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Cartels, gang members who have crossed the border and the see is that our border patrol agents are asking for help. they need operational support on the southern border and its why the president has worked to ensure we can get the resources we need. we know how congress is and functions. weve had the democrats at one point house democrats pushing forward an extreme proposal on for example reducing the number of i.c.e. detention beds which negatively impacts law enforcement so part of it is the n...

Tractor-trailers, sub marine, but not a single witness ever said they ever drove around the barriers. the tunnels were the method of choice. who says? the top lieutenant. a tunnel is the most secure way to cross drugs to the u.s. the easiest way to cross over weapons. in the late 80s or 90s, 95% of the cocaine was brought into the u.s. by tunnel. 2012, the border tunnel prevention act passed with bipartisan approval. thats when they started relying on legal points of entry. hiding it in all sort...

Now, 2012, the border tunnel prevention act passed with bipartisan approval. el chapos guys said thats when they started relying on legal points of entry. hiding it in all sorts of cars and trucks, flooding the ports, playing a numbers game knowing there arent enough agents or technology to search every vehicle. and as for the drivers, its interesting that the president chose to make el paso his case study for the wall. the cartel made it a point to hire families that live in el paso to drive dr...

We want to make sure were able to prioritize based on what our agents are telling us are the porous vulnerable areas we need to make sure have the physical barriers but as we know and as many democrats have said actually work. >> to be clear, youre saying the president has not decided to sign this agreement, that its possible he will go back to congress and say not good enough? >> hes reviewing the details. at this point, this is a matter of looking at the fine print. this is a matter of looking...

The reality we saw spelled out in a courtroom is why i have been telling you that the wall is not the cure the president promised. >> if we build a powerful and fully designed see-through steel barrier on our southern border, the crime rate and drug problem in our country would be quickly and greatly reduced. >> almost three months of testimony. federal prosecutors got el chapos own men to lay out exactly how they smuggled boats into this country. fishing boats, trains, cars, tractor-trailers, s...

El paso to drive drugs across the board several times a day. the president used to love to use el chapo as an example of why we need to get tough on the border but when the truth came out, it proved the wall isnt the fix we need and as unmistakable of a win it is to see someone like el chapo heading to prison for the rest of his life, the fact is physical barriers are more farce than fix when it comes to stopping drugs. so why would potus make them a top priority when theyre just part of a solut...

Prior military construction funds, but theres getting the army corps of engineers do it, thats 3 approximately about will. then 700 million without an emergency declaration from the pentagons counternarcotics funds which seems to be cross purposes from what he says he wants to do, and 680 million. so are republicans comfortable with going to other places and him doing an end run around congress? >> well, the republicans are going to basically make a deal with the president here. stand with us on...

News. >> is he declaring -- >> since he -- >> its not true. >> didnt need the money apparently. but he believes it or hes touting it and thats a win for him. >> lets put what the facts are in terms of what has been built. theres 1,900 miles between the u.s./mexico, the board theyre. theres 654 miles of barrier that already existed when the you look down to new barriers that have been built during this administration, zero. zero. there have been replacement barriers built or worked on, about 40 m...

Talking to border patrol about the 400,000 people that will come through the rio grande valley this year alone of whom 200,000 wont be apprehended and the ones that will be 90% will be caught and released. we found 54 people in a stash house in houston, texas, being held ransom by the cartels that have operational control of our border and dictating to the united states the terms of what our security and border looks like. the state across the river is a level 4 state which is a no travel zone. ...

Caucus. something that the president has to be sensitive to saying not enough money. i need more to make more of a man f manifestation of priority, especially where physical borders are concerned. do you think theres any money left to be had? >> we were tasked with juggling these priorities and we came to an agreement. now these are the same individuals, the house freedom caucus by the way that whispered in the presidents ear that he should force a shutdown. the offer then was 1.6 billion in bar...