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Caught over 170,000 illegal crossers last month alone. that is a staggering increase of 140% from the last time, same time last year. joining us now is yuma mayor, judd nichols. mayor nichols, thanks for joining us. i want to start asking you why did you declare a local emergency and how did you get to that point? >> weve been watching the immigration situation on the border beginning of year but watch it every year being a border city. great concern about january, hearing discussions about the ...

It is just theyre overtaxed. we have more agents surged to this area. 110 agents. the governor has also committed more resources. so right now it is managing resources. fortunately the numbers dropped a little bit back into the 950 a day range. again, not a great number for our country. but for the community it works better. but were preparing for the situation which i believe is inevitable well end up with these large numbers and people moving through the communities again and we want to be pre...

An end and it comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive on enforcement. more aggressive with changes and policy. and less tolerant of all the —- that it has in the city. molly: a rise of homicides and smash and grab robberies. it is the soft on crime approach hoarding on —- even the voter approved initiative that reduces penalty for property theft valued at $950 or less. here is the republican minority senate leader in california. >> they know whats going on. they know how...

Immediately released back on the streets through zero bail or if theyre ultimately not held accountable by the system once they are arrested, then theres really not much of an incentive for them to change their behavior. >> reporter: and californias senate republican leader released this statement yesterday saying, quote: governor newsom announced additional measures on public safety despite encouraging soft on crime policies that foster -- for criminals. the democrats relentless push for their ...

Prosecuting theft the critics say criminal justice reform like ending cash bail for crimes and democrats run counties like los angeles and san francisco county is to blame for the retail theft. prop 47, a state referendum passed in 2014 downgraded to a misdemeanor for stolen items with a value of $950 or less. say its effectively giving leaves the green light to commit crimes. however, governor gavin newsom defends this law. >> prop 47 was passed the last full year, now it shows property larceny...

Effectively prosecuting the theft but critics say from the reforms like for certain crimes, the counties like los angeles, and san francisco county is to blame for the surge in retail debt and they also say that prop 37 estate valid initiative was downgraded property theft for misdemeanor from the stolen items with a value of $950 or less, also to blame however governor gavin newsom, with the law. >> it is about 47, in the last analysis with your shows the property of the larceny and crimes are ...

Much incentive for them to change behavior. >> californias senate republik and later released this thing governor newsom financed measures on public safety despite encouraging tough on crime policies that foster safe haven for criminals. the relentless push for the criminal first agenda turned this once majestic state into a sanctuary for criminals. prop 47, an initiative voters passed in 2014 downgraded property theft from felony to misdemeanor or stolen items with a value of $950 or less. crit...

Retailers have actually funded groups or supported groups that have called for defunding the police, lenient bail reform and other policies that police say are directly tied to these smash and grab robberies. for example, nordstrom stores in january last year announced its support for the black lives matter movement which has repeatedly called for police departments to be defunded. home depot pledged, $1 million to the lawyers committee for civil rights under law which has pushed for more lenien...

They -- they say elon. on that list. they say the president never supported defunding the police and things like that. its interesting that last fellow we saw just a moment ago is he a lieutenant out in los angeles. he also said that l.a.s black lives matter chapter literally advocated to cut the budget by over 90%. thats one of the ways. one of the reasons we are where we are today. ainsley: california is such a beautiful state. just the coast line new york is such an amazing city. liberal poli...

Inner-city crime, where african-americans and minorities live, they are hit the hardest when police are defunded, when anti-crime units, street crime units are not activated. these people are lying to the american people when they say that defunding the police shouldnt affect, i am reading here, safety. it does not mean we dont want public safety. that is hogwash. if they dont believe that police are providing safety, who do they think is providing the safety? weve got to get people to make sure...