counties in the rio grande valley in 2020. so the people on the border are disgusted. democrats, republicans, independents. we elected the first republican mayor in mcallen since 1972. people are frustrated what the democrats are doing on the border. we normally apprehend about 435,000 people a year. from san diego to brownsville. we re about 1200 miles and 1900 miles of the border. we are already projecting 2 million apprehended this year. remember, for every one we catch another two or three get through that we don t catch. that s two to three million, maybe more crossing the border just the first year under biden/harris. it is an invasion. people don t like that word. some people don t like it but it s true. that s what is happening. texas and america is being invaded. what do you do with a 15-year-old from guatemala who can t speak english and three grade levels behind? you can t put them in a school. what is their future here?
sometimes it was quite fine. i do want to mention to you, though, the president s comments and then show you some border some fbi statistics and get your thoughts on it. the president then says at these walls will make us all safer. you have the fbi statistics that you pointed out, just a few moments ago of border counties where crime is much less than nonborder counties as well as the overall average. so, that inmind, is the president right when he says a wall will make us safer? i think a wall or in my case i prefer the gnomen clay cher fence is part of a total border security program. but the state of texas geographically you can t put a fence from el paso to brownsville, it doesn t work. in fact, most of texas is private land. that won t work. but, you know, it does fences
he hasn t met with any border sheriff. and i m talking about from san diego to brownsville. reporter: like father roy, sheriff gerrera is tasked with protecting the church, a job made all the more complicated by the proposition of a wall. when they need services from law enforcement, they need services from fire department, medical emergency, they just add more time, and that s just not fair. what do you make of the la lomita chapel? it s very peaceful. so to build a wall on that chapel is just not the right thing to do. what s it like living here? people say we need a wall for safety. i really don t think so. we ve lived here so many years and it s nice and peaceful. you hear the president say it s unsafe without a wall. that s not true. i come here. i bring my grandchildren. you see a lot of people that come and walk their dogs. i ve never had any fear that somebody s going to pop out and
of entry. when you speak to the sheriffs there, he will tell you that the president is not listening to people, take a listen. we had the president here two weeks ago and we were all excited that president trump was coming down, he didn t meet with not one single local community member that lives here on the border. he didn t meet with me, he has not met with any border sheriff, and i m talking about from san diego to brownsville. there is 31 sheriff s that make up the southwest border sheriff s coalition. we re ready to visit with him and tell him about our communities. each there have on the border
i said, well, that is what the church teaches. if you were that poor guy trying to help his family survive, what do you think you d be doing? if you had the balls you d be doing what he s doing. reporter: with more apprehensions here in the rio grande valley than anywhere else along the border, customs and border protection is constantly on the lookout. border patrol helicopter went overhead. that must be a unique position to be in with members of the congregation oh, yeah. you can imagine there are people who live in fear already of the border patrol. look at those guys. you think they re looking at us? it s only me. and they re right here. right behind the church. yeah. they re everywhere. reporter: border patrol agents along with local law enforcement were here with president trump on january the 10th. like many of his trips to the border, it was quick. a photo op, a listening session. the sheriff of hidalgo county had a blunt assessment of the visit. he didn t meet