victor trevino. mr. mayor, thank you for being with us. what's your position on sb4? >> first of all, thank you for having me. i think we are in uncharted waters, you know, it's one thing to visit or see the border on tv and completely different to actually work and live here. you know, we have had several discussions with border mayors. they have great concerns like me. this is not a long-term solution what they're doing. >> well, give me the reality of what it's like to live on the border right now? >> well, on the border, we have a great financial relationships, and we know that we pay a huge cost in arresting and imprisoning, deporting these individuals. what is typically a federal responsibility that would burden our local system. and border patrol agents go to the academy for this type of training, and immigration judges here on the immigration cases, local law enforcement are busy doing what they do and what they're trained for, so these are the things that we see here, and that would be totally difficult for them to engage in this type of activity. and mexico

i also want to thank the mayor for his partnership and county judge trevino requester over -- for over 30 -- and over 30 officials who yoind us here today. no one works harder for a safe, secure border than all of you. secretary mayorkas has joined us today, he's joined by seven mayors in cities and towns across south texas. four county judges from across the state. i told a county judge, i used to be a county official and it's the hardest job in american politics, you know why? they think you can do everything and you don't have the budget. and state house leader trey martinez is here and state senate leader carol alvadero. to all the officials here, i want to say thanks. folks, it's simple. it's time to act. long past time to afnlgt i received a briefing from the border patrol at the border as well as immigration and enforcement. they're all doing incredible work under tough conditions. really tough conditions. they told me what -- you already know. we already know. they desperately need more resources. say it again. they desperately need more resources. immediate more agents. more o

. >> reporter: victor trevino jr. is an attorney who's lived here his whole life.med by the levels of eto escaping from this facility, which has been in operation since 2005. >> we are disproportionately carrying more emission burden because of plants like midwest sterilization. because all the sterilization kits from all over the country and the world, up to 40% of all the nation's sterilization kits come here to be sterilized. >> byron: there are schools within a few miles of midwest. >> in this area, we know that there are studies that show 10 or more schools locally are in the top 1% exposure to toxic emissions. that's really problematic. out of all the schools in the united states, we have 10 in the top 1%. this is really a crisis for us, at this point. >> byron: many of the people in this community are already disadvantaged. >> laredo is 95% hispanic population. we have one of the highest poverty rates in the state. >> we are here tonight because we are concerned about a specific type of air pollution here if in laredo. >> reporter: in 2022, the epa also visi

victor trevino worry it could to racial profiling and will not be effective. >> reporter: do you thinksafer question >> i don't think so. it's going to cause situations that are unfair and unjust. >> reporter: do you think this law is a burden for your deputies customer >> well, it's a burden to everybody. >> reporter: sheriff cuellar says his department is short-staffed but his main concern is the lack of training from the state on how to enforce the law. in the new task force is being formed for this law? >> no. >> reporter: any new vehicles for this law? >> no. >> reporter: and a new training at? >> not yet. >> reporter: i spoke with several law enforcement sources this afternoon. they tell me their police officers and deputies still have not received any state guidance or training on how to enforce this law, and they're just hoping they get some sort of training before this law possibly goes into effect. norah. >> norah: omar villafranca, thank you very much. tonight the race to evacuate nearly 1,000 americans still trapped in haiti took an even more urgency as armed gangs unleashe

so yes, we'll go back to commissioner trevino once the motion is made. yeah, i'll make the motion then. then commissioners can comment on that, that that motion base based on that, the permit was properly issued, however, the, the permit holder is making an accommodation on, a benevolent contribution, to the to the appellants. okay. commissioner well, with all due respect to my senior colleague, i think we're on the one hand, not stretching far enough, and on the other hand, stretching too little. if we establish that the permit was properly upheld, then we we're crafting this idea of the benevolent contribution of the of the permit holder. i don't know where that stands. legally, we're assuming that that satisfies the legitimate needs of the appellant. we haven't heard from her and we don't know. and the there are other issues that, that, that she raised that may or may not resolve that, and, and we're kind of putting the pressure on the, the permit holder to agree to this tonight, i think that we would be better off giving them even a short amount of t

it was done by gus trevino. whenever you see a vaulted space in new york city, you can pretty much guess is by gus divino and then it was clad and actually a lot of it actually had a lot more ornament on this that was stripped back in the 1950s. and then you climb up the grand staircase again. this is all by richard morris hunt and grand staircase led to vox's original wing, the second floor of his original wing, which houses the museum's collection of european old masters and at the top of the staircase is the triumph of mario's party below and back outside these of a new steps that kevin roach added and you get to see the wings either side which charles mckim leader at later added. so the whole facade of fifth avenue spans over a thousand feet and four city blocks. it's absolutely huge. but on the outside of the building, this is what, you know, most people kind of remember. and so, believe it or not, there's over 31 pieces of sculpture on the building and all done by karl bitar, who did a lot of work with ric

victor trevino with us can you just give us your reaction to the supreme court ruling that allows state officials and texas to arrest and detain people that they suspect of entering the country illegally. >> well, first of all, thank you for having me i think this is an important issue because this is the parser from a century old the federal laws overseeing immigration. and i think this is a great concern not only to us that 95% hispanic here on the border, but are trading partners that my chain, they concerning message being mexico, the largest trading partner for the us. this is very concerning and we have to look at this in another way that local enforcement officials are policemen, don't have the training immigration officer to deal with this situations. so anybody can be profiled, even including me. i can get stopped. and that's where my documents i don't have them. i mean, you could be arrested and then later on, as to produce my my citizenship. so these are things that are very concerning and we have to look at this and way that we have to understand that federal lawsuit and sta

and now the laredo, texas, victor trevino, he met with president biden during his border visit today. the radio of course, sits between eagle pass and brownsville, which is where trump and biden were mair. i appreciate your time. thank you so much. so you had a chance to be with the president today. did he say anything to you that gave you any hope that there will be any relief that he is planning any imminent executive action well, first of all, thank you for having me. i think it was his visit, the brand still here on the border was very productive it was an effort to get dialogue solutions to problems decades of problems of border problems, border situations and bordered border challenges now, one of the things that is important as we, as mayors, border mayors were present, is that we need to give the reality and it of what we have here we live in work here, rather than having perspective from other places >> we also >> need to change the narrative because the only news that we have, most of the news is that we're warns don't down here and it's not. so laredo, texas is the major po

victor trevino. he says that this is a recipe for disaster, not limited to just outright discrimination against latinos which two of those do you see as closer to the truth >> boards look, i think that if we obviously as you know what this operation lone star texas have been deploying officers right at the immediate border to be fair, certainly, if you see somebody entering the united states and right, no, they're not texas law enforcement officer watching someone unlawfully entered the united states. you're probably not going to have that as many concerns are there. they're going to violate someone's civil rights if they effectuating arrest for unlawful entry in that case. but certainly the farther you get away from the border, it is going to be incredibly hard for texas police officers to enforce this law in a way that doesn't step on in a nondiscriminatory fashion, or it doesn't step on civil rights. remember, federal agents have extensive training about how to do this, even then it's incredibly d

victor trevino worry it could lead to racial profiling and will not be effective. >> do you think sb4uations that are unfair and unjust. >> do you think this law is a burden for your deputies? >> well, it's a burden to everybody. >> reporter: sheriff cuellar says his department is short-staffed, but his main concern is the lack of training from the state on how to enforce the law. >> any new task forces being formed for this law? >> no. >> any new vehicles for this law? >> no. >> any new training yet? >> not yet. >> reporter: i spoke with several law enforcement sources this afternoon. they tell me their police officers and deputies still have not received any state guidance or training on how to enforce this law, and they're just hoping they get some sort of training before this law possibly goes into effect. norah. >> omar villafranca, thank you very much. >>> tonight, the race to evacuate nearly 1,000 americans still trapped in haiti took on even more urgency as armed gangs unleashed new attacks on the capital. the u.s. embassy has urged all u.s. citizens to leave immediately. cbs'

we do have a question from commissioner trevino. okay. thank you. sorry i should thank you. thank you for your testimony and the written submission as well. i want to focus on the letter that you just described. yes. within the paper is a description of there was discussion on both sides saying that that that was pending legislation. and are you is that the same legislation that you now say was passed by the board of supervisors? yeah. so, so good question. because i was i was intimately involved with that. so the loophole has now closed. but pursuant to an amendment offered at the land use committee on monday at the board of supervisors, it established a cut off date of january 11th, 2024, meaning any application including this one has been grandfathered in for a lack of better terms. so there protected so that i don't quarrel with that issue anymore because through the legislative process, this application, as well as a host of others that came in before january 11th, 2024, now can utilize the loophole. so that part of your argument is, is it changed in the last 48 hours,