in laredo, for example? -- in laredo, for example, there have been about 150 businesses that have closed. people lost their businesses. they lost their savings. because one, you have the covid-19 situation. on top of that, some of those businesses depend on 30%, 50% on mexican shoppers. some of them are asking me, why is it that mexicans can fly in or undocumented people can, in through either a bridge in laredo through the metering system or at the bus stations are the airports in laredo. i say -- sees them every time i fly to d.c.. families going into the interior. so, we have done everything. i have talked to mexicans. i talked to your health advisor, gary. after out to the cdc. this friday i have a call with dhs, cdc, and ihs on voter openings. every -- on border openings. everybody says we are ready to open up this month. i am hoping we can get some good news, mr. secretary, because when we said it was temporary restrictions, you know, it has been over a year, and the word temporary, to me, i notice hea

secretary the mc card in the city of laredo and laredo health director richard told me the city of laredo has been naming ngos throughout the month he noted the initial volume they're getting from the valley has now increased from 50 persons a day, now they're getting 250 to 350 people a day from the valley or the rio area. laredo has two shelters that have been helping with food and shelter and health assessment. the directors from laredo were getting a little concerned because what they are saying is about six out of 100 people that are coming in every day art testing covid-19 positive. those are the migrants of the asylum-seekers. the other issues when they shelters are full because there only two shelters in laredo, border patrol is taking them to bus stations or the airport. as i mentioned every time i fly from laredo to d.c. to do my work i see folks there. this is not my words this is the health director from laredo. they are saying they're worried about u.s. citizens being exposed to infectious disease threats. keep in mind the frustration the border nonessential are close but the

vaccinations in cases come in my hometown of laredo and the valley are extremely low and all that. my problem or contradictions we have, and i'm not blaming you, but we led undocumented aliens into the u.s. and there's no health issue. we talk about bringing in legal mexican visa holders that before the pandemic were spending over $19 billion for our restaurants, hotels, small businesses, not only the border but california, texas, you know, colorado and all over that. but there's a health issue on that. they say it's a health issue according to the secretary. when you lead a rich mexican flight income they can fly in and is not a health issue. you let a poor mexican that wants to come over and spent 15, 20 bucks or see a family member on the u.s. side, it's a health issue. so there's a lot of contradiction. in my area along the border there some businesses that depend on 40, 50, maybe even percent more on mexican shoppers. what i talk to the secretary he said it's a health issue, as a just mentioned, which i respectfully disagree with him the way he put it, especially on the contra

we went to laredo. we saw 7 kilos of cocaine. i know my colleagues are focused on all the crises at the border. we're focused on it as well, but i'm wondering about the crisis and the dangers, as are cbp agents and others, are misdirected, taken off their core missions to focus on, you know, other jobs, other things to help address the humanitarian crisis. we have huge, gaping holes in our southern border where we don't know what's coming over. we don't know the true amount of drugs. obviously, the pandemic didn't keep the cartels from working overtime. 44,000 pounds of cocaine, ,700 pounds of cocaine, 5,700 pounds of methamphetamine and 1,500 pounds of fentanyl. if i'm correct in my back of the napkin figures, 44,000 pounds is enough to kill every american two times over. that's what we've seized, and what scares me is what we haven't seized. if you address the type of people you're apprehending, whether they're on the terror watch list, sex offenders, murderers. those are the ones we're catching, not the getaways, and the conce

we want checkpoints for border patrol outside of laredo. the port of entry to be the fourth largest port of entry in the whole country and the bridges now at 17000 per day and most come to the ports of entry and my question i asked the chairwoman about this at the very beginning if we have one.$3 billion that werel appropriated to stay there for technology or this is money that homeland will take out input and other places of the area. the questions are still there in the dhs administration as we speak as we have discussed the need forra technology infrastructure and then to secure the southwest border welu will continue to look at that calculus. and then to get the technology. >> and venezuela and unaccompanied a kids. >> p and as you know those which are people going from one game to the other gang i would be happy to share it with you. if you are determined to put a wall that i still have that security keeping the one.$3 billion in the laredo area withoutar a wall. take a look at that. >> thank you serve. look at the points that we raise

jorge: comerciantes en ciudades fronterizas como tijuana y nuevo laredo dicen que la apertura repuntarÁ la apertura. >> ahorita se me ha tocado la peor crisis. >> hay una posibilidad de que haya un incremento de mayor flujo de turistas hacia nuestra zona. jorge: pero las afectadas mÁs sensibles son las que han sufrido las familias que han estado separadas por mÁs de un aÑo debido a las restricciones. >> nos estÁ interfiriendo con nuestra vida cotidiana. aquÍ estamos muy acostumbrados al cruce. jorge: aunque aÚn no hay fecha definida, existen rumores en ambos lados que dicen que la apertura para todos los cruces podrÍa darse a partir del 21 de mayo. jorge, univisiÓn. felix: tras un allanamiento policial en una casa al suroeste dije son, texas, rescatan a 90 personas migrantes que estaban hacinadas sin ninguna documentaciÓn y en condiciones de abandono. las autoridades investigan lo que serÍa un nuevo caso de trÁfico humano como nos cuenta daisy desde houston. daisy: tras varias horas de investigaciÓn en esta casa, autoridades federales procedieron a allanarla y rescatar a mÁ

likes the statistics showing up, ice is not allowed to do their job, i was down there yesterday in laredo and their being blocked from implementing the laws that congress has passed and there frustrated by and i assume they don't want to be measured anymore the biden administration doesn't want to be measured by actual work produced on their. liz: we hear i.c.e. officials are afraid of being reprimanded by the homeland security officials in washington, is that what's happening, absolutely attracted many border agents in the past and they are told to keep her mouth shut and not talk about what's going on on the border and that's a whole narrative since the beginning since biden opened up the border and empower the cartels to make billions of dollars in the biden administration doesn't want transparency, the cartels are making a thousand dollars per person they have a huge incentive to bring his money people here as they can. he is a former customs and border protection he is saying hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants that's what he's saying and mayorkas security aisecretary testimo

y ella fue expulsada a nuevo laredo tamaulipas. >> habían unas personas con carnet de inmigración, camisas blancas, nos dijeron que nos iban a ayudar para regresar a nuestro país, y eran secuestradores. >> su familia en estados unidos pagaron $7000 a los secuestradores, pero no la liberaron. >> nos amenazaron, que nos iban a cortar de dos. >> cuenta que ella y un muchacho lograron escapar milagrosamente. mientras tanto su hija estaba en un albergue hasta que fue entregada a la hermana de su madre que vive en florida. >> me siento feliz y triste al mismo tiempo, la meta era que llegáramos las dos. lamentablemente no se pudo. >> ella es la tía que pagó a los coyotesy a los secuestradores después. >> es horrible cuando no supimos de ella. >> ha sido una experiencia traumática esperando a estar juntas. >> en california un grupo de 70 organizaciones pro migrantes piden que el condado de los Ángeles garantice fondos de recuperación por la pandemia que lleguen a toda la comunidad. activistas exigen que los fondos federales destinados al condado para la recuperaciónsean distribuidos equit

when i was in laredo they were telling me the numbers are up almost three times what they were logical, because the border is so open of course it security issue, of course people are coming for many countries and we don't know who they are and what they're coming from and what their motivations are this will be a problem in the future and we will have issues related to this as it relates to national security if the biden of administration does not compensate. liz: the biden the administration has been accused by texas democrat henry cuellar and mitch mcconnell of painting a false picture of what's happening at the border with fake photos of anti-border facilities and moving unaccompanied children from one agency to another, for the numbers to look better. are you seeing anything else other doing to paint a picture, young ten seconds. >> no doubt i show up to these facilities and they will not tell you where these kids are going and we have annoyed you win, where it's all secretive. liz: ken paxton thank you for joining us, thinking for having a son, thanks so much for watching, i'm el

i know that you took a trip to laredo just this week, is the border closed? >> you and i were there down there a month ago and i was in laredo two days ago. the numbers tripled of coming across than a year ago. we know the border is not closed. a massive influx of immigrants that have been invited here and really to the benefit of the cartels. as you saw, the cartels are the really the only ones absolutely benefiting. they are charging in laredo more than where you and i were, $8,000 per person. the numbers are amazing and the incentives that biden is giving the cartels are bringing more people, it's hard to believe. maria: we are showing pictures when we got on the boat and toured the rÍo grande today in mcallen. i don't understand why it is that this administration is just rather than going to the root problem and stopping the flow of people coming in is actually building new facilities and we, of course, got into one of the new facilities when we went to the delfy facility unit together in the overall donna section and the donna facility. now biden's admi

i fly from laredo, texas, and you have got got a great sey women working there. sometimes in san antonio. and you've got another great set of folks working there some want to thank the professionalism that your folks give the traveling public. i have two quick questions. one has to do as you know on the border we have what they call homeland calls nonessential, which are canadians but in this case let me talk about mexicans because i'm right at the border. if you want to cross from monterey into laredo to a land bridge, you are not allowed in even though over $19 billion has been spent by 18 million mexicans before the pandemic. but if you're a rich mix if you want to live in you can fly to houston. i assume all you do from what i understand is jack to see if there's a cover test that's negative. isn't that correct a what you all do it if somebody from mexico coming in, flying in, you just check a cover test and they're are able to walk in? >> well, i would have to get with cbpo with the protocols are at the land crossing your i'm not as with what cvb processes a

migrants continue to stream across the rio grande, about 2200 a day in this sector, another 1,000 in laredo. they will cut through backyards, ranch lands, hook up with a vehicle and then taken to a stash house. meanwhile, the pentagon on friday us pended billions of dollars -- suspended billions of dollars used to build the border fence. holes are being exploited by these organizations, they're sucking manpower9 from the border patrol as they try to move high value targets or criminal aliens in other areas, yet with on friday president biden said the administration is making progress. >> 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now, that's a record. that sounds to most folks like a crisis. >> well, look, it's way down now. we've now gotten control, and it's getting urgent action now. for example, a month ago we had thousands of young kids in custody in places they shouldn't be controlled by the border patrol. we have now cut that down dramatically. >> reporter: what he's talking about is there are fewer unaccompanied minors in border patrol custody, but that doesn't mean there are

should go visit so they can see the rapid crossing that is happening, the kids that are drowning in the laredo sector because they're trying to cross the rio grande river. they don't have any credibility on this. and i'll also say this, that former president -- former vice president biden had a much different position on this. former senator biden had a much different position on this. now that he's the president of the united states and the progressives have taken over his party, it seems that he's changed his tune on border security. >> lawrence, you're absolutely right, it's not under control. every single border patrol agent i've talked to, and i've covered this more than ten years, say that it's never been this bad, at this level. so, tammy, let me ask you, they're clearly not in denial. they know what is happening, but they won't call it a crisis, they won't deal with it. and as lawrence mentioned, i spent the majority of the last month on the border but also in juarez are, in tijuana, so there's no doubt that this administration is getting the reality of the situation on the ground, and

a section in texas with large hailstorms from del rio to san antonio and down to laredo. for the week ahead, today, cool in the middle of the country a little bit of snow in the highest elevations of the rockies today. but most of the weather concerns this week will do with the heavy rain along the gulf coast. a soggy may already. and that is going to continue this week. finally, by friday, we'll dry it out in the southern half of the country. so it looks like a pretty decent day week coming for many across the nation, after a wet weekend. >> i love it. bill karins, thank you very much, my friend. we will see you tomorrow. >>> and still ahead here, president biden makes the case for the sweeping infrastructure plan. after last week's disappointing jobs report. and before we go to break, we want to know, why are you awake? email us your reasons for being up and early or drop a tweet at "way too early" and we will read some of the favorite answers coming up later in the show. w. i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i

laredo sector u.s. border patrol agents arrested a total of five gang members in the last week including an ms-13 and two 18th street gang members. they exploit the influx of migrants attempting to enter our country. will, it's classic. of course if you've got border patrol that have to be focused on minorses, the criminal cartels are using it as a decoy to run the real criminals through, and the numbers are only the ones we know eau of, those -- know of, those who slip through are the real story as well. will: and joe biden is saying it's president trump's fault, what's happening at the border, the previous administration's fault. and, oh, by the way, he also says it's getting better. i asked former acting dhs secretary chad wolf about those accusations earlier. listen. >> the border was secure, and it was under control, and the numbers bear that out coming into inauguration day. with the stroke of a pen, in about ten days, president biden and the administration broke all those policies and programs do

i fly from laredo, texas and you have a great set of men and women working there sometimes from san antonio and another great set of folks working there. i want to thank you for the professionalism your folks give the traveling public, two quick questions. one has to do, on the border we have what they call nonessentials, with mexicans at the border. and in land bridge you are not allowed in. and with the 15,000 mexicans, and you can ride to houston. i assume what you do is check to see -- isn't it correct on what you do if you have somebody from mexico coming in, check the covid test and they are able to walk in? >> i have to get with cvp on what the protocols are. i'm not as familiar with that. >> sorry, my question is at the airports. forget about the land ports. i was just giving you a layout of the situation but at the airports don't you just allow mexicans to come in for the negative covid test? >> we had tsa wouldn't be doing those checks when they arrive from mexico but i have to go back and see what some of the protocols are. i will commit to getting back something specific on the

you mention a significant crossing i've been to laredo as well seen 11 to 14,000 a day going across that it is staggering to watch the dance unfold that involves a lot of partners, and when you look at -- the private sector industry we have a vested stab to move that freight quickly but safely and securely. we take that serious with partnerships that we have with dhs. but beyond cvp we have looking to safety of that equipment, making certain that, you know, those crossing in that aren't u.s. plated are doing it according to the law. these are all rules of the game that we have to play very well and those that do have very strong understanding of the relationships that we have with our federal law enforcement agencies. so i think we build on those partnerships ting builds trust creatinghi programs that really underscore efficiency as extraordinarily important even tossing good infrastructure and alleviatingg choke points you'll be able to see those partnerships really take advantage of the throughput and also not compromise safety and security. so the infrastructure is important. i also t

you mentioned a significant crossing up into laredo as well. i have seen 11 to 14,000 a a day coming across that, staggering to watch the dance unfold and that dance involves a lot of partners. and when you look at the private sector industry we have a vested stake to move that freight quickly but safely and securely. we take that very seriously. the partnerships we have with dhs, beyond cbp, we've got looking into the safety of that equipment, making certain those crossing and that are not u.s. plated are doing it according to the law. these are all rules of the game we have to play very well. those that do have very strong understanding of the relationships that we have with our federal law enforcement agencies. i think we build on those partnerships. i think it builds trust, creating programs that underscore efficiency is extremely important. even toss in good infrastructure and alleviating those chokepoints you will be able to see those partnerships really take advantage of the throughput, and also not cover my safety and security. so the i

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says, but i can tell you my community would not want to have where most of the people coming into the laredo area are single adults. to be released in my area, my community would not be happy about that. i would ask you to comment on title 42. the other thing is talk about prosecutorial discretion. in the valley they have released 24,400 people on what i call the honor system. i know some have called this a notice to appear, but in my understanding a notice to appear is an i-82. the people being released are under an i-385 which is an admissions and release document. so under the 385 document, the remarks there is that they are supposed to go to a local i.c.e. office after final destination and report to you. my understanding is for you to do that, you have to do that manually, so you have to check manually 26,400 cases, and i think you need some sort of computer where you're able to connect to cbp, because i don't think you're all able to talk under those circumstances to check those 24,400 people whovsh -- who have been released on the honor system. it's not only families, i have single ad

let's look little bit at what's going on down there and the laredo sector of the cdp, customs and border protection unaccompanied children this yea up 27 percent, look at this family units of 165 percent single adults of 154 percent yo also gave us some photos of fences of yours that have been knocked down. how much is that costing you every year to keep these things repaired, i also understand tha texas dps reached out to you to ask you how much you're spendin and to send them along the bill parrott. >> sure, after you had me on last time about a week after th first time ever they called our ranch foreman and asked for som receipts, so i feel like they are starting to listen and at least try to figure out what it's costing us land owners dow here it is substantial it's happening to every land owner i know down here. it's not just us. we don't see any of the kids yo were talking about, we're seein more of the single adults so th bailouts where they busted through the fence, we've had to have few since the last time i was on. we put numbers together recentl in 2020 we spent just north of

nearby laredo the border patrol has raided 140 stash houses this year. smugglers get half their money up front in mexico and hold people inside until they get the balance or extort more from families. different topic. to separate itself from the trump administration, president biden which they consider -- president biden said he would not send unaccompanied minors home. >> these kids we have a couple of options. we can send them back home and do a dangerous journey back. we're not doing that, either. that is also putting them at risk. >> but yesterday we learned that a mexican newspaper that it is sending some unaccompanied minors home. this year alone about 50,000 unaccompanied children arrived from these four countries. 25% from mexico. now we're learning from the mexican newspapers the u.s. is sending mexican unaccompanied minors home to mexico. even if they're coming from the cartel-infested states in the south where many face violent gangs or persecution because of sexual orientation. when they asked if it was hypocritical or a double standard since

saying and doing if i was sitting in san antonio or austin and 3,300 rocks were coming at us from nuevo laredo, from across the board for the mexico? would we be sitting back and going, well, wonder what that kind of force of response should look like? or would you just be responding back with overwhelming force to say in no circumstance do you shoot one rocket into our country, much less 3,300. mr. perry: that's the fundament duty of those who take the oath of the constitution. defense of your narkse defense of liberty. it can't be defended if it's under attack from a foreign nation. absolutely israel has the right to defend itself and respond to attacks. again it is jab hornet. it is completely insulting to refer to it as they do and to take the side of the aggressor in this regard and say that, well, the response is disproportionate. what is the proportionate response when your innocent family is killed under the barrage of an unwarranted, unprovoked missile attack from across the close board her what is the appropriate response? if it were your family, i guarantee you would want a very rob

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