to set that record straight is the president of the national border patrol council president, brandon juddood morning. i'm doing well. how are you? griff: you believe you were taken out of context. why? >> well, the headline, get beyond the headline. read the actual article. i mean, the quotes, i did give those quotes, there's absolutely no doubt about that, but the quotes were in fact taken out of context. what i was talking about is i was talking about the deployment of our current border patrol resources, and if we were deploying those resources correctly, would we actually need the national guard. nobody praised the president more than i did what i said, i , they even admitted that this deployment is not being used the same as it has been used in the past, and they went as far as coming up with something like having the national guard look into mexico as spying. well, right now as we speak, there are national guard that are looking at cameras, that are controlling cameras that are looking into mexico. so are they spying? that's just not true. so, i mean, even d.h.s. admitted that this

brandon judd le dijo a un medio de comunicaciÓn que esto ha sido una gran pÉrdida de recursos.cambiarle el aceite y los frenos a los vehÍculos de la patrulla fronteriza. >> mecÁnica, arreglar los carros, los trotes que vienen de los agentesy hacemos los servicios normales como cambio de aceite, cambio de llantas. reportero: la guardia nacional asegures reconociendo, la patrulla fronteriza dice que su misiÓn especÍfica es realizar tareas que permitan a los agentes salida usted indocumentados. >> ayudan a que una gran cantidad de gente siguen el campo, que no estÉn en la estaciÓn trabajando, haciendo esos trabajos. ahora tenemos elementos de la guardia nacional que pueden ayudar con eso. reportero: siempre ha luchado con letra la polÍtica migratoria reciente trump, el gobernador enviÓ 400 efectivos de la guardia nacional a la frontera. sÓlo puede asegurarse que sus funciones iban a estar limitadas a tareas de apoyo. en realidad, los que hacen california no es diferente de la funciÓn que tienen estos estados fronterizos. el presidente trump dice que hasta que no construyen el muro

brandon judd president of the national border control council, colonel stephen mccraw, the honorable art arthur resident nell low in law for the policy on immigration studies and mr. michael breen president and ceo of the truman center. there is an empty chair for the uninn whited witness miss carla provost should she choose to attend the hearing. pursuant to committee rules all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify so if you could all please stand. and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? please be seated. all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion please limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be made part of the record. as a reminder the clock in front of you shows the remaining time during your opening statement. the light will turn yellow when you have 30 seconds left and red when your time is up. please remember to press the button to turn your microphone on before speaking and w

brandon judd is the president of national border patrol council joining us by skype.e don't have a problem there. >> not nearly the problem we have on the southwest border. i spent last week on the southwest border in texas. i will be on the northern border. stuart: is there a problem? i would like to know. >> not as much as the southwest border, one of my colleagues, we had an event with ted cruz over the weekends and colleagues that you have to be done if you get caught on the northern border. we don't have enough resources on the northern border to fully patrol but we do the best we can. stuart: you don't want a patrol the way you have on the southern border. it is not necessary on the north. >> not right now but we are seeing a current trend because the cost-effectiveness, smuggling is a big business and they are always looking forward for the most cost-effective way to get product into the united states and as smuggling costs rise on the southwest border they will utilize the northern border more. anybody can fly to canada and received a 3-day visitor visa allowi

as you know brandon judd has spoken on the presidents behalf many times.t has and is not just about what is happening with the white house and secretary nelson. it is about republicans and democrats on capitol hill. frankly they seem paralyzed on this issue. >> yes, brandon is also concerned and rightly perhaps, that his agents look like show keepers. the point is that the president wants to do something at the border, it needs to be a real show of force and not something that is essentially symbolic. he has been supportive of the president. it is very interesting and potentially significant point ofcriticism from him . i do not think that the issue really is, has a great deal of overlap with the congressional stalemate. i mean, we are no further along on daca, no further along on border funding, then we were six months ago when the idea of national guard deployment to the border really started to rise. he has a point there, if he chooses to carry it that far which is, how does this, sending ages to the border, either further the presence agenda or nudge c

brandon judd, president of the border bashaw council telling "fox and friends" this morning that havingops on the border was quote, a colossal waste. were actually taken out of context. >> i was talking about the deployment of our current border patrol resources, would we actually need the national guard. nobody praised the president more than i did in any media that i know of. >> the current deployment of national guard troops have been handled differently than previous deployments. there are rules and restrictions in place this time around. the union president said it's a poor use of resources. unlike previous deployment deployment.national guard troops must be paired with the border patrol agent who is one person powers. >> when we have the national guard there, they've been in our look at an observation post in static position. they've been in our control room and they free up those resources that otherwise have to do those jobs to allow us to go out on patrol the border. >> so far, more than 1600 national guard troops have deployed to the borders of arizona, california, new mexico

times," border patrol union calls national guard deployment a can -- colosl waste brandon judd. out of context what did you mean. >> you're hitting me with the tough questions, right off the bat. can we have a warm-up, talk about why border patrol agents love your program. it is sports, politics and of course business. this is the problem, "the l.a. times" story is the problem with what written news media -- i don't get to control the headline which of course has to be controversial, otherwise nobody will read the article. but if you dig into the article you will quickly find out i'm not criticizing the president for the decision to deploy national guard. in fact nobody has praised the president for that decision more than i have. what i was talking about is the current deployment and how we're utilizing those people. if we don't utilize them properly, we don't free up our resources to patrol the border and that was the discussion we were having but of course the liberal media takes it out of context and wants to make it me against the president which it just wasn't. charles: i

fox news contributor, also crtv.com host, tracy, and editorial director at the daily caller, and brandon juddhe national border patrol council and border patrol agent. brenda, obviously, this impacts you directly on a day-to-day basis. how does it feel to actually see this revolt in california of all states about the idea of not cooperating with agencies hard designed really to keep all americans safe? >> we knew the pendulum was going to swing back to the rule of law. but thank goodness for these citizens that are finally standing up and saying what makes our communities safe, what makes our families safe is the rule of law and following the rule of law. if you want to come to this country, come here as immigrants, but do it legally. and that's what the people of california, santa clarita especially, are finally standing up and saying. let's do it right. charles: tracy murphy, you know, it's interesting because i saw a poll in your state that said, obviously, everyone wants stronger border security. there wasn't a lot of support for the wall, at least not as much as i thought, but there was

brandon judd, president of the national border patrol council told fox and friends this morning that said agents had quote - see no benefit to having guard troops on the border, that was taken out of context. >> i was talking of the deployment of our current border patrol resources and if we were deploying those resources correctly, but we actually need the national guard? the national guard has been a huge benefit for the border patrol in the past. we expect it can be a benefit again for us this time around. >> he went on to say that the current deployment of national guard troops is being handled differently than previous border deployment. the union president says that led to poor use of resources. now it national guard troops must be paired with a border patrol agent who has law enforcement powers. >> will have the national guard there, have been at observation and lookout post. also static positions, they have been in the control room. they free up the resources that otherwise had to do those jobs to allow us to go out and patrol the border. >> so far, with a 1600 national guard

>> mike, brandon judd, the president of the national border patrol counsel told fox & friends this morning that statements he made to the l.a. times saying agents quote see no benefit to having guard troops on the border weren't exactly what he meant. >> i was talking about the deployment of our current border patrol resources, and if we were deploying those resources correctly, would we actually need the national guard? nobody praised the president more than i did in my media that i know of for the decision to send the national guard. >> now, judd went on in thursday's article to say he was extremely excited about the troop deployment, a sentiments he echoed on fox today; mike? >> he still has some criticism about the way the national guard is being used; right? >> that's right. judd says the current deployment of national guard troops is being handled differently than previous border deployments and the union president said that's led to a poor use of resources. now a national guard troop must be paired with a border patrol agent who has law enforcement powers. >> when we have the nation

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when you hear brandon judd saying that it's a waste of resources there, and you started their in laredo resources and the deployment of the national guard that you currently have? >> we need to continue to build these capabilities. we want operational control of the border. the president brought that mandate back to us. we are happy to give him action plans on how we are going to get there. we have gotten funding now for 18 and we're putting that into full use so we can add capability and do more on the border. we are grateful for the national guard to be part of this new operational capability. griff: commissioner, thank you very much. ronald vitiello, deputy commissioner of customs and border protection. thank you, sir. happy birthday on monday. thank you for the service of all your agents out there keeping our border safe. >> thanks so much. griff: all right. president obama says there weren't any scandals during his administration. but mike huckabee says most of his scandals didn't make headlines because the media protected him. the former governor joins us next. and is vladimir put

progress at the border that he unleashed a tirade at his dhs secretary during a cabinet meeting, brandon judd what's really happening on our border and ford while shutting down production of ford f150 the best selling vehicle in america we'll talk to a ford dealer for the real impact and amazon prime price hike kicks in today for new members you're watching the second hour of varney & company. charlie: we begin with breaking news on the economy university of michigan consumer sentiment ashley? >> for the month of may first reading charles coming in at 98.8 just a hair better-than-expected and this is exactly what we recorded for the entire month of april. so you could say that it's a rapid consumer sentiment remains bullish maybe not at the levels we saw in march where it hit an 18-year high but nevertheless still pretty good. charlie: the dow up to 110 on that news certainly it likes this number the initial reaction sent the market higher. big tech names we check every day amazon, very close to its all-time high, facebook, well the stock has fully recovered from that cambridge analytica scan

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