Lawrence: I PROMISE, IT’S DONE. THANKS. SHOCKING NEW VIDEO SHOWS HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS HAD TOP OF A CARGO TRAIN HEADING FOR THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER AND IN ARIZONA, TUCSON SECTOR ANNOUNCED ALL AGENT SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS WILL BE REDUCED AFTER THEY SAW 15,000 MIGRANTS IN ONE WEEK. HERE TO REACT BORDER PATROL CHIEF MONJAREZ. WHAT IS THE POLICY FOR BORDER PATROL WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE HEADING TOWARD THE COUNTRY ON TOP OF A TRAIN, DO YOU TRY TO STOP THEM BEFORE OR DO YOU WAIT UNTIL THEY COME INTO THE COUNTRY?
Chief Monjarez: WELL, YOU KNOW, IN NORMAL TIMES, YOU WANT TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO AND GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR. YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY ARRIVE TO THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER.
Lawrence: YOU KNOW THIS ALL TOO WELL. LET’S LOOK AT NUMBERS AND TELL ME HOW ABNORMAL THIS MAY BE. THERE IS 117 POUNDS OF FENTANYL, 14 HUMAN SMUGGLING AND 17 RESCUES HERE AT THAT TUCSON BORDER SECTOR. HOW ABNORMAL IS THAT?
Chief Monjarez: THOSE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING, INCREDIBLE. LOOK AT 15,000 ARRESTS IN A WEEK AND MULTIPLY OVER 52 WEEKS, LOOKING AT NUMBERS THAT ARE INCREDIBLE. IN FACT, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THOSE IN THE LAST 35 OR 40 YEARS. I DON’T THINK BORDER PATROL HAS SEEN THAT. IT IS STAGGERING. WHAT IT DOES, IT FORCES LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COLLAPSE OPERATION, WHICH MEANS YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IS CROSSING IN OTHER AREAS AND THAT IS SCARY.
Lawrence: THEY ARE SAYING THEY WILL MOVE PEOPLE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SITE TO DO PROCESSING. AS YOU KNOW, AMERICAN PUBLIC HAVE DEPENDED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. TELL ME HOW DETRIMENTAL THAT IS FOR THE CAUSE OF THE BORDER BEING UNSECURE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE THAT ANYMORE.
Chief Monjarez: USING SOCIAL MEDIA THE LAST SIX YEARS AND INCREASED AND EVERY SECTOR HAS A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT. TO SEE THAT REDUCED OR SHUT DOWN, YOU GOT TO SCRATCH YOUR HEAD. SENDING AGENTS BACK TO PROCESSING, TALKING ABOUT A HANDFUL THAT DO THAT. IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL THEY ARE WILLING TO STOP THAT OR SHUT DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEND THEM TO PROCESSING. IT IS NARROW STRAIGHTS, IT DOES SHUT DOWN WHAT IS HAPPENING ALONG THE BORDER AND THAT IS DISTURBING.
Lawrence: MAKES YOU WONDER IS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO HIDE WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE BORDER HEADING INTO ELECTION. THE BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE PROCESSING, NOT ON THE FIELD, I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY NEED FOUR TO SIX PEOPLE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA TO JOIN THEM O