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those x-ray portals, we have them in laredo. they work. you can get an 18-wheeler, by the way, laredo handles 15,000 trailers a day. 15,000 trailers a day. and therefore, we need the latest technology that the commissioner talked about. it works. i've seen it. but, we need to have it in other places. you want to stop people that come in and stay here? in 2000, how many people do we have, border patrol stopped 1.6 million individuals. last year, it was 398,000. so, it's about a quarter of the people that were coming in. and, 67% of the people that are here illegally came in through legal visas, overstays. by the way, most of them were canadians. i'm not saying to put a wall in the northern part of the nation, but -- [laughter] but i'm just saying, you have to look at where people are coming in. natural borders, allow me to show a little -- and i know this is not usual. but, let me show you. in texas, texas has 1,200 out of the 1,954 miles with u.s. and mexico. we have, for example, what they call in west texas, god's wall. 200 feet, 300 fee

fromn is distant laredo.e your thoughts on the ability to put a portable between these two nations. peter: it would take a lot more donald trumpat is asking for to put up a cement or steel wall. that is the view of people who analyze this in great detail. the more important issue is if you look at where members of the house are in those border states, whether it is texas or arizona, new mexico, there is not a whole lot of support for this particular path that donald trump is taking. there's a lot of reservation about linking the shutdown to the wall and a desire to see some sort of separation there. tom: i am thrilled to announce john ofn i'm in london, the university of chicago will be with us. peter: i'm hosting him at lsc. tom: this is a very good and beautiful thing. it is a realist analysis of relations.al within that is always a multilateral or bilateral discussion. how long is trump-lateral politics going to be maintained? is there a new permanence to this unique international relations of america? pet

alley, and from laredo, texas, mariana. you sat down with one family who is expecting to suffer by not getting their paychecks. what did they today? how much longer are they willing? or how much longer do they think they can survive during this shutdown? >> the zimmerman family actually counts themselves among the lucky in all of this. they prepared for some kind of an emergency like this. not because of the government but because they've fallen on hard times and they know to be prepared for it. they can go until march but that doesn't mean it hasn't been hard on their family. their young son, for example, they've tried to shield from this. he is asking questions. why aren't people in washington talking? why can't you go back to work? that's the personal toll that they're feeling. this is always work toll listen. >> it is permissible to have outside employment. however, you have to have permission to do that. who would i ask permission? my supervisor is not at work. their supervisor is not at work. if you take outside emplo

we're in laredo, texas. she's near a port of entry. are, as you pointed out at ground zero of this controversy, how are people reacting to what they heard last night from the president? >> reporter: craig, this sector of the border is the busiest inland port in the americas. last night, i was at this packed bar where we had a mixed group of people watching the speech. you had everyone from the mayor of laredo, border patrol agents, first of all everyone here paying close attention to everything the president says on this issue. and yesterday a couple of border patrol agents did say that they do support him building a wall here. and that they did think he was convincing. how are locals feeling today? i want to bring in j.d. gonzalez over here. you're a customs broker, sir. so your business could be impacted if trade is impacted. how are you feeling after you've had sort of time to process this speech? >> thank you, maria. as a business owner i have concerns because trade could be affected. i listened to the speech last night. i felt it'

for exhibit, the laredo sector. we have miles of river border in laredo, texas.iles of any type of physical barrier. it is smuggling galore in laredo, texas. a lot of people are coming to the country illegally and at smuggling those drugs. that's how it's different. we need to reinforce a border in strategic locations. >> harris: where are we not with the caravans chris to knock of them have been in tijuana and other areas. >> they've been moving along the border paid for exhibit, we have seen increased numbers in the el paso sector. we still see them in tijuana, we saw what happened on new year's eve. they tried to come across, they were throwing rocks at our agents. from the caravan, those dangerous drugs and a lot of people are coming to this country with criminal records. >> harris: i want to point out what's happening in the center of our screen. senator chuck schumer, after having a little sidebar as we showed you on camera while hector and i were talking, with nancy pelosi and other democrats outside the white house after their public comments and the micr

i mean, look at laredo, my hometown. we get 15,000 trailers a day. 15,000 trailers a day. we need to put technology there. we need to put k-9. we need to put c.b.p. officers to make sure we, you know, work on securing our border. now, everybody talks about a crisis. 2001 we had about 1.6 million individuals at border patrol stops. now, it's 398,000. look what happened. the numbers have gone down, and if you want to talk about the safety of our security. i will tell you my hometown of laredo is about three, four times safer than we are here in washington, d.c. murder rates, assaults, rapes, name all the violent crimes, it's safer here. so the most dangerous things that i do -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. roybal-allard: i yield the gentleman two more minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: when i leave the border to come to washington, d.c., i'm not talking about the politics, i'm talking about it's more violent here. so what shall we do? let's open up the government, let's sit down, advocate for 21st cen

did you see the presentation yesterday of henry clay are of he represents laredo and surrounding areas there. and he showed the border. ,any places on the border there's a river and there's 600 miles of something. it art normandy fences. so that cars cannot go by. if the president wants to call that a wall he can call the wall. he saying we already have over 700 miles of wall. it's a place where enhanced fencing would work. let them have that discussion because it's all about cost-benefit analysis. what's the best way and what do you get for your dollar in order to protect the border? and thisalso about will be coming up as he takes some extraordinary action. it's also about the opportunity cost of the money. if the money can be used better for technology then let's see what's the best. and when some of these fences were built, the technology was not what it is today. so you have to look at technology in a new form. say should we all get landslides in our homes should we get smartphones. what should we be doing on the border of dislike landline versus technology our personnel on the bo

he represents laredo and surrounding areas. he showed the border. any places on the border there andcliffs, there is a river there is 600 miles of something. 300 of it are like this. 300 miles of this so cars cannot go by. the president wants to call it a wall, he can call a wall. he's referencing we already have almost 700 miles of wall. it's a place where enhanced fencing, normandy fencing would work. let them have that discussion because it's all about two analysis,cost-benefit get forhe best way to your dollar in order to protect the border? up, also and this will come the opportunity cost of the money. if the money can be used that technologyer for then let's see -- when some of these fences were built, the technology was not what it is today. technology look at in a new form just as we say should we all just get land lines in our phones -- in our homes question mark what should we be doing on the border that's like a landline versus the on theogy our personnel border should have? what they are talking about is more personnel, enhancements of t

i spent some time with border control in the endorsed my candidacy last year. 72 of the laredo miles -- we are not talking about fencing. the border patrol agents are down there without a cell signal, without radio signals, the cartels have operational control. they cannot see the river because the cane is so thick. >> your kinda making the point of nancy pelosi. it's hard to get the parts of the border we couldn't even build a wall in the first place. and so, what you're saying is that they are coming to more technology and a good gardener. you will probably find some, community college dropout who was born in iowa to do that i am guessing.>> there's plenty of traffic coming across the areas i am talking about. in the border patrol agency talk to want fences. because in our borders easier to secure when your agents, drones, technology but also fences. >> the democrats are talking about the stuff. these are the kind of things -- and i agree with you in that it is not a one-size-fits-all build a wall solution. and there are a lot of complex problems along the border. just slapping a w

hard to respond to our members of the border patrol who go down to the river, the rio grande and laredo, down there with no cell signal no radio, can't see the river through the cane, they're down there by themselves, they know the cartels have operational control of the border, they know their lives are threatened if they speak out about the cartels, they know there are terrorists who are leading cartel organizations across the board in nuevo laredo, and we're doing nothing to give them what they need to defend the united states of america. i can't go home to the people in texas 21 and explain to them why we're here for two days having show votes and then leave on a wednesday. explain that. explain to the people why we're going to leave this afternoon at 1:00, not securing the border. it makes absolutely no sense to the american people when they watched what happens in this body and they wonder how this people's house leaves them with an unsecure border and nothing more than show votes like we're going to have today for political theater. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

que un juez escucharÁ su peticiÓn, por mÁs de un aÑo estuvo detenido en el centro de detenciÓn en laredoaves violaciones a derechos humanos que sufren las personas con discapacidad bajo elesdo a aseguran que le dieron los cuidados adecuados. >> es lo Único que pido mi familia. >> lourdes hurtado noticias telemundo. >> el 2018 fue un gran aÑo para los productores de tequila en mÉxico, se logrÓ un rÉcord de mÁs de 220 millones de litros, el 80% se vende aquÍ en estados unidos, rubÉn nos amplÍa. >> la mejor forma de tomar un tequila. >> hace casi dos aÑos Él y su familia abrieron una tequilera en chicago. >> ya a la gente le interesa mÁs de lo que estÁn tomando, preguntan cÓmo se aÑeja en quÉ barri ba ricas, creo que va a crecer. >> el aÑo pasado la industria del tequila rompiÓ un rÉcord con mÁs de 222 millones de litros, 5,5% mÁs que el aÑo anterior. >> hoy ver como 422 litros por minuto se estÁn exportando desde mÉxico hacia los consumidores de todo el mundo. >> la mayorÍa del tequila que mÉxico exportÓ el aÑo pasado, mÁs del 82% tuvo como destino varios restaurantes y licorerÍas en estad

. >> sin el brazo y la pierna izquierda ha pasado mÁs de un aÑo detenido en laredo texas, cuando llegÓ por regresar con su familia fue atropellado por la bestia que le arrancÓ las dos extremidades >> no se agarrÓ bien y se cayo, el tren le pasÓ por encima. >> conseguir sus prÓtesis en mÉxico y recuperar fuerzas se entregÓ las autoridades estadounidenses. >> le quitaron las prÓtesis, le quebraron su mano, y lleva mucho tiempo en una silla que son solo alambres >> las condiciones del centro no son aptas para personas con discapacidad >> todo el tiempo que estuve en la sin la prÓtesis hasta entrar al baÑo fue difÍcil. >> le anunciaron que el viernes puede ser deportado una vez mÁs. >> que tengan compasiÓn, un poquito de humanidad >> ¿ quÉ va a hacer el allÁ solito en honduras?. imagÍnate con la prÓtesis daÑada >> contactamos a las contactamos para sÁbado ser sus postura per por el cierre de gobierno no nos han contactado, ya comenzÓ el proceso de traslado porque aunque el gobierno estÉ paralizado las deportaciones siguen en marcha, josÉ >> muchas gracias, lourdes, al regresar cientÍficos

i mean, look at laredo, my hometown. we get 15,000 trailers a day. 15,000 trailers a day. we need to put technology there. we need to put k-9. we need to put c.b.p. officers to make sure we, you know, work on securing our border. now, everybody talks about a crisis. 2001 we had about 1.6 million individuals at border patrol stops. now, it's 398,000. look what happened. the numbers have gone down, and if you want to talk about the safety of our security. i will tell you my hometown of laredo is about three, four times safer than we are here in washington, d.c. murder rates, assaults, rapes, name all the violent crimes, it's safer here. so the most dangerous things that i do -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. roybal-allard: i yield the gentleman two more minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: when i leave the border to come to washington, d.c., i'm not talking about the politics, i'm talking about it's more violent here. so what shall we do? let's open up the government, let's sit down, advocate for 21st cen

three years ago, with congressman henry cuellar, my good democratic friend from laredo, we sponsored and passed the bill that led to the repeal of the ban on crude oil exports, mr. speaker. at the time people kind of poopooed that bill but as i stated -- as i stand here on the house floor this evening in this month of december, 2018, there are going to be day this is month that we export more crude oil than we import. and that is a huge, huge accomplishment. and we're doing it based on market principles, the u.s. is now the number one producer of crude oil in the world, surpassing saudi arabia, and ussia. we're producing in the neighborhood of 12 million barrels of oil a day, that number is going to go up, literally the sky is the limit. the lord has blessed the united states of america with great natural resources and with the energy legislation that i have helped to lead the fight on and to help get passed, we have human resources and capital resources and natural resources that the united states is going to be the leader in energy production and energy innovation for the foreseeab

in fact, if you look at my hometown of laredo, the murder rate in the border and you compare it to washington, d.c. where we're at, it's about three or four times higher here in washington, d.c. so if people are worried about the crime, start out with washington, d.c. that's what you all want to do. the wall is a 14th century solution to a 21st century issue we have. we want to see border security. i live on the border. i don't just go for a second or an hour and say i know the border better. i know what works down there. the wall is a 14th century solution. if you want to spend billions on the wall i'll spend $100 on a ladder that will take care of that wall. this is why we got to make sure we spend money on border patrol, we're ,000 border patrol short and in fact if we spend money on retention so we can keep them we don't have to lose them, we're losing border patrol but we can't spend it the wrong way. the administration just spent $14.8 million to hire two border patrol. maybe one of them is captain america, i don't know, but are we going to spend $15 million to hire two border patrol, s

it's a rio grande valley to laredo, anything to and from is houston and beyond. and so even in my jurisdiction, we have apprehended a child trafficking case in that area. we have taken on cases with slavery of the human being. but it's still all about law and order, mr. president. what we're seeing is you have to shore up, you have to pursue the initiative you have led. i have been in forums like this with other presidents and they listened but you are the very first president, even your candidacy, to support local, state, and federal agencies. and i admire you for that and i appreciate you for that but understand it's multidimensional. yes, it's the border. as we told our fellow this was on the border, look -- sheriffs on the border, look, if we can help you fix your problem, that's going to help us. and every day my deputies, along with sheriff loudeback, because we are adjacent with each other, are in pursuit of transnational criminal activity. but i want to -- comment one more thing and move on. appreciate you taking ondcp, putting it back on the cabinet leve

you can go to laredo, just a couple hundred miles, you can walk over there, people across the border, they come around and shop, they're the friendliest people. they may be 10% that have these problems, and as a result of this 10%, now you want to go to a $5 billion expense. 10 to one, the $5 billion is not going to get you there. host: appreciate that. we want to get a call or two more because pretty certain the house is coming in here real soon. wyoming is next. curt. caller: good evening, sir. i'm good. oh, my god so, many things are rolling through my head. let's be honest, people. those that voted for the sheister, let's go back and see who voted for him and then have those people pay for the wall. because they're the ones that lieve in the first place and -- oh, my gosh. it's scary, of our mass of society, that is just so uninformed. ke time to look at all the c-span live coverage of stuff hat goes on. the pbs news hour, it's fair and balanced. just like c-span. our society is terrible. here's a couple other considerations. what they need to do when they go in these discussions

sandra, the new girl from laredo assigned a seat in her houston classroom just in front of jaime melgar. their daughter lizz doesn't know how many times she heard that story. >> he used to pull on her hair. >> oh, you're kidding. >> in the middle of class. >> "who's this guy behind me, pulling on my hair?" >> yeah. apparently, one time he invited her ice skating. and he told her a bunch of friends were going so it wouldn't really be a date. >> and when she shows up, there it's him and one of his friends. and his friend left shortly after that. >> so a little bit of a scheme going on. >> yeah a little bit. but, you know, it ended well. >> reporter: and that was that. sandra and jaime were a done deal, an inseparable couple. sandra studied nursing, and jaime set aside every dime he could for his family, juggling a job as a computer programmer while investing in real estate. >> happy family? >> very happy family. >> i was definitely a daddy's girl. growing up. >> reporter: and jaime carried himself with a certain goofy joy, as his niece marissa campos remembers it. >> easy going guy? >> ye

laredo, yuma and the rio grande. just that little bitty par.are the democrats so insistent on not giving the money then they voted on the past. >> they're more concerned about protesting the personality in the white house than protecting the american people. they want an open border. it's a part of their agenda and i'll put the people of america second to just protest against any this president. it sat in dangerous. eric: many democrats would take issue with your claim of an open border. they would've for billions of dollars of border security but it is true they are denying the president saying a wall won't work. 234 miles. basically same thing in the past. zero it's good to see you. >> and for having me. eric: republicans urging their democratic colleagues to back president trump's proposal. >> i sincerely hope that our colleagues across the aisle will work with us on this. but then they shut down puzzle is border security. eric: we will speak to a democrat to see if there's any room for negotiation. as thousands of central american migrants

see the river to do his job or navigate along theorio grand in order to stop the 72 mile sector in laredo the time is now to end this crisis and secure our border like any sovereign nation has done and by doing that, will get control of the illegal drugs coming across that are killing american and making it to immigrants can come here safely, which is what we all want. we want them to come here securely and safely rather than being pawns in these illegal organizations that are using them as human chattel. >> i appreciate that you feel very strongly about the border wall, that this is an issue here, but we've been hearing from a lot of federal workers, we've been hearing from contract workers, they're never going to get back pay. i want to ask something that i have asked others, are you going to not accept pay so you can stand in solidarity with the people that congress are forcing to go unpaid? >> i'm glad you asked that question, i and other colleagues were chun indicating to the officials here in the administrative office that we'll suspend our pay while others are waiting to get paid a

condition so late has taken over a dangerous cartel near the new way voe laredo texas border. the only urban location along the entire u.s. mexico border that doesn't have any fencing or security barrier whatsoever. and we are less than three weeks away from another possible government shut down. joining me now is mark morgan the border patrol chief the under president obama and along with congressman mark meadows, chairman of the house freedom caucus. what options does the president actually have and what about your reaction to this story that this man who targeted u.s. citizens is now operating this cartel right at that border? >>> laura i'm glad you're bringing this to the attention of the american people. this should illustrate to them the consider tells are alive and well and absolutely a threat for this country. after 9/11 we learned a lot. as a law enforcement, as a government we cannot be reactive in nature. we have to be proactive in preventing something. that's exactly what the president's plan does, with the wall. we cannot be reactive we have to be proactive. are w

fencing as part of the multilayer strategy, and they have identified the top priority areas, like laredoexperts have done that and they have done that mile by mile. david: as far as you know, is that how they came up with a $5.7 billion? is that roughly what it will cost to implement that plan? mark: yes. it is just what you said. and on a bipartisan level, this has been talked about. it is not throwing up a bunch of steel and calling it a day, it is a smart wall. what they are talking about is a smart wall, it has built in technology, it has access roads that come with it. it is a smart wall and a wall system. the $5.7 billion is not just for georgia 30 miles of strategic -- for 230 miles of strategic location, it is also to repair fencing that is outdated. david: this sounds a sensible in a bipartisan. have we just gotten held up on the question of what is a wall? mark: i think that is exactly it. i 2016, when i was the chief, testified in front of congress and i said exactly what we are saying now, that the wall is not needed everywhere, it is needed as part of a multilayer approach.

the 234 miles or with experts and border patrol apparently say is needed in three specific areas, laredo and the rio grande. you think that's appropriate that that is where the final part of this fence should be? and in the specific spots. >> right now those are the three border patrol sectors where the majority of those arriving are coming. but again the majority of those coming are looking for border patrol and looking to turn themselves into apply for asylum. they're not looking to evade protection and escaping the united states. the question is, if you can build walls or, would that really address the issue that we are seeing right now? eric: what do you think will happen? >> there would be a negotiation and i guess we'll find out in 21 days. we will see. hopefully, once the government is ripping and people are getting paychecks, there is room for conversation and negotiation. and we will see. eric: teresa, thank you. we will see, they do say because the members of the appropriations committee bipartisan there they are used to striking compromise and deals so compromise may be the wa

in laredo we have up to nine miles of bulkhead to secure the border, but washington can't dictate the kind of wall or fence. let the locals be involved. if we do, you would be surprised what would happen. >> if the locals want a wall would you support giving them new money for it? lastly, are you supportive of the way speaker pelosi has handled the negotiations? >> absolutely. absolutely. she understands that the wall is a 14th century solution to a 21st century problem. she understands we can add personnel, technology, ways of securing the border. look, the border patrol is 2,000 men and women short. 2,000. the administration put out a 297 million dollar contract to help them hire border patrol. they just finished spending $14.8 million to hire two border patrol agents. i don't know if one of them is captain america. i don't understand. why are we spending that much money? give it as bonuses, retention bonuses to border patrol. we'll keep the border strong with the equipment and technology they need. >> henry cuellar, the president will be visiting your district today. thank you very

a tv ad campaign from president trump in october 2020 with him sitting by a steel barrier at the laredoexas border saying i satisfied and got my number one campaign promise, i delivered but that's what their fear is. you agree to speak know. their fear is behind closed doors is the economy will be booming in 2020. that is more important in terms of voters minds than the wall itself. liz: let's look at the democrats case they continue to talk about things were cities and abolish i.c.e. the number of illegals is down from the peak nearly two decades ago and the caravans have diminished and this is about a campaign promise not an emergency that certainly has risen and that bottom line that the law covered construction during the wall and that's a bullet point i was going to talk to you about. basically the law is suggesting the president could use military funds and certainly with counter narcotics in the defense spending. that would meet a court challenge. >> know sooner what he say it or sign an executive order on that then you know it would be in the courts. given the nature of the cour

. >> in laredo, texas, parts of the border, president trump ordered the concertina wire to be installed. that by itself reduce the apprehensions. it reduced the people that got away and increase the effectiveness. it helps us and that's just concertina wire, temporary wire. imagine what a wall can do. it can help border patrol agents and it's a matter of officer safety and the safety of the american public. >> jason: i've got to tell you. i know you are sincere. i have the greatest respect for you. you're a great person in the limited time i've interacted with you but i have to believe in a guy who's been at the border for 18 years, put his life on the line is not terrorist to be blood or trying to sneak into this country. some of them are good decent people. may be. 17,000 criminals coming up north. i have to tell you it's a huge problem. thank you. we hope you continue to come back and join us on the show. up next, less than four hours on the job and every single house democrat votes to leave town. putting the ball in the senate's court to make that next move on the shutdown showdown.

laredo station of customs and border protection tells us over 600 bangladeshis at that station, that'sly the other side of the globe, were caught crossing there. we have no idea how many weren't caught crossing. what does that tell us? it tells us that the world knows that the place to cross easily into the united states is our southern border because it's undefended and it's porous. >> steve, that is not true. an administration official has told cnn. >> you can't say "this." what part? >> you're saying there's no innuendo. what does that mean when you say prayer rugs? no one said, oh, my gosh, i found a crucifix. oh, my gosh, look, there's a crucifix at the southern border, because that means catholics, or people could be coming over from spain, right? no one said any of that. and to pretend that there's not some innuendo, some xenophobic innuendo that they found prayer rugs, who cares? >> but the woman -- >> it's geography. it would be surprising to find a lot of muslims coming from mexico. that would be very surprising. >> are you concerned about muslims coming over from the norther

and when you go to cities like laredo and the city park along the river, there's every sign in the cityel logos on it, literally marking their turf. it's almost like it's ceased to be united states territory anymore, it's cartel territory. are we going to outsource our immigration policy to cartels, or are we at least going to have a system of laws, so we have a wide gate, make it easier to emigrate and come to the greatest country on earth, but let's have a process and enforce the rule of law. >> yes, but all of that could be very separate from an actual wall, right? >> a wall is a simple tool, especially because you said there's a few miles of wall, but thousands of miles of nothing. of nothing point nothing. >> 700 miles. >> a lot of this is like huge ravines. these are gullies and not how people are coming. >> and also places you can approach at a high rate of speed in an atv, pickup truck or whatever, come right across, dump your load to your carriers that are going to take it north. a wall -- certainly, we don't need a wall from brownsville to san diego, no, but we need a wall in

play some of those sound bites for you from the president's primetime address, the reaction here in laredo. let's listen. >> shouldn't be political. i mean, it is a crisis, we know it's a crisis. i've lived on the border all my life so i know it's a crisis. >> here in south texas, we don't see a crisis. i know it's a matter of degrees, but leadership here, i confidently can say we don't see a crisis either humanitarian or otherwise. >> reporter: do you think he should continue the shutdown to get funding for the wall when other border patrol agents are not getting paid over this? >> i don't like that idea. i've been through four of those in my career. it's not a good thing. but i don't think it's totally his fault, but it has to come -- something's got to give. i think the wall is necessary. >> if i were to see a wall go up in my community, i would feel very oppressed by that. i love the fact that i live in a community that has this bi-national fluidity. >> reporter: so one of the things, steph, that you were talking about before is does border security equal a concrete border wall like th

consulate with a grenade and an automatic rifle fire, he has taken over a dangerous cartel near the nuevo laredothis area of the southern border is the only urban location along the entire u.s.-mexico border that does not have any fencing or security barrier whatsoever. and we are less than three weeks away from another possible government shutdown. joining me now is mark morgan, former border patrol chief under president obama, and along with republican congressman mark meadows from north carolina, chairman of the house freedom caucus. mark, let me begin with you. what options does the president actually have and what about your reaction to this story that this man, who targeted u.s. citizens, is now operating this cartel right at that border? >> laura, i'm glad you bring this to the attention of the american people. i hope they are paying attention. this should illustrate to them that the cartel is alive and well and they are absolutely effect to this country. after 9/11, we learned about. one of the things we learned is, as a law enforcement, as a government, we cannot just be reactive in nat

those were seized at the laredo point of entry. you have an ar-15 that was seized with assistance of our state and local partners, with the task force officers, you have an ak-47, seized by the officers at the dabo port of entry, going southbound, during a southbound inspection, nervous behavior displayed by the driver, subsequently the officers were able to find the ak-47 hidden in the backseat. you also have a 50 caliber rifle. during the inspection at the port of entry opposite where they use canine, also where they use canine equipment or x-rays, we were able to detect a compartment, that compartment was found in the backseat of a vehicle, subsequently with the assistance of our homeland security vechktiinvestigative p and air marine, there was a surveillance conducted on the vehicle, which went to an undisclosed location, from that location, a traffic stop was conducted, and a 50 caliber rifle was found. now, these three guns that you see are gold-plated handguns. with diamonds encrested. >> i think that says it all. this is j

this is a map of the laredo checkpoint. there are 16 leans of traffic just at that one point on our border. the problem is the -- lanes of traffic just at that one point on that border. we need more agencies to check cargo but we also need technology to find the hidden narcotics that are there. in addition to that, we see china shipping fentanyl and carfentanyl in our country including through the u.s. mail so we have no scientific way of detecting those killer drugs. so if you really want to look at solving the problem, it's important for the president to know that legal ports of entry are the primary route through which illicit drugs arrive here in our country. there are 48 such crossing points, plus 330 ports of entry along the u.s.-mexico border, the most frequently crossed border in the world. approximately 350 million documented crossings occur there annually. we need to regularize that entry into the united states. we need more manpower and technology. there is no way we can solve this problem with a wall. i yield ba

but if you live in mississippi or san diego where i grew up or laredo where javy grew up with you you you don't accessed to the canadian doctor. one of the other fallacies i would like to refute appear at least challenge is we're going to make canada responsible for ensuring that all schmids received from everywhere else in the world are safe before they arrive in america. the question i'm dying to know, don. we talked about it. but i'm trying to understand, when medicines are sourced in clandestine labs and other unauthorized manufacturing operations in southeast asia and elsewhere, and transshipped through canada to u.s. patients, who is it in canada that vets the medicines, tests the medicines and puts the sale of approval on the safety andesque sip of the sneds. >> health canada has oversight over medicines coming into the country. that being domestic sales. drugs basically used by canadians. drugs that are transshipped through canada as other parcels will not bear the same inspection and do not have to have the same quality assurance. ultimately the responsibility falls on the co

we spoke with a democrat from laredo, texas yesterday. ohio, truly a bellwether state.in the 12:00 hour. ohio, truly a bellwether state. from new york and london, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ morning, bloomberg "surveillance. go we will be on the green next week's schedule depending on what prime minister may does. maybe we will be on the green eight days next month -- next week. we will migrate to india. story to talk about a that got a nice splash in the united states. to me, tohrowback almost colonial time, which is an opening up of the cast system for labor in india. is this as big a deal in india as the united states? >> it is a big deal. we believe it is a big deal by opening up reservations or conservative -- affirmative action for the upper caste. economically disadvantaged as opposed to castes, this is an attempt to reach out to a section of the population that is traditional. signaling that no political party really wants to take this on, the timing of this move is significant. it comes a few months before the national elections. they will have to make these noises

in fact, if you look at my hometown of laredo, the murder rate in the border and you compare it to washington, d.c. where we're at, it's about three or four times higher here in washington, d.c. so if people are worried about the crime, start out with washington, d.c. that's what you all want to do. the wall is a 14th century solution to a 21st century issue we have. we want to see border security. i live on the border. i don't just go for a second or an hour and say i know the border better. i know what works down there. the wall is a 14th century solution. if you want to spend billions on the wall i'll spend $100 on a ladder that will take care of that wall. this is why we got to make sure we spend money on border patrol, we're ,000 border patrol short and in fact if we spend money on retention so we can keep them we don't have to lose them, we're losing border patrol but we can't spend it the wrong way. the administration just spent $14.8 million to hire two border patrol. maybe one of them is captain america, i don't know, but are we going to spend $15 million to hire two border patrol, s

hard to respond to our members of the border patrol who go down to the river, the rio grande and laredo, down there with no cell signal no radio, can't see the river through the cane, they're down there by themselves, they know the cartels have operational control of the border, they know their lives are threatened if they speak out about the cartels, they know there are terrorists who are leading cartel organizations across the board in nuevo laredo, and we're doing nothing to give them what they need to defend the united states of america. i can't go home to the people in texas 21 and explain to them why we're here for two days having show votes and then leave on a wednesday. explain that. explain to the people why we're going to leave this afternoon at 1:00, not securing the border. it makes absolutely no sense to the american people when they watched what happens in this body and they wonder how this people's house leaves them with an unsecure border and nothing more than show votes like we're going to have today for political theater. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

654 miles back in 2006 that the democrats supported fencing but now a third of that, 234 miles in laredomocrats then approve it in 2006, but they are so against fencing, it's not a wall but a fence? now? >> sandra: we don't know if it is a concrete wall, a steel wall or cyclone fence. we don't know that -- >> eric: don't mean to interrupt you up at the president said a slat steel fence. >> john: that was yesterday and then it changes again tomorrow but the reality is, before the united states government approves any construction project, we require some detailed construction plans and also the justification of why that particular project needs to be built. and in this case, the location in the affected efficacy of it. but we do know we have a very serious problem at the points of entry. only 1 of 5 cars, inspected and 89% come through port of entry, airports as well as along the border. we do know that the effectiveness of the american government to protect americans in so many different ways, everything from environmental protection to the coast guard. all of the airports, all of those

ground, border patrol, technology, you only have to look at the amount of paso,in cities like el laredo and san diego, they have some of the lowest crime rates of any of our cities in the country. there are a lot of places in the midwest that would love to have crime rates as low as those cities that border mexico. host: when the president makes the call for more border instructions, concrete or steel, how do you receive that? is he making a legitimate call? have 700 miles of fencing now along the 2000 miles of border with mexico. much of that started with the program called the fence act under george w. bush. that continues to be repaired, replaced, increased, and there are places where additional barriers could be used. but i think the game changer has been a couple of things. one is technology, the use of predator beams that can do surveillance, integrated six towers, and a host of other things, along with the significant increase in the number of border patrol agents. it's close to 18,000 border patrol agents that are now on the southwest border. there is a story this morning that t