THANK YOU FOR THAT INCREDIBLE
REPORT AND REPORTING ON THE
GROUND.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
BRYAN.
BRYAN: THANK YOU, GRIFF AND
AISHAH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
SOUTHERN BORDER, THE FORMER
ACTING DIRECTOR OF ICE, TOM
HOMAN.
LET’S START WITH A LITTLE KNOWN
PLAN BY THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION AND NOW ENACTED
ALLOWING OFFICERS ON THE BORDER
TO GRANT ASYLUM TO CERTAIN
PEOPLE THEY DEEM ELIGIBLE THAT
FEAR FOR THEIR LIFE, IF THEY
THINK THAT IT’S CREDIBLE, THESE
ASYLUM OFFICERS ON THE BORDER
CAN NOW GRANT ASYLUM AND THEY
KNOW LONGER HAVE TO GO TO AN
IMMIGRATION JUDGE OR COURT.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY FIGHT
AGAINST THE BACKLOG, SOME 1.7
MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING
FOR THEIR COURT CASES TO BE
ADJUDICATED.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE, TOM TO
THIS LATEST PLAN, THAT’S BEEN
UNVEILED OVER THE LAST FOUR
DAYS, TO TRY TO SWIFTLY GRANT
ASYLUM.
>> ONCE AGAIN, THE
ADMINISTRATION’S LYING.
LOOK, THE SECRETARY GOES OUT TO
SAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
THAT THEY INHERITED A
DISMANTLED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.
NO ONE DISMANTLED THE
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM MORE THAN
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
THE PRESIDENT SIGNED 90
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, BASICALLY
ABOLISHING ALL FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP THE MOST SECURITY IN MY
LIFT.
LIFETIME.
AND THIS IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE.
AND THE JUDGE MAKES A
DETERMINATION BASED ON THE
FACTS IN THE CASE AND LAW,
THEY’LL SEND THEM TO A CIS
EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION, WHO IS NOT
INDEPENDENT, SO, HERE IS YOUR--
HERE IS THE TRUTH BEHIND THIS.
THE ADMINISTRATION KNOWS THAT
NINE OUT OF 10 CENTRAL
AMERICANS WHO CLIMB ASYLUM AT
THE BORDER NEVER GET RELEASED
FROM U.S. COURTS BECAUSE THEY
EITHER DON’T SHOW UP IN COURT
OR QUALIFY.
THEY DON’T LIKE THE NUMBERS,
THEY DON’T LIKE 90% ORDERED TO
BE REMOVED.
THEY WANT THE NUMBERS TO
INCREASE, HOW DO THEY DO THAT, THEY CHANGE THE ASYLUM PROCESS,
THEY CHANGE THE ASYLUM PROCESS,
THEY’VE CHANGED THE RULES FOR
ASYLUM.
NOW THERE’S GANG VIOLENCE IN
THE AREA AND ADDING OTHER
ISSUES SO MORE PEOPLE CAN
QUALIFY, INSTEAD OF PUTTING
THEM IN FRONT OF AN INDEPENDENT
JUDGE AND HAVE ICE ATTORNEY
THERE TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEY’RE
GOING TO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE
RUBBER STAMP APPLICATION TOSS
INCREASE TO GREATLY DECLEASE
THE 90% DENIAL RATE AND THAT’S
THE END GAME.
BRYAN: SO THE ADMINISTRATION
SAYS THE ASYLUM OFFICERS WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO DENY ANYBODY
ASYLUM, BUT IF THEY BELIEVE
IT’S CREDIBLE ENOUGH THEY CAN
ACCEPT THE ASYLUM PROCESS AND
FAST TRACK THOSE CASES AND
OTHER PEOPLE DENIED WOULD
SOMEHOW BE FAST TRACKED IN THE
COURT SYSTEM.
WE’LL SEE.
LET’S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
>> AND JUST, THAT’S A GREAT
POINT.
THEY THEY’LL GIVE THEM A SECOND
SHOT AT THE APPLE.
RIGHT, EITHER THEY GET AWARDED,
BUT IF IT’S NO, THEN THEY GET
TO SEE A JUDGE AND TAKE A
SECOND SHOT AT IT.
THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN SAY
WHAT THEY WANT, BUT THE FACTS
ARE OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO
SEE.
BRYAN: THE TEXAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL, KEN PAXTON HAS FILED A
LAWSUIT AND WE’LL SEE WHERE
THAT GOES.
WE’LL LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THIS
FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO LAST
FISCAL YEAR.
1.2, PRETTY MUCH 1.3 MILLION
BORDER ENCOUNTERS SO FAR THIS
FISCAL YEAR, UP 73%, ALMOST
DOUBLE WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR
AND LAST YEAR WAS A RECORD.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
MESSAGING FROM THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT DO YOU
THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER
THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS,
TITLE 42 STILL IN PLACE, BUT
WITH THIS NEW MESSAGING, MOU
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING
TO MESSAGE?
>> THEY CAN MESSAGE ANYTHING,
SAYING ICE CAN’T ARREST SOMEONE
FROM BEING HERE ILLEGALLY AND
GO BACK TO CATCH AND RELEASE
AND MAKE THE PROMISES, PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO COME.
THE MOST VULNERABLE ARE GOING
TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THE HAND
OF CRIMINAL CARTELS THAT COME
TO THE UNITED STATES AND
SOMETHING GRIFF MENTIONED I
WANT TO--
THEY SAY THAT BIDEN’S POLICIES
ARE MORE HUMANE THAN TRUMP’S,
MORE HAVE DIED UNDER BIDEN’S
POLICIES, WHERE IS OAC AND
CONGRESSMEN WHEN A CHILD DIED
UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
BUT RECORD NUMBERS DYING ON
U.S. SOIL AND NO ONE IS SAYING
ANYTHING ABOUT THE CHAOS DOWN
THERE AND ADD TO THAT OVER
100,000 OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS
OF OPIOIDS ACROSS THE BORDER
AND 70% ARE OFF THE LINE
DEALING WITH CRISIS.
WHERE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT LIFE NOT JUST
MIGRANTS, BUT U.S. CITIZENS?
THIS ADMINISTRATION’S POLICIES
ARE CREATING A LOT MORE DEATH
THAN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION
I’VE WORKED FOR.
>> TOM, LAST QUESTION, SORRY,
WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
WANTED TO ASK YOU.
REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY UNDER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, TITLE
42, SEEMS TO BE TEMPORARY
POLICIES AND FIXES PART OF THE
FRUSTRATION OF PEOPLE ON THE
BORDER.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE REMAIN IN
MEXICO POLICY WHICH IS NOW IN
THE HAND OF THE SUPREME COURT,
SHOULD THAT POLICY BE THE LAW
OF THE LAND PERMANENTLY?
IS THAT THE FIX HERE FOR ASYLUM
CASES, PEOPLE SHOULD WAIT IN
MEXICO UNTIL THEIR ASYLUM CASE
IS ADJUDICATED.
>> KNOWING THAT 90% DON’T
QUALIFY, AND 6% LEAVE OF WHEN
ORDERED BY A JUDGE.
IT’S A GAME CHANGER AND I FILED
AN AFFIDAVIT WITH TEXAS IN AT
THAT LAWSUIT WE WON THE LAWSUIT
AND I HOPE THE SUPREME COURT
BACKS IT UP.
BECAUSE IT HELPS TO SECURE THE
BORDER WHICH SAVES LIVES.