in greatful recognition of your outstanding performance, productivity and dedicated service, i am promoting you to the rank of staff lieutenant. [cheers and applause] [laughter] steve: he just got a raise. lawrence: he came up to me afterwards l.j. did you know? of course i knew. it was so great. a moment not only for jimmy but for texas and those guys at the table. i grew up wanting to be a texas ranger and of course the texas ranger under dps where jimmy is. and no one more deserving of an award. ainsley: he is responsible, all of his work, is he responsible for apprehending thousands of migrants at the border. and also the seizure of pounds and pounds of drugs. that s exactly right. brian: the federal government is not doing their job. lawrence: texas is the last defense of our border. because it s true. the border agents aren t doing that type of work anymore because they are doing processing now.
see us. dana: drugs, guns, gangs and sex offenders. border agents working around the clock to protect america from all kinds of threats and what they find on a daily basis is enough to make your hair stand on end. bill: it is friday. good morning. the border patrol apprehending thousands of migrants a day coming across all kinds of criminal activity as well as felons posing a threat to our safety and all those who slip through the cracks and get away. bill melugin begins a new hour in la joya, texas, with us now. good morning. good morning. quite a busy week for border agents here in the rio grande valley. monday alone they arrested three ms-13 gang members as well as a el salvador man with a conviction for the aggravated sexual assault of a child. on tuesday they arrested an 18th street gang member. four gang members and one child