Bidens conduct on our border is by any definition a conspiracy to overthrow the United States of america. You know he talks about democracy. He is a danger to democracy. Both trump and mr. Biden made trips to the southern border on thursday. Now things are being overrun by the biden migrant crime. A form of vicious violation to our country. Its migrant crime. President biden made his case for a bipartisan bill that would make significant changes to existing immigration policies. And blamed his rival for killing it. Someone came along and said dont do that, it will benefit the incumbent. Thats a hell of a way to do business in america for such a problem. Well ask Alejandro Mayorkas what the president can do to secure the border without the help of congress. Plus the latest on the israelhamas war and the growing u. S. Sentiment for israel to curb their military actions. Well talk to biden surrogate and california congressman ro khanna. The head of the House Intelligence Committee mike turner will also be here along with alaska republican senator dan sullivan. Theyre pushing congress for foreign aid for ukraine and israel. Finally a conversation with atf director Steven Dettelbach about guns in america and why new technology might require new solutions. Its all just ahead on face the nation. Good morning. Welcome to face the nation. We begin an important week in the 2024 election in which both President Biden and former President Trump are expected to win hundreds of delegates in super tuesday contests in more than 15 states. On thursday, mr. Biden will make his state of the union address. Our cbs news poll out this morning shows the former president with a 4point edge over the current president among likely voters nationwide. That is trumps largest general election lead yet in our surveys this cycle. Joining us now is our executive director of elections and surveys anthony salvanto. Anthony, good to have you here. Good morning. So our polling has shown perceptions of the economy have been improving, so why isnt that helping joe biden . Because its the comparison people are making between how they rate the Economy Today and what they remember it being during the trump years, and its the remembering is the key word there. I specifically asked how do you remember it, and twothirds of voters say they remember it being good, which is also interesting because if you go back and look at the polling from that time people did, in fact, rate it good in 2018, 2019, but then the economy cratered after the pandemic and the shutdowns and doesnt seem like theyre remembering that part of it here. But thats the reality today, so its that comparison that isnt holding up for the white house, number one. Then number two you push that forward and ask, whose policies might make prices go down, and theres a lot of republicans who think that prices will go down if donald trump gets elected, but whats troubling for joe biden is you still get him associated with price increases because a lot of people think the prices will continue to go up under his policies. Thats why. Memory is an interesting thing, isnt it . Indeed. The campaign is leaning heavily into issues of democracy, access to voting, even calling donald trump a threat to democracy itself. Why isnt that helping the Biden Campaign . Well thats in the electorates mind but its kind of priced in at this point in this sense. You get a majority of americans that do think that the former president tried to stay in office past his constitutional term. The ones who think his approach to that was illegal, which is just under half are voting for joe biden. But everybody else, the ones who think he was following constitutional processes or wasnt planning to stay, theyre all ready to return donald trump to office. That split in many ways defines not just the race, but also where we are as a country right now. Maybe it moves a little bit as the trials go forward. Maybe if theres a conviction, certainly something to watch. But netnet you get about an even split between biden and trump right now on who would do best at keeping democracy safe. Democrats are putting reproductive rights front and center in this campaign betting that it will drive turnout among voters across party lines who are just concerned about this issue. Is that a safe bet . So, there is a majority that feels that the overturn of roe v. Wade was bad for the country. But whats interesting to me is this difference between then who blames donald trump for that, which is what the Biden Campaign is trying to do. And thats a smaller number. But then coming even more immediately, the recent ivf ruling we asked about that and a large majority thinks that ivf should be legal so this issue is gong to stay top of mind and certainly is going to be a factor. Its interesting because in alabama where that ruling happened two weeks ago, they are working very swiftly to protect it within the state legislature and the governor expected to look at some of those bills this week. It shows how resonate that one issue is. This is going to be a key week. We have super tuesday upon us. Has biden been able to consolidate the base of his party, the really the people who are committed to coming out as democrats . Well, in many ways no, not yet. Thats important for two things. One is that a lot of measures that ive been describing here for joe biden are driven in part by the fact that democrats are more critical of him and more critical of their president than republicans are of donald trump. Was that always the case . Some ways thats typical for democrats. Its a more transactional approach, more criticism in there, where republicans theyve told us they value loyalty to donald trump. So some of that is baked in. But having said that, it comes out in the political story right now that democrats being less likely to say that theyll definitely vote and a lot of joe bidens numbers are in part lower because of that. His campaign has work to do to drive up that motivation and hes not doing as well as he did in 2020 with some key democratic groups. I would add this and i think its important, joe biden is trailing donald trump when we ask who has a vision for the country and that speaks across party lines in many ways, and what i think is important there, is that these are Uncertain Times in the minds of many voters when people see uncertainty, even if they dont rate things right now as good, and they dont, they want a road map and they want to know where things are going, and thats a key gap that im going to watch over the next few months. Fascinating. Anthony salvanto, thank you for your insights. Thank you. We turn to americas imigration challenges. A u. S. Official tells cbs news that Border Agents had 140,000 migrant apprehensions in the month of february an increase from 124,000 in january. That doesnt include Asylum Seekers or those processed at a port of entry. Joining us now is the Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Its good to have you here in person, sir. Good morning, margaret. Thanks for having me. We know that immigration is a key issue for voters across the country and according to our polling, by more than 5 to 1, voters believe President Bidens policies will leave more migrants to try crossing the border compared to President Trumps policies. Only 22 think your policies will decrease migrant crossings. President biden himself has said the border hasnt been secure in ten years. Is there anything he can do without congress to act now . Margaret, we as an administration have taken executive actions, those executive actions are being litigated. We need congress to act. For more than three decades our system has been broken. A Bipartisan Group of senators put forth a real solution that would provide the department of Homeland Security and other departments and agencies involved in the immigration system with resources that we need as well as policy changes that will fix this system. We need congress to act. That is the enduring solution. But Congress Wont act, as you saw. That proposal which we covered extensively on this program isnt moving forward in the senate and no future at this point in the house. And it has been reported that immigration and that i. C. E. Is drafting plans to release migrants and slash capacity to hold detainees because that senate bill and the funding that was in it failed. Thats inaccurate. Thats inaccurate. That was in the Washington Post and that is not true. Will you have to reprogram funds . We have done we have reprogrammed funds in the past because we have not been adequately resourced. Again, emphasizing the importance of the legislation that would provide not only more personnel and more resources for immigration and customs enforcement, but 1,500 personnel for u. S. Customs and border protection. 4,300 asylum officers. This is vitally important. But in terms of enforcing our law, with the resources we have, since may of last year, we have removed or returned more people than in any entire year since 2015. Over the last three years, weve removed, returned or expelled more people than in the four years of the prior administration. We are doing more with less, but we need more and we need the system fixed. President biden said it very frankly and very powerfully from brownsville, texas, just a few days ago. We need congress to have a spine, do its job, which is work for the American People, and rather than allow a problem to fester for political reasons, to actually deliver the solution that everyone agrees is needed. Short of this massive change of heart in congress, and productivity, cbs is reporting that president is considering executive action and invoking executive authority to 12f i believe its called to suspend the entry of foreigners when its determined their arrival is not in the best interest of the country. If your agency is so strapped in terms of resources, could you implement that . Margaret, weve taken executive actions. Former President Trump invoked 212f, a statutory provision and that was enjoined by the courts. So when administrative actions are taken, they are often litigated and they do not endure. The American People deserve and expect Enduring Solutions and Congress Needs to deliver on the american publics expectations. Do i understand you saying there then that you would have reservations about trying to use the same authority that the Trump Administration had tried to use. Thats not what im saying. We have an obligation to consider all options as we do day in and day out. But those options are not going to deliver what legislation would. We cannot administratively provide nearly 20 billion to the department of Homeland Security and the departments of state and justice to make our immigration system work better and to stop the everincreasing immigration case Court Backlog that has been building year after year after year. We cant we cant administratively give the resources that we need. We need congress to appropriate. Congress controls the purse strings. I want to ask you about a criminal case that has become a political rallying point. You heard donald trump use this phrase migrant crime. A 22yearold nursing student, i know youve been following this, laken riley, in the state of georgia was murdered allegedly by an undocumented venezuelan migrant. The suspect had been detained by Border Patrol upon crossing, released with temporary permission to stay in the country. He then went on allegedly to commit crimes twice, once in new york for driving a scooter without a license and once in connection with a shoplifting case in georgia. Did those states and their Law Enforcement communicate to the federal government that this had happened . Should this man have been deported . A few thoughts. First, margaret, first and foremost, an absolute tragedy and our hearts break for and our prayers are with the family. Number one. Number two, and importantly, as a prosecutor, having prosecuted Violent Crime and other crimes for 12 years, one individual is responsible for the murder and that is the murderer. And we work very closely with state and local Law Enforcement to ensure that individuals who pose a threat to Public Safety are indeed our highest priority for detention and removal. But are you saying there that the federal government had been informed about this individual and the alleged crimes he had committed in those states . Because he could have been deported if that was the case. Was there a breakdown in the system . So margaret, there are a number of cities around the country that have varying degrees of cooperation with the immigration authorities. We firmly believe that new york did not . We firmly believe if a city is aware of an individual who poses a threat to Public Safety, then we would request that they provide us with that information so that we can ensure that that individual is detained if the facts so warrant. It sounds like they were not coordinated . Well, different cities have Different Levels of cooperation. We were not notified in this instance. Mr. Secretary, so much more to talk to you about. We hope youll come back in the future. Thank you so much, margaret. Face the nation will be back in a minute. Stay with us. Ey manager you cant be that different. Fisher Investments we are. We have a team of specialists not only in investing, but also also in financial and Estate Planning and more. other money manager your clients rely on you for all that . Fisher Investments yes. And as a fiduciary, we always put their interests first. other money manager but you still sell Commission Based products, right . Fisher Investments no. 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A lot to get to, but i want to button up on the border because youve been warning and you have on this program of your concern of the National Security emergency and the risk of terrorism. Absolutely. Because of the porous border. Mr. Trump has described the border as a biden conspiracy to overthrow the United States of america. Do you think thats the case, and if so, doesnt that argue for Congress Taking up the bipartisan bill in the senate . This is what i think. So the fbi director, director wray, has himself personally stated that we are at the highest threat since 9 11 for a terrorist attack within the United States, and he cites the open border for that. Now, we know that the biden administration, this didnt just happen to them. President biden took a number of executive actions over 50 that resulted in the Current Situation that we have. It represents a National Security threat and needs to be fixed. But Congress Writes laws. The law that came out of the senate you have the funding. The law would not have fixed this. It would have allowed thousands of people to come across the border illegally. Thats probably where most members in congress fell, you know, away from this bipartisan deal is that we would, in fact, be sanctioning what the administration was doing and allowing people to come across the border. The border needs to be closed. We need to get back to Legal Immigration and reform our Legal Immigration processes, and it represents a National Security threat as you said. It would have given more authorities to a future president as well. I want to move on to a number of different topics because there are a lot of crises right now. In the middle east, do you support the administrations decision to carry out these drops of aid into gaza and potentially create a maritime corridor . Well, i think its essential that aid get into gaza. I was just briefed by the cia director burns friday personally. He is the one who is conducting the ceasefire negotiations, and he believes that were close and i think that is very, very important to accomplish. One, becau