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Biden admin faces backlash as COVID surges at border

2021-08-12 | 🔗
Fox News contributor Tom Homan on border crisis and COVID spreading among migrants.
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
We have heard that the official we have heard that the official July figures for apprehensions are going to be north of two hundred and ten thousand. We have seen steady increases over the last four or five months, other two hundred and ten thousand yeah. I believe its going to be over that Steve. That is not good incoming border patrol Chief Ral Ortiz confirms Julys apprehension highest in twenty years. We are going the wrong direction. This comes as Secretary Mayorkas is heading to Texas today to talk to the officials there who are going to give him an earful here to react: retired, acting ice director and Fox NEWS contributor, Tom Homan Tom Good Morning to you good Morning, Steve good to have you out here on the noisy streets of New York City. Someone is going to start Jack jackhammering in just a moment. You watch when Mayorkas goes down there. The local leader are going to say: hey. Can you please have a
moratorium on releasing migrants into the community, because you are not testing them for covid and we got a covid problem. I dont really know why the secretary is going down there right. He said on national tv. He said during congressional testimony. The border is secure its closed, so why is he going down there? So obviously there is an issue, but look they havent taken one step to slow. The flow everything they have done is to process aliens quicker and release them into our communities, quicker, thats, the only success they have had, which isnt a success. Thats just going to entice more people to come here illegally, Steve see. The problem is Joe Bidens number. One agenda item is trying to fix the coronavirus. All these people are coming into the country, something like twenty five percent already have coronavirus and when they are apparently when they are going to be deported, twenty five percent of them have coronavirus, and then they have got to isolate them and quarantine them and cant send them back until they are better, absolutely thats. Why not just a national security crisis,
a public safety crisis, because we know how many criminals and border already arrested over eight thowrgs, a public health crisis thats? Why im upset with a lot of republican, congressman and senator? Not one single senator, should have vetted for that infrastructure bill they should have held until something is done on this border. This border should be front and center republicans need to not meet with the Democrats. They need to talk about no legislation until they hold this administration accountable and demand action on the border Steve. You know what Tom they could have. They could have a 2000 mile border wall. Seventy five feet high, but if the administration is going to, let people through one way or the other actual infrastructure wont help thats why the secretary has no business going down there? This can be fixed from the oval office, Joe Biden just needs to overturn his policies. Take some of the Trump era policies that worked. The data clearly shows it worked. They can fix this from the oval office. They dont need to go down there and do another dog and pony show. That means nothing Steve. Last time, Mayorkas was there. He said the strategy is working.
What is the strategy? The strategy is open borders and its working very well. Look. They came in this administration to create open borders and thats exactly what theyre doing Mayorkas is a hero to the administration, because he has allowed open borders to continue again. I will say this: they have not done one thing to slow the flow. They have not done. One thing to secure that border. All efforts they are making right now is to release people quicker. They have sent hundreds of border patrol agents down there to augment the workforce. They are not working the line and securing the border. They are not aligned line, duties. Processing quicker, most of the northern border agents have been sent down there to process illegal aliens. Therefore line Watch river patrol boat patrol on the are northern border is almost nonexistent. Steve. I have a feeling secretary. Mayorkas is going to hear a lot of what you said later today in South Texas is. Is he going to do anything about it? No, this is open. Borders agenda continue to allow these people.
In every month he has been secretary. The numbers have climbed evidence month that President Biden has been in office. The numbers have climbed. This has been a massive failure by this administration. This country is at risk because of it. Steve Tom thanks for joining us out here in the noisy new.
Transcript generated on 2021-08-13.