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you mention cutter's, what role do they play in border security, specifically the southern border? >> the coast guard has had a really important role in drug interdiction. there's a lot of videos online of the coast guard basically intercepting small boats that are carrying drugs and trying to get them to the u.s., and there some fairly rogue looking video out there where the axle jump onto high-speed craft. they got that, they're not like customs and border protection at the border itself. they're trying to get people who have hitched a ride on these small boats and are trying to get into the u.s. through the water, often to florida. >>, not fagan had been very vocal about reducing sexual assault in the coast guard. what do we know about her activities there, and did that influence the decision to fire her? >> that was one of the reasons in the lengthy press release again that she was fired. the coast guard has been dealing with a sexual assault problem for years, all of the services have come a couple of news organizations including ours looks in depth at sexual assault allegatio

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that border if -- needed to secure that border?, it's such an enormous task because so many millions and millions of illegals have been allowed over that border. and, by the way, a number of very dangerous persons with terrorist cells, we think, probably set up around the country, we can talk about that later. it's going to take a lot of resources to get this done right. we believe we can move money around in the early part of the year in existing accounts. we're talking with russ vought at the office of management and budget and everyone involved, our new cabinet secretary it is about that, and then we'll have to replenish those funds, clearly. if we do that in the first three, four months of congress, we'll be able to get the resources necessary to secure the border and protect the american people. that's what they demand and deserve, and it is long overdo you recollects maria. maria: mr. speaker, tomorrow the congress is expected to certify the 204 the election, january 6th. can you tell us what to expect? >> well, i hope we hav

is the southern border secure, as we find it today? gov. noem: senator, no, the southern border is not secure today. in three days, we will have a new president in this country, president donald j. trump, and he will secure our border. sen. hawley: that is refreshing. i'm glad to hear it. let me ask you about a young man from my state. this is travis wolf, who is 12 years old, when he was killed just over a year ago, by an illegal migrant who mowed him down, and i choose my words carefully -- mowed him down in a motor vehicle. hit him head on doing 75 in a 40. killed him. others were severely injured. just yesterday, a witness sitting where you are sitting today told this committee that migrant crime is, and i quote, not an actual concern. not an actual concern. in a hearing before this committee advising us to drop the lake and riley -- to drop an act and not focus on migrant crime. with the death of officer avis lee, who was assaulted and killed in st. louis, and others who have been carjacked and stabbed -- would you agree with me that mi

homeland security secretary, there is also the border czar, tom homan, who president-elect donald trump had selected, who's going to be at the white house and will largely be leading on immigration. but the department of homeland security, of course, is charged with implementing a lot of this immigration agenda with which sources have described to me will include three different buckets. for example, interior enforcement that is going to start pretty quickly after trump is sworn in. that could be ice sweeps in metropolitan areas like denver and chicago. and sources tell me the plan is still to target criminals. but of course, if there are other undocumented immigrants who are encountered, they too can be arrested and detained. now, another part of this, too, is the border executive actions, like the national emergency declaration. that might sound familiar because it's something they did the first time around, but this is a way for them to get more pentagon resources to the u.s. southern border. then the third is legal immigration. so they plan to bring back the travel ban. that is some

is the southern border secure as we find it today? >> no, the southern border is not secure today. in just three days we'll have a new president in this country, president trump. and he will secure our border. >> that is refreshing candor. a young man from my state, this is travis wolf, 12 years old. when he was killed just over a year ago by an illegal migrant who mowed him down. i choose my words carefully in a motor vehicle, hit him head on doing 75 in a 40. killed him, others were severely injured. just yesterday a witness sitting where you are sitting today told this committee that migrant crime is, and i quote, not an actual concern. not an actual concern. in a hearing before this advising us not focusing on immigrant crime. officers in kansas city and others who have been assaulted and others carjacked and stabbed. would you agree with me that migrant crime is an actual concern and that you intend to do something about it? >> yes, senator, absolutely. i am so sorry about travis and his -- my prayers go out to his family. i can't even imagine what that is like. thank you for

to the tax cut wing of the party, i am with you but if you hold border security hostage to get tax cuts, you're playing russian roulette with our national security. i'm saying that as we negotiate tax cuts, they're tax cutting people and i'm one of them that won't vote for border until they get all their taxes. i'm not a big fan of the salt deduction. i live in south carolina where we have low taxes. why should people in south carolina subsidize california and new york? maria: this is the battle as lawmakers try to understand and figure out how to implement president trump's agenda. liz peek, you heard what he just said about the salt deduction. that's what's going on right now. the members of congress who want the salt deduction cap lifted are pushing back saying, look, if salt is not in there, i don't know if you have my vote on border. this is going to be a big issue for the president. >> look, maria, first of all, they need to get one big bill done. there has never been a congress that passed two reconciliation bills. it's too complicated. look, the gop has to get on board. that's t

border security is an 80/20 issue. there are democrats who understand how their party lost their way and it cost kamala harris the election. so we may get a few votes along the way from democrats who understand the insanity of what has been going on at the southern border. liz: that's really interesting news to recap what congressman dusty johnson just said. house democrats may go along with the law and new legislation to stop and possibly shut the border. congressman you always bring it. you're very smart. we appreciate it thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> well, democrats have always accepted the results of a free and fair election. this election is not any different. >> we will have a vice president presiding tomorrow who believes in a peaceful transition of the office and she will preside over her own defeat. >> you can run the best campaign. you can even become the nominee and you could have the election stolen from you. >> i believe he knows he's an illegitimate president. >> i think he's an illeg

lot of my colleagues, we'll continue to have robust discussions about immigration policy about border security, the democratic caucus believes in rule of law, we believe in a process, we believe in fundamental principle that people accused of crimes have the a bility to respond. and that does not mean if you are accused of a crime you should be deported. that is a concern. we believe in the rule of law. but we believe in the process and fundamental print pill of our justice system, we'll continue to have these discussions. when i left people were still voting, i have not seen final vote count, thank you. >> thank you, your reaction to president-elect trump with house republicans -- at mar-a-lago this weekend. to begin negotiations on one or two major reconciliation packages. >> donald trump will have a lot of press conferences, he will say a lot of things. some of them are just going to be crazy. we're not falling for this trap. and the -- one bill, two bill, it does not matter, when american public needs to know that donald trump is working with house republicans, on efforts that will hurt th

and if you're a border security guard, you know, trying to stop the trade in illegal elephant ivory,'t do it. you couldn't, really. there's not really any way of knowing. i mean, we've got a piece of elephant ivory here. how easy would it be to disguise this as mammoth ivory? very, very easy. you see this piece of elephant ivory that's been in the museum for years. here's an equivalent tusk tip from a mammoth, and all you would have to do would be to stain this a brown colour and you couldn't tell the difference. so this is a school of anatomy. you'd never guess, would you? laughter. at bristol university, dr rebecca shepherd, with help from professor lister and others, has found a quick way to tell different types of ivory apart using lasers. there's a piece of equipment at airports around the world and if you're a border security guard, you know, trying to stop the trade in illegal elephant ivory, a tough job to try and tell the two apart. yes. i mean, you can't do it. you couldn't, really. there's not really any way of knowing. i mean, we've got a piece of elephant ivory here. how

in that case it was dark out and border security reform.re are serious members on the other side of the aisle who may want to have discussions about that. they are also very unserious members on the other side of the aisle. we have no interest in working in a bipartisan way. they just want to be on fox news and they just want to be loved by donald trump. we will see when it comes to immigration. scott. >> one question for each of you. part of the announcement mark zuckerberg made today, he said they will shift from california to texas to be more fair. to eliminate the perception of political bias. what do you make of him referring to californians as politically biased and not trustworthy. >> i have no idea what he is talking about. what i do encourage the member publix to do as they can look at trusted sources. you can either listen to different who poses polio vaccine so you can look at what the association has said. or what your pediatrician has said. talk to your doctor. talk to experts that you trust. i am not fully concerned that meta

is president trumps border security policies. e on the ballot this november. [applause] and it is not just border states as i mentioned. northern border states our southern border states, every district every state is a border state and border districts. every community is a border district. the leading cause of death for young americans is sentinel poisoning which is flowing in across our borders because of this border catastrophe. we are going to run and we are going to win on securing the border on top of the border crisis we also have the biden inflation crisis. the highest rate of inflation in my lifetime. if you talk to hard-working americans which i do every day, i was just in my district is eating small businesses, visiting with members of the workforce, visiting with hard-working families, this inflation is crushing hard-working families. going to the grocery store every week he had the price of eggs, i am a new mom, the price of diapers, the price of baby formula, the price of food, bacon, meat. it goes up and up and is

common sense. >> reporter: tonight signing a slew of executive orders on day one, including on border securityter more than 10 million illegal crossings in the last four years. trump reversing biden era immigration policy and declaring a national emergency at the border, where he vowed to send troops. >> i have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions. >> reporter: also declaring a national energy emergency to expand his authority to encourage more oil and gas production, already at record highs. >> we will drill, baby, drill. >> reporter: also seeking to rewrite the nation's maps. >> we're going to be changing the name of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. >> reporter: and again threatening a showdown with panama, vowing to take back the panama canal. >> we've been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should have never been made. we gave it to panama and we're taking it back. >> reporter: panama's president saying the canal is and will remain panama's. trump reorienting low the federal government recognizes gender. >> it will henceforth

and it is border security. people accused of crimes and to respond.o we believe in the rule of law. [inaudible] >> to go directly. >> a lot of things and it will continue. will the american public to know donald trump is working publicans that will assure them they will have the potential social security and medicaid bill from their ability to qualify for supplemental attrition. but they are talking about is behind closed doors, you're trying to cut a deal cut a deal to hurt american people and that's what this is about. there was a lot of things and that is the fundamental millionaires and billionaires. back on think the matters price them out of the numbers. >> i didn't have my hand up but i'll take one. [laughter] mehta announced they would do away with this. get your reaction submitted. the concern of the democratic caucus in the information it is clear companies are. and that is the world we live in. >> does congress have any role? >> they needed over anything so i would imagine we are going to hear robust discussion on what we can regulate what

maybe it's the border security provisions.at they like so that they'll increase the debt limit. it's smart ideally, but will folks get on board? that's going to be a key issue for speaker mike johnson. >> quickly here, i wonder if we can touch on democrats because i do think that a game of tight margins is actually chaos, but chaos is an opportunity for democrats. example, on salt, not to continue harping on this, but there are people like congressman pat ryan who came out after the gate and ed, all right. let's do this. let's talk about salt tax deductions. where can democrats find potential wins here as they're trying to sals sweeten the deal for conservatives? it's a fascinating balance. >> the salt thing i think is a really big deal, and that would be top of this list. they're saying they want to wrk with republicans by any means to address the salt cap. another thing is to enthelypotee border. that was the main issue that republicans ran on, and towards the end of the election, we saw democrats lean into it. again, going

to the tax cut wing of the party i am with you but if you hold border security hos containabling to get tax cuts, you are playing russian roulette with national security i am saying that as we negotiate tax cuts, their tax cutting people i am one that won't vote for border until they get taxes, i am not a big fan of the salt deduction i live in south carolina low taxes, why should people in south carolina subsidize california and new york? >> and now, we have the rub whether or not able to get over this, and get trump's agenda executed, liz if you have new york, california lawmakers holding congress hostage to salt deduction you are having battle after battle. liz: i think a serious compromise raising salt limit obviously, was done the last time around, and the last time we had a change to that. after being eliminated basically altogether, interest tax cuts, and, by the way, lindsey graham, you know, he -- lives in south carolina went for trump by 18 points, i think, again, all legislators have to kind of remember, what we're trying to do here what we are trying to do is come together a

you just said, if he executes what he campaigned on what president trump campaigned on large securing borderutting taxes. are you going to support those things? will you support 100 billion dollars that they are looking to get allocated from congress for deportations and security of the border? >> that depends on details i said i support some of the things that. >> that is the dealt a hundred billion dollars they need, to carry out deportations to secure the border by building the wall will you are into it that is a detail. >> well, i think it has to be part of a comprehensive immigration package that we had, by the way, in the biden administration, and if details include treating people with -- dignity, there are immigration judges, more of them we need people have, due process and if they've committed felonies or crimes yes should be deported, of course, we need to secure the border, is to it depends on the actual language, no one would just say okay i am going to support a hundred billion dollars without reading the bill, even republicans -- >> you did that with obamacare; right? >> i sup

that is border security. energy, he will sign a number of executive orders related to drilling and offshore wind leases. he is going to unleash american energy, that is what senior official who is authorized to describe these actions told me. that is same we heard on the campaign trail, drill, baby, drill, that is going to come through in the first actions today. then he'll end biden's electric vehicle mandate. end green new deal and take u.s. out of paris climate accord which he did in 2017. biden put the u.s. back in in january of 2021. trump is back and taking the u.s. out of that agreement again and will end dei programs across federal government, something he plans to do today. he will assert presidential power over federal bureaucracy. his teammates and officials involved in the executive orderses trump plans to exert presidential power over bureaucracy and put a hiring freeze for federal workers and wants federal workers to return to the office. from that, trump is expected to establish biological sex

.: it allows dod resources to help in that fight and making sure the border is secure it. there were several others, you need physical infrastructure in certain areas, not entirely across the border but didn't certain areas but that construction was all but halted for the past years and a lot of that law was sold off for pennies on the dollar. in the directive to start remain in mexico with the micro protection protocols was critically important. host: if that is the case of yesterday, what was the most concerning of the executive order signed yesterday? guest 1.: it has to be called the so-called birthright citizenship. this is kids born in the u.s.. it has been around for hundreds of years and if a child is born in the united states, they are a citizen. that is critical to make sure we don't have a second class in this country. we believe in border security and it is a total fallacy that the border is out of control right now. arrivals at the border are actually lower than one trump was in office. host: the 14th amendment is the basis of that birthright amendment. what wi

.: it allows dod resources to help in that fight and making sure the border is secure it. there were several others, you need physical infrastructure in certain areas, not entirely across the border but didn't certain areas but that construction was all but halted for the past years and a lot of that law was sold off for pennies on the dollar. in the directive to start remain in mexico with the micro protection protocols was critically important. host: if that is the case of yesterday, what was the most concerning of the executive order signed yesterday? guest 1.: it has to be called the so-called birthright citizenship. this is kids born in the u.s.. it has been around for hundreds of years and if a child is born in the united states, they are a citizen. that is critical to make sure we don't have a second class in this country. we believe in border security and it is a total fallacy that the border is out of control right now. arrivals at the border are actually lower than one trump was in office. host: the 14th amendment is the basis of that birthright amendment. what wi

i'm with you but if you will border security hostage to get tax cuts here playing russian roulette with our national security. as we negotiate tax cuts they are taxcutting people and i am one of them that won't vote for border until i get all their taxes. i'm not a big fan of the salt deduction. 11 south carolina where we have low taxes. why should people in south carolina subsidize california and new york. maria: liz peek this is a conversation a washington among lawmakers have, how will they get on the same page trump is committed to office in two weeks and he wants a bill with all the priorities on the desk in the coming months. >> i think someone mentioned earlier a lot of the border protection and strengthening can happen via executive decision by the way executive order that's what trump to the first time around. maria: they need $100 billion and they cannot get money through executive order read then you $100 billion to do the deportation to create beds and facilities to hold people while they're deporting them. that is what that is, they need $100 billion in congressional approv

i think the number one priority for the republican party should be to secure that border. you need new money to do it and if we don't we're playing russian roulette with our own national security. border first, military funding first. get the tax cuts and spending reductions put together later on. you need to secure that border like our life depended on it. >> well, this bill is going to be bigger than the $300 billion you just laid out. what's the timetable on that -- >> it's going to be a lot bigger. >> johnson said memorial day. >> well, i hope we can get there, but to those who want to reduce spending i'm giving an opportunity to come meet me next week. you have to cut spending, this reconciliation compliant and we've got enough votes to reduce spending. so can we do $2.5 trillion over ten years? let's give it a try. i want to do two things, cut spending and make the tax cuts permanent. the secretary of treasury steve bessent said if the tax cut expires it will be a catastrophe for our economy. i don't believe there's one republican out there if they were pushed would l

secure borders are normal. someone who has deployed all over the world, every other country would never behave and allow 20 million people to enter their country illegally. that's not normal. thank god we are going to get back to normalcy and thank you all for leading the charge. i yield the remainder of my time. >> witnesses, thank you for being here. before i ask any questions, let me state from a first-person perspective that i have the privilege of serving under the biden and trump administration's. i was a federal prosecutor who focused exclusively on organized crime. the idea that both administrations were committed to applying the law as relates to organized crime and specifically how illegal immigration infested organized crime is laughable. it is demonstrably not true. on day one of the biden's department of justice in 2021, prosecutors that i worked with who had been exclusively assigned to prosecute illegal reentry and immigration offenses, those individuals were either reassigned or let go. many are

we have to have a secure border. you can't have a country that doesn't have a control over its border. second, i think there is broad consensus that criminals who are here should be deported. ms. moore, and i just want to acknowledge as we all have the in criminal -- incredible life you have had, the loss of your daughter and your own experience. the people should not have gone in here. and they shouldn't be here and if they are here, they should be in jail. third, we have the question of people whose status has been determined, but it took so long for that status to be determined in many cases, years and years , that they've become an integral part of their community and they put roots down here and they haven't committed a crime. this is where we don't have consensus. there's a view among some and i think the president elect trump has this view that if you are here illegally, no matter how long it took for that adjudication to occur, no matter what your roots are, then you should go back. senator graham was indicat

let's secure the border. let's make it a lot lot harder to get into america illegally a lot easier to get into america lawfully. that is what america wants to see but let's not use immigration to destroy our constitution. unbelievable a lot of friends in the side of the aisle are sitting by idol he will donald trump proposes by executive order to destroy section one of the 14th amendment which establishes everybody born in the united states as a citizen of the united states. and yet they just let that go all these textual as to claim to care about the constitution stands for, that was a whole purpose and meaning of the 14th amendment. now they want to destroy birthright citizenship in america moving to a citizenship based on race instead of a citizenship based on police which was the whole purpose of the 14th amendment. to overturn the dred scott decision. well, were upset when the difference is moving toward they don't real solutions they want a demagogue the immigration issue that does not move america forw

border? it was 70,000 people targeted by this administration as a potential national security risk. that were not just found at the border, that were released when they were found at the border. 70,000 people just from last year in the country right now that this administration declared at the border they are a potential national security risk. i know you aren't going to do that. when we ask for the data and for the information, when we say how is the national vetting center working, do you have the connection to be able to screen individuals there? we're just doing our oversight responsibility. you have served in congress before and did a great job on that and did oversight. we want to still be able to do the same thing. will you provide data to this committee so we can cooperate with you to help? >> senator, i will follow the law and be transparent with you and allow you to do the due diligence towards oversight that you are tasked with. >> i have no doubt about that, governor. no doubt. looking forward to you serving in that role, thank you. >> thank you. >> well, congratulations,

because if we don't secure the border, i can't get a path to citizenship for the daca population. if we don't secure the border, i can't get democrats and republicans to come together and give certainty to the dreamer population. are there any dreamers in the room? raise your hand if you are. all right. well this is a part of the problem, ladies and gentlemen. you have an incoming republican president who just said as late as sunday that he's prepared to give you certainty. but we have people here demonizing him for asking the reasonable question of can't we all agree that we need to secure the border? so if you are sincerely, i don't know how you make your money. i don't care what your political motives are. but number one i would really appreciate it to say, if you would go out on social media and say that the president obama did a horrible disservice to those people whoa he deported and he's as wrong-minded as every other republican who said we've got to secure the border, deport people. you can't have one being ok and the other not being ok. if you don't come to the table and r

i'm confident the trump administration will secure our border, and, yes, empower i.c.e. to do its job. we must not allow our security to depend on whether or not a republican occupies the white house. we, in this congress, must ensure there are no future laken rileys. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mcclintock: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. clyde. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for three minutes. mr. clyde: thank you, madam chair. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 29, the lakein riley act. this bill is in remembrance of laken riley, the 22-year-old nursing student who was tragically murdered last year in my home community of athen, georgia. by an illegal alien from venezuela who should have never ev

president biden does any executive orders crippled our border security and opened up the floodgates ofhe southern border. that is a fact. i do not care what you say, it is a fact. we see it and we file. that is why the election that occurred occurred. congressional democrats refuse to pass hr to which was a good piece of legislation in the floodgates open more. state and local democratic leaders open their cities and spent billions upon billions of dollars to care for legal immigrants, legal immigration is good. my colleagues on the other side speak about immigration. let's make sure we all understand that there is a big difference between legal and illegal immigration. under president biden u.s. customs and border protection encountered in the number changes, it fluctuates. it is about 10 million inadmissible aliens from januar4 that is three times the number of counted during the trump administration. let's talk about the real numbers in the real facts. the biden administration deliberately dismantled the effective protocols and schools that we had. instituted catch and release. that

um, people have perceptions about border security. when i was in office, uh, the numbers were the lowest they had been in almost 20 years. but if you polled americans about border security, they would they come back and say, we think it's worse than it was 20 years ago. so perception matters a lot. donald trump made full use of this rallying cry about mass deportation. our border is not secure. but in fact, the numbers have been down. but again, jake, you've got to you've got to deal with this problem at the source. otherwise we're going to just keep banging our heads against the wall on the defense side, and they're going to keep coming. >> today, ten democrats joined all republicans in the senate vote to advance the laken riley act. that's a key step for the bill becoming law. the bill would require federal detention of immigrants without legal status, who are accused of theft or burglary. other crimes, um, are there other areas where you think democrats agree with republicans on immigration reform? it seems like the overton window

you refocused on border security, doubling detention, removing three times as many border crossers as president trump. but it was fixing legal immigration that contributed to ending the crisis. biden restored visa and refugee processing to above 2016 levels. biden also deregulated the parole process to open this lawful pathway to allow asylum seekers to enter in a lawful and orderly way. biden's approach was working. overall crossings increased but border patrol encounters were down 33% in biden's final months compared to trump's final months. criminal crossings had fallen 57%, evasions of border patrol were down 42%, falling immediately after president biden reversed trump's expulsion to mexico policy. for the first time ever, most immigrants coming to the u.s. border were applying to enter legally, through a regulated and screened lawful pathway. but the new administration is already undoing all of the progress. the slough of new executive orders mandate violations of the u.s. constitution, target peaceful people over violent felons, and by limiting legal immigration, encourage ille

one of them is the border security. i'm not a border security expert but economists are very good at inputs and outputs. if you have input of labor we will get more output. >> so what you said still holds true? >> i don't know if i advocate specific number of exactly how much immigration should go up anything like that. that's not the role of -- but if there were more workers we would have more. >> i appreciate that. and the pass you characterize wall street reform as quote the worst piece of legislation i've seen in my entire life unquote. and that the law quote needs to be repealed as soon as possible. is it still your view that wall street reform should be repealed? >> i would have to look back at what i don't recall, i would have to look back what is talking about and get back to you on that. it would take more than come to review what was us talk about and why i i was so adamant abt it. i'm usually not so -- >> so let me just say this because, i just said came out of the worst financial crisis would sense of the gr

borders. they want to make sure that both countries can be more secure going forward if those borders are reinforce. now the syrian new leader asked me to shut, i also said during that press conference that he eventually would like to see open borders between both countries. but right now, what's most important is to make sure that those borders are secured. one of the reasons they're so much concerned about that is because of lebanon, syria have a complicated, intertwined fraud history. it's, that's, that's because of several reasons too many to get into right now in the segment. but one of the things that's, that's been up so much concern over the years is the fact that has been loved and 11 on relied on syria as a waste ation, as they were getting weapons from iran. that's another concern. so both of these men want to make sure these border is going forward are secure, so that that will secure both countries and both countries at a time when they have both face such political upheaval. as you mentioned, you had this new searing administration also in the last few days, you had the election of a

and the days of democrats not being for any type of border security and or a limited type of border security i think are gone. we need to compromise. we need to make sure that the president is kept within boundaries so he doesn't engage in mass deportations. but at the same time, there are people in this country that are causing crimes that are actually exploiting the immigrant communities that they live in. and at the same time, we know that there are communities that we that we want to stay here. we want them to get work permits. we want them to continue to grow their businesses, and we want them to be part of the american fabric. but the old ways of us thinking about border security and immigration are just not going to work anymore. >> senator ruben gallego, we very much appreciate you sharing your perspective with us. >> josh levs. thank you. >> thanks so much. just ahead, president trump's attempts to pause nearly all foreign aid causing major turmoil at u.s. aid, with dozens of senior officials now on leave. we're going to get reaction from former trump national security advisor john