Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., and Rep. Ann Wagner, (R-MO), react on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to the surge of migrants overwhelming the border facilities.
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Jedediah, while Vice President
Harris remains silent on the
border crisis, some in the media
are even questioning what her
role actually is.
Aides say her focus has been
quote behind the scenes,
but her public schedule speaking
every day last week tells a
different story:
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis
from New York and Ann Wagner
from Missouri just returned from
the border.
They join us with what they saw
well, get back to Kamala Harris
in just a second.
Thank you both for being with us.
This morning,
representative youve been there.
Others say this is humanitarian
crisis.
Are they right,
theyre? Absolutely right
what we saw? The president turned
over our borders to the cartels
who are making a billion
dollars.
This is a robust criminal
operation of smugglers and
cartels that are taking
advantage, exploiting
individuals and distracting by
the way, the customs and border
protection as they are dealing
with one hundred and seventy thousand migrants per month.
There is all sorts of nefarious
activities taking place, gun
trafficking, drug trafficking
and sex trafficking as well.
This is what the border
profession told us.
Quite frankly, the president, and
vice president, can stop it right
now by just reverse the
executive orders they put in
place on January 20th that
have led to this surge.
Jedediah representative Wagner
weve, seen a lot of photos.
Images have emerged with the
crowding, particularly during a
pandemic.
We hear a lot of new processing.
Centers will have to be opened
up,
given what youve, seen being
there front and center in
person. Is it shocking to you
that Vice President Harris may
be, if it is involved with
immigration at all, hasnt made
the trip face to face herself
completely ignoring the
entire humanitarian and crisis
they have created at border?
This should be laid at the feet.
The fault of President
Joe Biden.
I was down at the border in
two thousand and nineteen
when I saw the kind of influx
ever illegal migrants coming
across the border.
You know what
President Trump acted.
He put. Three policies in place
remain in Mexico policy, which
was apply for asylum in the: U Dot S
but stay in Mexico.
The cooperative asylum program
that he had with the Central
south american countries with
Nicaragua, El Salvador
Guatemala dont, make the
journey
stay in Central America before
you come
third, was the public health
cooperative order put in place
title forty, two making sure during a
pandemic in particular that
people were not flooding across
our border?
As a result of these failed and
open border policies,
catch and release policies we
witnessed in the Rio Grande
Valley were seeing crime come
to the interior to the states.
My home state of Missouri
were seeing crime, come
were seeing covid and disease
coming
were also seeing costs
long term costs Jedediah to
the american public and taxpayer
in terms of social services
in terms of public health and
safety
and in terms of education long
term.
This is a crisis that was
created by Joe Biden sustained by he and Kamala Harris, and they
Congresswoman Wagner cited those
congresswoman Wagner cited. Those
policies
remain in Mexico was cited. The
most
is this political
is in unwillingness on part of
administration. We made a
mistake. This is not
sustainable.
We need to look back at some
policies. Give it a second look,
but politically they just cant
do it.
They need to go visit the
border and speak with the
customs and border protection we
spoke with.
They will tell them the policies
President Trump had in place
were working. This is not.
I dont know how any leader can
turn over our borders to
cartels to a criminal
organization.
Cpb is completely overrun.
They dont have the manpower
they are diverted.
They have to sit in the
facilities
they need to process
individuals,
they are supervising
unaccompanied minors.
The migrants are being
exploited,
of course, the american citizens.
This is coming at a tremendous
cost.
This is not fair for anybody
involved
if the vice president would just
go there. I know that she will
say the same thing that we are
saying today, because no one can
deny this is a crisis
15 year high completely
unsustainable,
it needs to be reversed,
admit theyre, wrong, reverse the
policies
Jedediah. We want to. Thank you
both for not only being here
today.
Yes, go ahead.
Briefly, only ten seconds
go right ahead.
I will tell you that forty percent of
the field agents by the border
patrol are being brought back in
to process children and be
caregivers
not going after cartels and
crime
that needs to be done.
They broke it.
President Biden broke this. He
needs to fix it.
Jedediah. Thank you both for
being here,
more importantly, for going down
to the border and taking a close
look to what is going on being.
Transcript generated on 2021-04-11.