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tom homan fox news contributor and former acting director of immigration an customs enforcement. brandon judd, national border patrol president. tom, i start with you. with an alarming development earlier this week that said in the last three months the people coming across our northern border now with canada equaled what we had total in the last two years. we're sandwiched between what? >> exactly right. northern border there crossings are up over 700%. a lot of the northern border places. i'm from the northern border and talked to agents on the northern border. half have been detailed to the southwest border. the half remaining up there most of them are processing aliens virtually from the southwest border so there is very little patrol on the northern border. 0 lake patrol or river patrol. the agents themselves tell me their patrol on the northern border is down about 90% because so many people are detailed to the southern border. those who remain on the northern border sit in the offices processing the surge on the southern border. the northern border is an extreme vulnerabili

thank you, for more on this we are joined by former acting ice director and fox news contributor tom homanp with casey's reporting left off about the boots on the ground being frustrated with the congressional visits. we saw speaker mccarthy in arizona. i had when i was covering the rgv this past week the energy and commerce committee came down held the first field hearing there near mcallen and it was bipartisan, there were 3 democrats there. my question is can members of congress, is a congressional solution of sorts you see that could be put forth that would help? >> i'm with you, griff. i'm sick and tired of dog and pony shows and they go down and say they care and go back to dc and do nothing about it. i think now that the republicans have the house, they -- they are started oversight hearings and they need to subpoena the right people, subpoena the right information. this administration intentionally unsecured the border that caused the problems. chip roy has hr29 which is i think is great bill, and you have some republicans that you think is too harsh for a bill. you have to start s

tom homan back with us this morning. how did they get to canada in the first place?hem up there? >> it is easy to get to canada. a lot of people are coming across the northern border. even when they are staffed up, in the last two years, 50% of the northern border detailed to the southern border, the 50% that remain are sitting at a desk processing illegal aliens virtually through a computer system. as far as late petrarca river patrol, highway patrol, i'd is almost nonexistent anymore. stuart: this is astonishing. i hate to use the word but it is correct. we have been invaded from the south and from the north. that's putting it in rather strong terms but this is a new develop in. has anything been done about it? >> the reason i began this career, in upstate new york, hundreds and hundreds of miles, to this day, there are places where you get to a -- supporters a phone where you call in, report yourself entering the united states. the northern border has always been vulnerable. the northern border has always been vulnerable, they are detailed away. it is a natural se

tom homan will sound off on that. >> sandra: and questions unanswered about the objects shot down over u.s. air space. wondering if the u.s. military might have used $400,000 fighter planes to take down $12 hobby balloons. keith kellogg is here to weigh in next. >> i cannot believe that we do not know that, i don't know what norad actually does, if they can't tell when something is crossing our border. you don't 'e getting into, but at the end of the day, you know you have a team behind you that can help you. not having to worry about the future makes it possible to make the present as best as it can be for everybody. if your moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks... choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief after the first dose... with injections every two months. stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, new skin growths, have had cancer, or if you need a vaccine. pres, a rare

tom homan will deal with that and oh, yes the super bowl just two days away. we're going to take you out to glenndale, arizona as the final preparations are underway. can't wait. it is friday, february 10, 2023 a balmy 53 degrees in new york city. winter? what winter? "varney" & company is about to begin. ♪ ♪ ashley: they will be doing a half time show on sunday looking forward to that as we look down a very quiet sixth avenue. that is in midtown manhattan. let's get right to this. president biden is downplaying the significance of the chinese spy flight that made its way as we know across much of the united states. good morning, lauren. lauren: good morning. well he defended his call to take it down once it was over the water, but doesn't feel it's that big of a deal. >> it's not a measured breach. i mean, look, it's totally, it's a violation of international law , it's our air space and once it comes in our air space we can do what we want with it. lauren: you don't want to alarm the country, right? but between tiktok, china's u.s. farmland purchases and thi

immigration and customs enforcement, fox news contributor tom homan. it's good to see you.here. let me point out it's been 5 million plus illegal migrants that have been apprehended at the southern border on joe biden's watch. that's in two years. there's an additional 1 million plus who are so called got aways, those people we know of who have gotten away and of course there's all the fentanyl and the people who have been apprehended on the terrorist watch list. what are your thoughts now on this new report that of that 5 million, at least 600,000 have been released into the country without court dates. >> well, i think first of all i think the number is much higher. even the ones that are released for court dates, many don't show up in court. s secretary mayorkas said if they don't qualify for asylum, they'll be immediately removed. that's just a lie. i have friends at i.c.e. i used to be the i.c.e. director. the data clearly shows, the immigration court data clearly shows nine out of 10 of these people that are getting asigh yoasylumdon't show up. i.c.e. isn't looking fo

perfect person to talk about this, tom homan.inese apprehensions, we just had a chinese spy balloon shot down and we find out there's a massive surge of chinese nationals trying to come across the southern border. how can that not be a big national security risk? >> it is a national security risk. i said that for two years. when the biden administration caused this large of a surgeon overwhelms border patrol so in some sectors you've got 70, 80% of agents pulled off the line to process these troops which leaves the border right open. they arrested people from 171 countries. some of these countries are sponsors of terrorism. they have got 1.2 million -- 1.2 million got aways so to say not a single one of those people came from a country sponsoring terrorism -- people from china, russia, whose pakistan, iran, iraq, north korea, they must be from 171 countries, this is a huge national security should, you talk about the chinese, many who were apprehended, they were not claiming asylum, they were trying to get away. 80% of the agents

tom homan, former acting ice director and fox news contributor and tom you know the border issues veryl. you have said this proposal is long overdue, and i'm sure have a lot more to say about it. but my question to you is, you know, democrats are saying it's inhumane, and that it shouldn't have happened, but the border patrol says folks are still going to be able to claim asylum. clear this up for us. >> well, look, i do think, when someone claims asylum, if they are escaping, let's say, asylum from honduras, because their fear -- they have a fear of persecution from their home government, that's what asylum is. so if they get to mexico, have they not escaped that fear of persecution from their home government, of course. they should claim asylum the first free country. it's smoke and mirrors again. establish rules but so many exceptions to the rule that they don't follow the rule. they have to come to the border and say i fear more my life, and how do we disprove they fear for their life. so many exceptions to the rule it's not going to matter. what really concerns me about this admin

tom homan ways and purity woman who fiercely fought off an attacker in her apartment complex gm joinssandra and i will see at the top of the hour for the friday edition of "america reports." >> welcome back from her breaking news at the family beloved action movie star, bruce willis. he has been diagnosed with dementia. more specific diagnosis comes a year after his family announced his retirement from acting due to aphasia, which causes speech and communication difficulties. so dr. siegel, her breaking news, but what exactly is this family dealing with? >> dr. siegel: this is a very bad disease that affects the front of the brain, as you might imagine. we knew it was affecting his speech but it is also affecting more where it affects the ability to make decisions, multitasking to processing information all at once to speak as me know. not as affected as memory as you see with disorientation. so he likely has that. >> but it is the same family, correct? >> dr. siegel: of younger people 40, 60 and the most common kind of dementia. it can, genetically so you have to look at that. it has

you heard it here from the former acting director of ice tom homan said it yesterday. he needs to be impeached. congressman andy biggs is now the second house republican to introduce an article of impeachment. >> public official who has abused and violated the public trust and constitutes a danger that we can't wait until the next election to remove them. >> he has attacked the geographical integrity of the united states. our borders have been erased by secretary mayokas. >> harris: notice he said borders . not just the southern border but also the northern borders. 65% of americans are extremely or very concerned about security at our southern border. a similar number concerned over immigration overall. majority say they disapprove of president biden's handling of both. in "focus" right now republican congressman and chairman of the oversight committee jim jordan. chairman of the judiciary committee in charge of that first hearing on the border yesterday. welcome, welcome. first of all, the back and forth among democrats themselves going back and forth about just how

rachel: well, the number we have been given by people like tom homan is they lose track of about 40%ho come across the border. just this week they found a 9-year-old, by the way, by herself wand wandering in the desert. and we had seen glemses of this this before. -- glimpses of this before. remember the story about the assistant principal who was trying to raise funds so so one of the kids could pay off the cartels? and then there was the case of they found children working in a slaughterhouse in three or four different states. and, by the way, they're the people that came and cleaned up the slaughterhouses, which is one of the worst jobs ever. so we knew this was happening. but if you ever wondered how, you know, xavier becerra from hhs, the kind of inhumanity, the way he thinks about these children, wait til you hear this. will: so you're exactly right, pete, the role "the new york times" has played here is putting a human face on what can be record setting and yet sanitized numbers. rachel: yes. will: so you're talking about a black market for labor, a black market for child labo

tom homan joining us this morning. the next hour of "mornings with maria" begins right now. and good monday morning, everybody. thanks very much for joining us this morning. i'm maria bartiromo. it is monday, february 6. it is 7:01 on the east coast. a busy week ahead on capitol hill. wednesday, the house oversight committee is holding its hearing on twitter censorship of the biden family's business dealings and all of the influence peddling details on the biden laptop. testimonies will include former deputy general counsel and ex-fbi official james baker. joining me for the hot topics all morning long, cheryl casone, michael balboni and ryan payne. michael, your reaction to this? we know the same group that abused their power back during the trump days over the russia collusion made up story are the same group that's actual in power right now. >> it's amazing when you talk about censorship from the government level. i thought these social media was supposed to be public and they they were supposed to be able to put out what they want to put out. and yet this whole concept a

let's bring in the former director of up ice, tom homan. 99% of the conversation down there along the border is about the migrants and really not enough focus on the fentanyl bu when you have a million pills found in four days, you just cannot go on. >> that is what i keep trying t say. regardless of what someone's opinion is that immigration couple when you cause a crisis this big that has resulted in 70 -80% of the agents being pulled off to process these large groups, that means the border is gone. it is not a coincidence that in the year of historical illegal immigration that is again takin up to 80% of agents off the line , they have record drugs come across the border. the democrats want to keep pushing that fentanyl comes fro the port of entry. that is not a factor that is false. most of it gets seized at the port of entry they don't know what is getting between the por of entries. the smuggling organizations are using the routes of least resistance. >> and we have talked many agents down there who have talked to us first hand that they said we are checking every car that comes

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