maybe it appeals to ken paxton 's base.ry, i think, most voters support. again, that was very clear in the midterms. this is just cynical politics. it is using hate and fear to try to get votes. and i don't think it works. i was surprised at the midterms. but it was such a clear repudiation of far-right extremism. so, if republicans choose to follow this, i think it is a very bad political choice on their part, based on what we just saw from american voters. >> i tell take raquel, david's point. it makes sense, in a theoretical sense and in a political sense as well. but the reality of it is, the response that people have very, very different, and somehow very personal. so my question for you is, do you think there's a need for the lgbtq community, and particularly activists, to adapt their messaging around trans issues? i mean, there is really clear messaging on some things, but not others. so, for example, marriage equality, saying love is love, is a powerful, simple message to understand, right? how can i say -- well, yo

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here we have texas attorney general ken paxton and mark bronivic. let's start with ken paxton and talk about that situation in texas. this is caught on tape. this type of crime is happening more often than just the one incident that was caught by fox. >> you're right. unlike joe biden, i've been to the border many times and talks to ranchers and farmers many times. people are terrified because their property is being damaged, fence are being cut, cattle being let loose. getting their cars and trucks stolen, they don't feel safe with their children, this is a common occurrence and all along the border. it's unfortunate that this president doesn't seem to care and doesn't even have the time to meet with any of these people that have suffered tragic consequences as a result of his policies. >> jason: yeah, the president hasn't met with these people. they won't even meet with the border patrol. attorney general bronivic, explain from the arizona perspective what you're seeing. if you can, get into the idea of bussing and what the administration is doing

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bring in former acting dhs secretary chad wolf and texas attorney general ken paxton.he news is breaking, senator sinema is asking the president to visit the border, chad wolf. what is going on with the supreme court and what's happening there? is this a rebuke to the white house? what do you think, chad? >> i think it is interesting. obviously the administration has been put in a difficult place because they're having to now advocate for title 42 because i think they know what the rest of the american people know. title 42 goes away they have not only a crisis but catastrophe along that border. they talk about needing it to stay in place for a brief party. period of time, i'm not sure what that means this is no surprise. they knew title 42 was ending. the real issue is there is no plan in place for title 42. we see images in el paso, elsewhere that is with title 42 in place. there is no plan to end title 42. what is the concern to me, there is no enforcement posture. there is nothing they will do differently they have not done over the last 23 months where we've seen

what we look at now, dan patrick, ken paxton and governor greg abbott were all reelected by wide margins8 the what we hear now from the texas legislator that convenes next month, in just about a week, we feel the attacks would be even harder and harsher than ever before because no one's health these politicians accountable, and i feel like herding and harming trans kids is not a winning political strategy. >> adam, i'm struck by something that amber said, there is always this question of do you stay and fight or bugle because that is what necessary. to keep your family safe and intact. i wonder in this moment, how are you thinking about that? >> i see this in historical terms and actually, to me, it is scary. we are in additional priority here but so many other folks trans kids are even worse, lower caste or a trans person of color. they have even worse than we do. i think as a privilege to be here and stand up for what is right. i think at this in historical terms, i think it did not to doesn't future, we'll look back on this and not only will we have prevailed in this fight, americans

pete: let's bring in ken paxton, texas attorney general. mr.orney general, thanks for being here. we've been trying to get a plan, or maybe the plan is no plan, that's been the plan so far, out of the white house for what happens after title 42. what's texas' plan when the flood gates open for illegal s? >> so this was the last vestage of any type of federal law that would protect us from illegal immigration. the biden administration over the last two years was stopping the building of the wall, whether it's continuing catch and release, whether it's the remain in mexico program, whether it's title 42, they have announced literally on day one they would stop deportations. they have dismantled federal law by themselves, not with the approval of congress so it's very important we got this victory remain in mexico. this is our best hope of protecting the people of texas, and the people of this country from illegal immigration and the consequences that bill melugin just talked about. >> will: mr. attorney general, i have to ask the biden administra

texas attorney general ken paxton. i wanted to address issue of crime.lions of people that cross today border. they are not all the nicest sweetest people. what are you seeing as the attorney general with these small towns, big towns all across texas. what is happening with the crime on the border? >> no doubt going up. biden administration knew it would when they allowed the cartels. drug situation, human trafficking worse. thousands of kids died because of drug overdoses border is not secure. we have an open border they claim is closed and secure obviously is not correct. >> it is a total lie. border is closed. all you have to do is look at the pictures. i recognize only fox news is showing people what is happening. there is not a single border patrol agent. what else can the state of texas do? seems like texas is doing everything it can, feds's responsibility. what else can texas do? >> when they say it is closed and secure. chinese communist say they lie and claim it is miss information if you say the opposite. we are continuing to fight the biden ad

i always start with ken paxton here and talk about that situation in texas.i mean, this one's caught on tape, but this type of crime is happening more often than just the one incident that was caught by fox. >> and you're right, unlike joe biden, i've been on the border many times. >> i've talked to ranchers, farmers all along the texas border. people are terrified because their property is being damaged. their fences are being cut, their cattle are being let loose. people are breaking into their houses. they're stealing their their their cars and trucks. they don't feel safe with their children. this is a common occurrence along the texas border. and i'm sure it's also a common occurrence all along the border of arizona. new mexico and california. and it's unfortunate that this president doesn't seem to care and doesn't even have the time to meet with any of these people that have suffered tragic consequences as a result of his policies. >> yeah, the president hasn't met with those people. you won't even meet with the border patrol, for goodness sake. attorn

we'll have texas attorney general ken paxton in "focus" coming up. let's check in first at the white house with peter doocy. because, peter, i mentioned the white house wants $4 billion for all of this. we need a line item detail of what they will spend it on and they are still planning, as far as we know, to keep title 42 on the chopping block. >> bill: it is interesting, harris. even though officials have said the pandemic is over, it sounds like they would be happy to have this pandemic-era tool for expelling migrants on the books if it wasn't for those pesky courts. >> we are required by court order to lift title 42 by december 21st. that's the court order that we have been given. the department of justice is going to lead that effort and what happens next. so i won't get ahead of that. >> this is the concern from a group of republicans and democrats in congress. dhs is almost completely reliant on title 42 to control migration from mexico in the northern triangle. vast majority of people encountered by u.s. border patrol along the border in octo

her terrify and i want to quote, the one person i don't want knowing about my gender status is ken paxton>> this hant pushed out, this push from paxton didn't pan out but is there a chance that another push could? >> there's that. they're not likely to stop with the state legislative session about to start next month and could go on for months and they could have special sessions afterwards, if the last session is any example, it was one of the most conserve stiv, conservative in the state's history, targeting lbgtq folks and there was more than a dozen pieces of proposed legislation that had already been submitted. but it has a chilling effect, that the person you mentioned told me, transgender individual, now working on that, and talking to someone who was a male, when you go to change your gender marker with the state on a driver's license or something else, it's taking a risk, because you're potentially outing yourself, and this made them feel really vulnerable. >> what does this say to you about the landscape in texas right now for members of the lbgtq community? >> well, i mean what

get an answer to that question from public, records and they certainly did get a response from ken paxton'sst for this type of data in the first place? what are you hearing from the community about up? >> you are looking for every zen and a very unreasonable place. you know, the fact that we have elected officials -- they refused to focus on his purview and make sure that he is protecting texans. instead, we see that he, along with greg abbott, ed and our lieutenant governor, continually want to attack the most vulnerable amongst us. you talk about the fact that there are approximately 16,000 folks who are identified, and we don't know the reasons for why their gender was changed. for all we, know it was a mistake in the first place. so it had to be changed. 16,000 out of 30 million, and that is what we're going to do. it doesn't make sense. that is who can paxton's. he doesn't want to face the music on what we really should be talking about, which of these indictments that have been looming for the last seven years over -- >> as i mentioned in the intro, we know that these actions, and the

here now with reaction is texas attorney general ken paxton. mr. attorney generalxa, thank yn so much for joining us .i wanted i want to address the issue of crime literally. there have been millions ofrder people that have crossed. the border and they're not all just the nicest, sweetest people. we really don't know who theyeo are, what they've doneple. and where they come from. atto what are you seeing as the attorney general with these smaltowns,l towns, big towns al across texas? what is happening with the crimacross t.e on the border, nt is going up and the bidenadmini administration knew it wouldst when they when they allowed the cartels to bring these people in.el yos.u can look at the drug situation, the human trafficking situation, it's allo gotten worse. thousands of kids have died from drug overdoses because the border is not secure and the gangs and the cartelerds are continuing to infiltrate border cities and really cities all across america because wee n have an open border thatn border they claim is both closed and secure, which obvi

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in a letter to texas attorney general ken paxton, abbott claims, without any evidence, that humanitariangroups "may be engaged in unlawfully orchestrating border crossings." abbott has intensified his anti-immigrant hate speech as the trump-era title 42 pandemic policy that has blocked over 2 million migrants from seeking asylum in the u.s. is set to end next week. abbott has also described the growing number of asylum seekers arriving to the u.s.-mexico border as an invasion. in michigan, three men convicted of providing material support in the 2020 plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer were sentenced thursday to prison terms ranging from 7 to 12 years. prosecutors say paul bellar, joseph morrison, and pete musico were part of the militia group wolverine watchmen, which planned to kill police and elected officials, as well as kidnap the governor. the plot was hatched after then-president trump urged supporters to "liberate" michigan from coronavirus public health measures. twitter has suspended the accounts of over half a zen journalists without warning after billionaire elon musk ac

someone who well knows this crisis and spends a lot of time at the border, texas attorney general ken paxtoned in last night about that. unlike joe biden everybody to the border many times. i have talked to ranchers and farmers you will along the border. people are terrified because their property is being damaged, fences being cut and cattle let loose. people breaking into their houses and stealing their cars and trucks. they don't feel safe with their children. >>this is a common a downers alopped will better everyday arizona will new mexico and california. it's unfortunate that this president doesn't even have the time to meet with any of these people 2w45 have suffered. >> griff: we saw in lucas' great reporting, the numbers, the official numbers. en record. right? what cbp puts out. now, mind you when we got the november numbers, they waited 23 days to do it. 617,450. where source. that is a number they are just putting out there. gives these numbers to me. that is since the fiscal year began on october 1st. in the past 90 days, there have been 617 migrants, only 186,000 of those have b

somebody who has a personal experience with all this , and it was texas ag, the texas attorney general ken paxton brought this to the supreme court with 19 other states so there are at least 19 states who have attorney general s that are very concerned about that and they are the ones that brought it to the supreme court. todd: we spoke with border council president brandon judd today and he said he doesn't believe that joe biden is going to fight this. he doesn't think by 5:00 today we will have a rebuttal in the supreme court, but i do think it remains yet to be seen. i think biden would like a little bit of an out here so he can go to his left base and we like oh, my god, the court said we have to do this , we have to keep title 42 but in reality let's face it. this administration wants an open border policy because they want these voters and that's what they are going to get. david: another one for your legal expertise, we've got another batch of twitter files with more details of fbi and other federal agencies influence on twitter to censor the hunter biden laptop story, and the white house

yesterday, there was a major court decision the on behalf of the state of texas where attorney general ken paxton actually won a case where now a federal judge actually ruled in favor of the state of texas to where the department of homeland security, the federal government has to keep in place the remain in mexico policy. now, that remains to be seen if they're going to follow through, but that's a very effective policy on top of what title 42, it being canceled, that would actually stem the flow and have a more orderly, controlled situation at our border. but, again, it remains to be seen if the travel government's going to follow through. we're trying to do as much as we cannot only on the enforcement side, but also on the legal side having everybody involved with the situation, try to do as much as they can with the resources and the authority they have within the state. neil: you know, lieutenant, we are getting some sporadic details of what the administration is planning on doing once 42 goes away on the 21st. among them is aiming a program at those who might have a justified case for seeki

we talk about the attorney general of texas, ken paxton who filed a lawsuit in december 2020 under the original jurisdiction, the united states supreme court will sit at a trial court in the case of a between state. what texas and other attorney general said is we don't like the election rules in other states, so we are going to challenge those election rules in those other states, just think about how unconservative or anti-federalist that idea isn't imagine what those same republican attorneys general would have said of the attorney general of california, illinois and massachusetts tried to do the same thing in 2016. this is over a month after the election they already knew the rules about. >> the word is our nation has been sick before but it has healed, the vietnam war, slavery, we had much closer elections, the strife of the 1960s, but the one thing is different is we've never had such an organized attempt to discredit and undermine our election system. talk a little bit about that and why this moment is different, why you are concerned about this moment. >> we have a lot of disag

you see, in february, texas attorney general ken paxton issued a legal opinion that said providing gender days later, governor greg abbott over protective services to open in child abuse investigations for families of transgender kids undergoing gender affirming care. like their family. the briggs spoke to my msnbc colleagues -- about the ordeal in september. >> it was absolutely terrifying. basically, for governor abbott to send, you know, an employee of the state, by the way, cps is incredibly understaffed, underfunded. children are literally dying in the cps system in the state of texas. and wasting valuable staff resources to come investigate us, terrorist my children. >> she says they felt terrorized. the their family is part of an aclu lawsuit against governor abbott, and they're not alone. in september, a judge issued an injunction stopping investigating families of transgender's, which is being a few appealed. the families and the other plaintiffs have no standing to sue because their cases have been closed, and they quote, have not suffered a concrete injury. not suffered she sai

a dangerous new low, ken paxton, texas attorney general, reportedly ordered the department of publicprovide him with a list of everyone who had corrected their gender on their drivers license within the last two years. he was not successful. it was just days later, as we reported, that governor greg abbott ordered state officials to investigate possible child abuse among parents seeking gender affirming care for their kids. called on texans to report parents, as well. those are the only rights texas republicans are attacking. in addition to banning most abortions, the texas gop is now going after abortion pills, passing a law that state internet providers to block abortion websites. texas anti abortion group is suing the fda for approving a popular abortion drive drug. joining me now is nyu law professor melissa murray. melissa, if the texas a.g. is able to i.d. residents who change their gender, what could they do with that information? >> the information will be in the hands of the government, which always make individuals nervous. but particularly those who already have been targe

the washington post reports that in june, the office a texas attorney general, ken paxton, asked thehad changed their gender on their drivers licenses and other department records. that's according to a copy of -- the public records request. the dps official told the post that ultimately no data was provided because an accurate count was not possible. is not clear why paxton's office of the information. his office hasn't responded to requests from the washington post, or nbc. the implications of what was attempted are chilling. joining me now is legal director at the national center for lesbian rights. shannon, thank you very much for coming to the sunday show. tell us why this request for gender change detail on drivers licenses are so alarming. is it even legal? >> no, of course not. this is crossing a dangerous line. this is really a chilling escalation of what is now a pattern by texas state officials targeted and harassing trans people and their families in the state. as you pointed out, a.g. paxton has offered no explanation for any possible legitimate persists paris, for reque