As a larger magnet for illegal immigration, you can see it happening. Thanks lets bring in Michael Mccaul, top Republican on the house, Foreign Affairs Committee and a member of the Homeland Security Committee, a lot of contact with this issue across the board and youre from Texas, as well good to see you today. What is your reaction when you read the thought of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars per individual who crossed during the Trump administration and were separated from their families? Well, I think my reaction is one of outrage to the points that have been made. This does not send a message of deterrence. If you can come in this country, break our laws and win the lottery system, this could be up to a million dollars per family that they could get. What kind of message is that going to send to an already wide open border that is causing not only human trafficking, drug traffics national security

event down there that the Trump Administration created on its own self inflicted, but now were telling them were going to give you up to a million dollars per family? The magnet has just intensified. The fact is, while were passing, the massive tax and spending bills in Congress taking money out of the pockets of the american people and giving those that broke our laws, illegal immigrants, millions of dollars it just doesnt, make any sense to me. You know your colleague Dan Crenshaw points out. If you have a family member in the service killed in action, the family gets four hundred thousand dollars, so less than each of these individuals would get four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The White House has not responded to our outreach on this theres. Some suggestion that this whole thing isnt quite still coming together. I think it has really prompted a lot of concern. You think about the 9 11

comparison as well: families that lost people there that got less than that amount. The thing that comes to my mind, congressman you know this was the policy at the time right or wrong. It was the policy that, if you crossed you will be separated so im just wondering legally how you can make a claim when that policy was in effect you knowingly crossed knowing that this could be the outcome right. You know theres many of us that criticized the policy, but the fact is its within the presidents prerogative to do this, so I dont know im not an attorney. These claims are im, not sure about them. The fact that they broke our laws coming in and now trying to get up to a million dollars per family when they broke our laws. Most Americans dont understand that, at all its not fair

just a couple of hours ago, Martha the administration filed court documents to basically reinstate their position on the migrant protection policy protocols remain in Mexico to terminate this program. Even though the courts said you have to put this policy in place now they filed their documents, say no were going to terminate remain in Mexico. The very thing that brought migration down to a halt under the Trump administration. This president said they should come and boy did they listen. We have the largest number of crossings that weve seen in decades across your border and others in your area.