'Fox & Friends' enterprise reporter Lawrence Jones traveled to Brackettville, Texas, speaking to law enforcement, a local rancher and migrants who are making the journey to the border.
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Shes had a lot of jobs,
Steve primary Anchor there, I
think theres, a crisis at our
southern border and the
administration wont call it
that, but Fox NEWS has an
exclusive peek at some of the
numbers and it at least
one hundred and fifty thousand migrants have been
released into the country since
March, and the first number at
the top close to thirty two thousand, were
released by parole, thats a new
one
Ainsley. That means they get
some form of legal status,
Steve Heres, the thing Ainsley
parole is granted on a
case by case basis or urgent
humanitarian purposes.
Rodney the former border
patrol chief said when I
was in charge and that I
probably gave out five
or ten total per year.
Instead, the Biden
Administration close to
thirty two thousand,
they found a loophole to
let a whole bunch of
people and speak when he
said he thinks the
administration is
abusing the parole
Authority
Brian. They were given a notice
to report
Ainsley. That means they just
have to notice the eyes office
when they get to where they are
going, their final destination
Steve. There is no legal
obligation and they dont
actually have to do it.
Brian thirty, nine thousand six hundred released since
August six. Obviously they dont
have the number of the got a
ways. This is pretty
unbelievable.
You have an
administration, the men
and women of border
patrol and Texas.
National Guard have to
do the same job and they
know what works and what
doesnt and the reason
we get. The numbers is
because these people
dont run for office.
They are just trying to
control the countrys
borders as an admirable
patriotic thing to do in
this administration has
no interest in doing it.
In fact, now we have a
new thing happening.
We have middle class
people from other
countries deciding on
not even going to apply
to get a visa im going
to walk through the
border and according to
Lindsey Graham end up in
Connecticut with my
gucci bag and try to
live a middle class life
in another country,
because we have no
process
Steve theres an article this
morning and the Wall Street
Journal CO owned with our
company theres, twenty six million
people that lost their jobs in
South America and the caribbean
Islands and thats. Why we see seventy
people twenty six million in the last
year?
What a lot of
middle class people in
South America are doing
is taking a flight to
Mexico as close to the?
U dot s border as they can
and then they are either
getting into a taxi or a
bus, and they are going
right up to the border
and they dropped them
off right there and they
walk across and then
they just start. Looking
hey. Who can I surrender
to
Brian? Why would I go to Ellis
Island
Ainsley, the chief? U dot S border
patrol agent in Yuma Arizona
said this: they got off the
plane and went to a cab or to a
bus and literally were driven up
and just walked up and turned
themselves over to us
Steve if they can do it.
Couldnt people who are trying
to come into our country, for
instance, forbade purposes like
terrorists do exactly the same
thing.
The answer is yes
Ainsley, especially after the
Taliban take over in
Afghanistan
Brian. Why would anyone do with
the right way and now no one is
doing it. The right way.
Lawrence Jones is on the
ground with more than thirty
migrants when they were
caught on a ranchers
private property.
Ainsley Lawrence is live in
Texas and he joins us now,
hey Lawrence
reporter good morning, family
interesting day
yesterday, as I had the
opportunity to spend the
day with the Texas
Department of Public
Safety special
operations at division,
what we saw was
incredible:
take a look
about thirty illegal
migrants on your
property.
Is this the first time
no sir?
This happens daily
weekly,
they slow down for a
little bit, maybe two or
three weeks ago, but
its back again
when Trump was in, it
was low and I never saw
border patrol maybe once
a week
now they are here to
help, but we can allow
them
reporter. They are not allowed
to help.
How do you feel
im upset
thats, like a punch in
the bell,
we can get the
federal administration
to allow us to
reporter what is the difference
when they arrest them and they
charge them with criminal
trespassing.
They go to jail and
we slow it down a little
bit
reporter when border patrol
arrest them, they release them
back into Mexico, and how long
will it take them to be back
over here?
I wouldnt be
surprised if its
tomorrow night,
when you have a
revolving door, it will
never stop
at the question is: will
they break into my house
or what will they do
reporter? That runs through your
mind,
all the time when you
are on the ranch
reporter, you worry about your
families, a safety.
I always worry about
my familys safety.
How many more of the God ways? Are they talking
ways? Are they talking
about reporter them runners
reporter them runners?
Is that them right there
take the boy out of
Texas.
Where did you come from
Sir
Mexico City?
What made you make take
this journey, sir?
Twenty eight years in the
United States,
the government, Donald
Trump and the new
president change the
rules, and he cancel my
case
thats. Why? I have to try
to go see my family. You
know
reporter. What is your friends a
story,
my friends, a story.
This is my friend.
This is my wife brother.
This is my friend.
Have you been in
prison?
Have you ever been
arrested?
No says he was deported,
says he was deported
for no drivers license
reporter lets run suit
through some of the criminal
background.
This individual over
here has been arrested
for possession of
methamphetamine and
illegal entry.
Illegal entry is a
charge for this.
Individual here was
arrested for multiple
illegal entries, which
are deportation charges
reporter. Are you trying to see
that same wife when you get
here?
Were you planning to
meet here or or is
this another wife?
This is another wife,
my girlfriend
reporter they are getting ready
to head to the detention center,
and this is part of operation
Lone STAR, for the property
owners gave troopers Department
of Public safety that permission
to come on their property, they
coordinated with them and once
they figure that out, some
troopers came onto the scene,
many women protecting
the border day and night,
and even flying over
with helicopters to be
eyes in the sky. For
those on the ground of
we have a group of
about a dozen.
I dont see any kids
with them, but they are
young
hes, maybe in his 30s
and hes in his 20s,
they are on the move.
Here, keep going north
keep going
theres about ten.
They are heading closer.
We had the light on
them,
200 oclock right in
front of you.
They are sure picture
of the group.
There we go
reporter, hey guys. I just got
some reaction from the Texas
Department of Public Safety and
they have arrested about one thousand two hundred
migrants illegally entering the
country since July.
I hope you guys caught
that one clip of the guy
saying he had no
criminal background and
he was only deported
under Donald Trump
because of his drivers
license
we later found out after
he gave us the sob story.
He did have a record for
domestic violence to. I
will send it back to you
guys in New York
Ainsley, the one echo was going
to look for his wife
reporter exactly right.
He had a domestic
violence, charge and
thats. Why I asked if he
was going back to that
same wife, and he said
no. I have a new wife
Steve a lot going on down
there,
Brian pretty amazing Lawrence
off the top of your head. Should
the Texas Guard be doing this
troopers, or is this something
the border patrol would normally
be doing
reporter? They shouldnt be
doing this, but they have no
choice but to do this because a
lot of the Texas residents are
putting pressure on the
governor on their elected
leaders to do something and the
federal government is simply not
doing it.
The border patrol want
to do their job, but
they arent allowed to
lose. To do book
patrols so Texans had
their back against the
wall and, like I continue
to say- and I have for
the last three weeks,
the last defense the
country come. The last
defense for Texas is the
Texas Department of
Public safety.
We should not have to
pay for this in the
state of Texas
Ainsley. You said they were
going to a detention center.
What happens after that
reporter? They will be charged
with criminal trespass here in
the state of Texas, and then they
go through the legal channels
and the da will bring charges
and they will go through the
United States process for that
Ainsley. So we had to be
determined whether or not they
are sent back home to Mexico or
if they can stay
reporter, they will be turned
over to border patrol after they
do that period of time. Whatever
the process is for the: U Dot S and
then border patrol picks them
up.
Brian and the people of Texas
are paying this bill to put them
through the process.
Unbelievable
Steve, we can show you the
numbers, but to actually see it
with your own two eyes. As you.
Transcript generated on 2021-10-15.