>> neil: the new ellis island. that's become the new ellis island. okay. peter doocy -- >> that's the line of the trip. >> neil: i understand. i apologize. you're there in el paso. thanks peter, very much. all right. so the new ellis island. i wonder what the border patrol union vice president says of that. >> the u.s. border is not ellis island. this is an area run by cartels a becausing women and children. single males are sneaking across. cartels are bringing across dangerous drugs. the u.s. and mexico border is no way ellis island. >> neil: so the vice president's visit today, hector, did it change anything? did it alter the equation? she went there. she took it all in. what do you think she learned? >> what i think, the equation has not changed. what part has changed is that kamala harris visited the border before president trump's anticipated visit. the real problems are at, we know that in maccallum, we're seeing the epicenter of the border crisis. we hope that kamala harris could have done at a facility where all of these kids, unaccompanied childre

welcome to el paso and welcome to my community, to the new ellis island, to the capital of the borderdam vice president thank you for being here. so grateful to secretary mayorkas and to all of you for making the journey. this is a really important day and i have a heart full of gratitude. we finally have an administration willing to tackle the big challenges. the challenges that our country has dealt with for decades. willing to tackle challenges in a meaningful, thoughtful, strategic, compassionate way and that means starting with root causes and understanding what is driving people from their homes. what is making them arrive at our nation's front door. and el paso's front door is one that has always been one of dignity and humanity and compassion. i look forward to today and everything that we will all learn and explore together. >> time for one question? >> >> it is not my first trip. i've been to the border many times. >> as the person in charge of the response. >> the important aspect of this visit is leading this visit after the work we did in guatemala. because as i long said

it's at 20 year high these illegal interdictions but this is a welcome center. >> this is the new ellis island you said about the children. let's always remember that what we have done is we have made our border patrol, our heroes. become and our hhs become the final leg of the cartel process. and the people profiting from it, the cartels. we have an additional story this the department of justice suing georgia over new voting laws in the state claiming they aim to restrict the rights of black voters. >> our complaint alleges that recent changes to georgia's elections laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or aridging the right of black georgians to vote on account of their race or color in violation of section 2 of the voting rights act. rachel: our next guest is condemning the biden administration for this lawsuit, a move he says weaponizes the department of justice. will: here now with more is republican governor of georgia brian kemp. governor, thank you for being with us this morning. >> good morning. will: we have talked about this throughout the morning. georgia now the target of

neil: to the new ellis island? n't know if, you know, descendants of people who crossed through ellis island would necessarily agree that el paso and what's happening there to deal with its illegal wave of thousands similar to what this country education appearanced more than a century ago. be that as it may, that's how it's seen by many in the left right now. brandon judd, national border patrol council president. brandon, what did you think of that, that the el paso area is the new ellis island? >> i can't tell you how disappointed i am with that comment. all that does is invite more people to cross our borders illegally. we're not talking about legal immigration. what congresswoman escobar failed to mention to the american public is these people are not coming to the ports of entry. they're not presenting themselves at the importants of entry. they're going between the ports of entry which is an illegal act. people that came to ellis island, they came through the laws that were established in this country. what's

welcome to my community, to the new ellis island, to the capital of the border. calls it the new ellis island n ellis island you had to walk up and meet with immigration officials and there were a fair number of peoples at ellis island were rejected sent back to the home countries because they were carying disease or whatever? >> jon, i'm first generation american. my family fled communism and no one understands the greatness of this country more than i do. the reason why this country is so special, why people want to come here, we don't need to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to know the answer. because we have rule of law. we have a constitution that basically says if you play by the rules, no matter where you are, where you come from, you have a shot here in america. what the vice president, what the biden administration is essentially doing, gutting that. they are essentially gutting hundreds of years of immigration policy by essentially gutting the rule of law, essentially not making people follow the proper legal procedures. completely undermined what

, but we do have this sound from representative veronica escobar, and she called el paso the new ellis islandto my community, to the new ellis island, to the capital of the border. we finally have an administration willing to tackle the bug challenges. el paso's front door is always one that has been one of dignity and humanity and compassion. >> tyrus, ellis are island. what do you think? >> right. you know what in it's always -- it's a wonderful place. i'm thinking about bringing the kids there next year for vacation. this is absolutely ridiculous. even when the vice president goes there, she's not going to look across the border, she's going the look the orr way. they want open borders, they have no issue with migrants coming in because they think it'll help their unemployment numbers. the other side of it is, again, this is the progressive agenda. they want to get rid of the filibuster, they want open borders, they want universal this, free college that. they didn't expect so much backlash from the american people. she's down there reluctantly. of course she's not going to go where things

grow, that i have watched, even just down there an hour ago, the border was referred to as the new ellis islandcongresswoman escobar referred to the border as ellis island. in the vice president and the secretary where there. is that what the democrats believe? a crisis they created? of cartels controlling the border? of drugs of three had a percent? of young children, the age of 3, 2, 1, with no company of any parent or anyone else around? ranchers finding 'em? that that is the ellis island today, i think not. after months of ignoring the ongoing crime and americans cities, the president addressed the violence this week. i thought he would've used the moment to announce tangible actions to restore order and return to our communities. you watch the election of the new york mayor. maybe we will find out who one but what is leading today should wake up all democrats. the idea of defining police and now eliminating place is not the message america wants to hear, they want to hear security and safety. what are they watching on television's? two young children, in their own neighborhood and your, ta

heard the other thing s interesting about the comment made by the congresswoman and she says the new ellis islandellis island was a welcoming place for people who wanted to become american citizens. she is undermining the administration the whole point. without any kind of system, tha goal is being reached every single month in record numbers freight if the goal is to somehow stop the flow or find out what's going on, she's not meeting with the people making the journey to find out why the left in the first place for it. >> she says there's been progress, but there hasn't been progress, don't disagree, i don't have the effort today. there is just no progress. why would she lie like that? >> i wouldn't call it lying, bu in that spirit i think we just have an adult conversation abou what goes on at the border unde every administration. everyone has this problem. i'm not saying the numbers aren't spiking right now, i heard the little gesture and i' taking account of it. i did think that it was a misse opportunity to not have one someone like congressman kayla also a representative of a border state

to grow that i've watched even just down there an hour ago, the border was referred to as the new ellis islandcongresswoman escobar referred to the border as ellis island. while the vice president and the secretary were there. is that what the democrats believe? a crisis they created of cartels controlling the border, of drugs of 300%, of young children of the age of 3, 2 and 1 with no accompany of any parent or anybody else around? ranchers finding them, that that's the ellis island of today? i think not. after months of ignoring the ongoing crime in american cities, the president finally addressed the violence this week. i thought he would have used that moment to announce tangible actions. to restore order, return safety to our communities, you watched just the election of the new york mayor, maybe we'll find out about who won in a month from now. but what's leading today i think should wake up all democrats. their idea of defunding the police and now eliminating police is not the message that america wants to hear. they want to hear security and safety. but what are they watching on their

. >> welcome to my community committed the new ellis island, i have a heart full of gratitude because we finally have an administration willing to tackle the big challenges, willing to tackle challenges in a meaningful, thoughtful, strategic, compassionate way and understanding what is driving people from their homes, what's making them arrive at our nation's front door. >> laura: joining me now, victor david hanson, the ellis island of 2021. tee off on that for a moment. >> every element of that comparison is pathetic, laura. ellis island, everybody came legally. 1890 to 1924, it was illegal and they came, they were all audited. people coming across the rio grande, especially at el paso and the state of texas are coming for the most part illegally. we don't have any idea in the middle of a pandemic whether they have been vaccinated, probably not, or whether they are active carriers. 5,000 custom officers have been infected. they were diverse at ellis island. they came from all over the world. this is one group of spanish speaking people. it's not diverse like ellis island. and they c

she says el paso -- she just said this -- el paso is the new ellis island.arison really shows you that they don't care about the law. you know, we've had over 140 years of legal requirements to come to this country, and we naturalize more mexican, for instance, citizens as u.s. citizens every year, year in and year out, than any other country. our legal system works. but that isn't good enough for these radical leftists including the vice president and the president who's really very much their tool. they want to flood the u.s. because they believe that these people that they facilitate coming in illegally will vote for their candidates even though it's devastating to america's poor, it wipes out their jobs, it depresses their wages, it does all kinds of things that are very unhelpful to americans who are already here and who we should be taking care of. stuart: ken cucinelli, i think you're absolutely right. i don't think they want to top the flow. thank -- to stop the flow. thanks for joining us, sir. >> good to be with you. stuart: president biden has jus

congress woman veronica escobar said welcome to the new ellis island. making comparisons between el paso and the millions of people that came through ellis island in a wave of immigration to the united states in the early 20th century. what did you make of that comment? >> a big difference. look, we're a nation of immigrants and also a nation of laws. our laws must be followed. what i make out of it is we need to reform our legal immigration process. at the same time, we have to uphold our laws. people don't feel safe encouraging folks to make this trek illegally is wrong. we need to reform our legal immigration system, welcome those that want to come live the american dream. do it through a legal fashion. when we start encouraging folks to come over illegally, which is exactly what this administration has done, that is the wrong approach. that unravels america. we stand for law and order. >> john: congressman gonzalez, thanks. we're expecting to hear from the vice president in the next half hour or so. thanks for your time. have a great weekend. >> tha

congresswoman veronica escobar disputes that and she went so far as to say that el paso is the new ellis island. larry? larry: peter doocy thanks very much. let me come back to senator marsha blackburn as we discussed the other night. senator first of all she wasn't near the action. i guess that's a key point, but you and i talked about this. where are the deliverables? where is the policy change that might start to fix this? i didn't hear any, maybe you did >> there was no policy change that was offered, and there was no resolution to the issue. you know, we want to show compassion, or this is a new el lis island. larry, these are individuals who are coming across the border illegally. the cartels are in charge on the mexican side of the border. the cartels are having a banner year, they are making more money than ever. they are charging these people, abusing these children, sexual abuse, gangs, ms-13 gangs. these people are being abused as they are coming through the cartels to come into the country. the president of guatemala, your officials in mexico have all told the vice president that th

. >> welcome to el paso, welcome to my community, to the new ellis island. >> communities like el paso struggling because the biden-harris flood gates to human smugglers and drug cartels. >> honestly this is a slap in the face to the men and women putting lives on their lives each and every day for at least 10 hours a day in areas which are a lot busier than where she is going. she is getting the dog and pony show. >> even though the vice president has long publicly claimed her focus is not on the border, she says her trip to a border town was a long time coming. >> how did you decide that right now was the right time to make you're first trip to the border? >> well, it's not my first trip. the i have been to the border many times. >> as the person in charge of the response. >> so, the important aspect of this visit is will leaving this visit after the work we did in guatemala and mexico. as i lock said in march i'm going to come to a the bored. this is not a new plan. >> the vice president did not mention anything about those videos we have been seeing lately of smugglers freely ferry

looking forward to welcoming vice president harris to el paso, referring to it as america's new ellis islandthat, and from the viewer? guest: i think the congresswoman has review of what her city is and is entitled to say that. others may object. certainly one argument you hear most people who take a hard line on immigration is that you need to come to this country legally. one important thing to remember is that it is legal to seek asylum at the u.s.-mexico border. people may be entering illegally, but seeking asylum you can make that claim legally. claiming asylum at the border in itself is legal. host: let's go to kyle joining us on the democrats line, clearwater, florida. caller: i had a question for the guest on the breadth of the problem. historically and even at the end of the trump administration, it seems as we are in this hyper partisan state, it as if the biden administration had broken the immigration system or previously the trump administration had solved the problem. it seems like at the end of the trump administration, immigration was already becoming a big problem. i just wa

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it will then be transported to new york's ellis island arriving in time for july 4th celebrations. the many lady liberty will be displayed in the gardens of the french embassy in washington, d c arriving there in time for frances bastille day celebration, which is july. the 14th, the statue will say there for the next decade. france gave the original statue of liberty to the united states back on october 28th of 1886. interesting give to on loan. thank you. france. and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight at 8. but our primetime news continues at the top of the hour was graham lotus in liviakis. >> thank you. france. thank you. show. island pic to our friends from france. here we go with kron 4 news at 9 after a shooting another in oakland left 9 people injured. the police union there. it's a parts of the city are becoming a quote. we're so what they say needs to be done to slow down this violence in our extreme drought. it could have people in the east and the south bay facing higher water bills where rates could be going up. >> those stories and much more >> when time from the bay a

and escobar, you know, to say this is the new ellis island, well, i'm sorry, do a little bit of historypeople arrived on ellis island, there was a process of those that had skills and could stay in the united states, those that were medically capable of working in the united states. we're not doing any of that at the border. instead we're just letting people come in and then fast we release them, there's an incentive to people from 62 different countries to come through the mexican border into the united states. her visit to guatemala and her visit to mexico was nothing compared to the 62 different countries, is she going to take the root cause and if fix those problems before she does anything at the border? if she can chew gum and walk at the same time, she can make sure that she's having those relationships with those countries and fix the border, shut it down and make sure we have no longer illegal immigration through that border. neil: as you know, governor, governor abbott of texas wants to take control of building the wall himself. he's had a lot of republican federal governors s

better our policy is and then foolishly the democratic leader came out and said, this is the new ellis islanderyone fears a democratic pungent and analyst would recoil, because that's exactly what you don't want to. ellis island reported, we have your name, we found out your background, and we found out where you are going to go. here they come in a legal and circumvent the system, it is everything that ellis island wasn't. so i think that president trump deserves credit for forcing the hand and for kamala harris, i think that she looks worse because she was given this thing and she is not interested in running it. speak on the biden administration, a number of representatives saying that there has been progress, you can seek great progress at the border and it sounds like a direct insult to the american people, because the data we are getting is not partisan. coming from federal agencies giving us numbers on how many people are showing up and getting through, what is going on, and that's not capturing everybody, those are the official numbers and they continue to get worse and what we are to

york or new jersey from ellis island it was a complete i guess mixed metaphor if you will to call that ellis island. i give her credit for going and i think we should. howie: i'm glad to hear you say that. as a governor, you've been in such -- dealt with such problems. via series of issues i want to get through with you. let me go you through the coverage of the democrats' voting rights bill which went nowhere in the face of a threatened republican filibuster. the next day, the new york times described the bill, the sweeping senate bill, as a flawed bill that has little chance of passing, that a was a political statement or a wish list, and was never designed to appeal to moderate democrats and my question is now they tell us this? >> [laughter] >> i think the big surprise here is that that came from the new york times. that they actually printed something that's true. i'm a cynic when it comes to the new york times. howie: i gathered. >> i'm sure you know. that is exactly right. the biggest issue with this bill is that

the new leader of ellis island also knows where his bread is buttered, and goes to a. mitchell palmer and says, hey, if we use administrative procedures rather than legal procedures, we can get around the protections of the sixth amendment. in the end, 591 of the radicals, suspected radicals, are deported, including 249 on the u.s. army transport "the buford," also called by the press "the red ark." one of the people on board is our old friend emma goldman. palmer will follow up this raid with another, larger series of raids on the 2nd of january, 1920. there they'll do 4,000 arrests across the country. they'll arrest about 800 in chicago, 400 in boston and new york, and 100 of them in our own kansas city. now, we might ask ourselves, in the midst of all of this mess, what is woodrow wilson up to? when everybody's going nuts? well, from december of 1918, basically until june of 1919, except for a few breaks, he's in europe, trying to plot out the treaty of versailles. and as soon as he returns, he's on a whirlwind tour to try to convince the american people in the sena

imagine if right here in new york city, in ellis island, if people's grandparents and great-grandparents were met with cages. how different would the dna and our family histories and trauma be? this is not who we should be as a country. there are challenges i think the message we should be sending to luiten america, first of all, acknowledging our role because we have been hiding and running away from actually acknowledging the role of u.s. history. a major step for us to even say what we've done and then the second thing we can do is say, we can come together, and as, as partners, to try to figure out how we clean up this mess that the united states helped contribute to. because no one wants to leave their home. none of these people -- >> right. >> -- want to leave the communities and insays tral lands they and their relatives were in. they're fleeing because of situations that have made them flee. our response is not just border policy but how to change the foreign policy so we're no longer supporting, frankly, neoliberal, economic foreign policy that creates an makes developing countr