.
GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW THE TACTICS
ARE CHANGING WITH THE HUMAN
SMUGGLERS.
THEY’RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
GROUPS THAT ARE COMING ACROSS
THE SOUTHWEST BORDER.
>> Neil: THE MASSIVE GROUPS WERE
A LOT MORE VARIED THAN THEY USED
TO BE.
WE’RE LEARNING AS WELL, THERE’S
A GOOD SAMPLING FROM LATIN
AMERICA AND A NEW INFLUX FROM
COLUMBIA.
THEY JUST ELECTED AN M-19
PRESIDENT.
SO YOU COULD GET A NEW MIGRANT
WAVE FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH
AMERICAN ON TOP OF WHAT WE’RE
ALREADY SEEING.
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
>> RIGHT.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE
ANTICIPATING.
OF COURSE, THERE’S ALWAYS
CHANGES WHEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT
CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES.
THEY’LL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF
THIS SITUATION WHERE ESSENTIALLY
THE BORDER IS OPEN BECAUSE
YOU’RE HAVING THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS COMING
ACROSS, RECORD NUMBER AFTER
RECORD NUMBER.
LAST MONTH, 239,000.
THAT’S A RECORD HIGH NOR DHS.
THE NUMBERS HAVE NOT DECREASED.
THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND
ESCALATE.
NOT JUST IN TERMS OF MASS
MIGRATION BUT NATIONAL SECURITY.
YOU TALK ABOUT DRUGS, FENTANYL.
WE HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH A
FENTANYL CRISIS AND NOW WE’RE
SEEING HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS ARE
DYING EVERY DAY.
JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU IT’S MORE
OF AN IMMIGRATION ISSUE, THIS IS
A NATIONAL THREAT TO SMALLER
COMMUNITIES AND THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY AS THE DRUGS CONTINUE TO
POUR IN AND KILL AMERICANS.
AND ALSO THE CRIMINALS TRYING TO
GET BY, MAKING IT TO THE