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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: April 21, 2025 | Allen Jackson Now | April 21, 2025

Well.
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Good evening.
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I'm alan jackson, and welcome to nashville.
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We're going to begin tonight with the border
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And the crime that it led to across our nation.
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It was the number one issue in the election.
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And cleaning up the mess has been the number
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One issue for the new trump administration.
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The progress.
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It's measurable.
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Migrant arrest at the border at a 50 year low.
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Last month, there were 230 daily apprehensions.
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If you compare that to a year ago,
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When there were over 5000 per day.
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But while the voters spoke so to some of the liberal judges
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That put up
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Whatever roadblocks they can to slow evictions down,
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And there's some local mayors who also think they know better
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As they continue to defend their sanctuary cities.
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And then there are the other troublemakers
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Who've come to stir up trouble on the college campuses.
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Mahmoud khalil authorities believe he poses a genuine
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Threat to u.s.
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Foreign policy, and they're in the process of deporting him.
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But if you've been to new york
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Harbor to see the statue of liberty
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In ellis island,
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Seeing the names of those who came here
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Between the late 1800s, in the 1950s, 40% of
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All americans can trace at least one ancestor to ellis island.
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Decades of organized immigration and 12 million
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People came to america.
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But in the last four years,
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When there was no wall and no organization.
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That same number of people wandered in.
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Not all of whom had the best intentions.
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There's one more fact.
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It says a lot.
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84% of our population growth last year was legal
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And illegal immigrants 84%.
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Well, president trump said he would clean up the mess,
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Find the criminals first and arrest them,
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Shut down the drug labs, finished
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Building the wall and securing our border.
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Listen to his point, man.
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Tom homan.
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President trump, i give him all the credit
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Because he put executive actions in place day one.
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He he ran from the policies that we prove were effective.
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Right now as we speak today because of president trump,
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The men and women of ice and men and women,
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The border patrol who stand on that line every day.
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Today, we have the most secure border
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In the history of this nation.
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No one can argue that that is fair enough.
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I started in 1984. i've never seen the numbers as low.
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Well, it's a big job ahead.
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So we've asked the former chief of the u.s.
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Border patrol to join us again.
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In fact, he's speaking to us today
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From the headquarters
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Of the us immigration and border patrol, rod vitiello.
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Welcome back.
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Thanks for inviting me.
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You're advising the border officials now?
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Homan and kristi noem have already made a lot of progress.
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What's your opinion on how they're doing?
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Oh. it's great.
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It's great to have good leadership again.
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It's great
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To have donald trump in the white house,
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Because he knows how important it is to secure our border.
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He knows the men and women of the front line at dhs,
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Has given them the tools, including the leadership and,
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You know, to succeed.
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And so the executive actions, adherence to the rule of law,
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Securing the border in a way that i've, like tom said,
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I've never seen in my history with this, border
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Security and immigration enforcement,
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The numbers are down significantly.
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There's a lot to do.
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But there are 10,000 troops helping us
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On the southwest border from the department of defense.
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And the interagency interaction and activity
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And operations, is as seamless as i've ever seen.
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And in fact, i've never seen it as seamless as it is now.
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That's the state department, the,
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Health and human services, the treasury department,
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The department of justice.
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It's just incredible how well these agencies
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Have come together to exercise the leadership.
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That that's been allowed for by the, by the president.
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Well, that's an encouraging commentary.
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There's a case that's getting a lot of attention now.
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It's a maryland man
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Who at first was believed to be wrongly arrested and deported.
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But now we've learned that he was clearly part
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Of one of the gangs, that he beat his wife.
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He never showed up in court for other arrest.
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But we're seeing democrats trying to turn him into exhibit
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A is a part of their anti-trump, anti-conservative agenda.
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What can you tell us about this?
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Well, i can tell
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You that the individual was in the country illegally.
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Was a known gang member of the ms13,
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Had gone through immigration proceedings.
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And was ordered removed by a judge, ordered deported
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By a judge, and then was removed recently.
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And there's been a lot
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In the media about it, and this is what i can say.
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He had an opportunity to claim asylum in the united states.
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He lost that opportunity because of his gang affiliation.
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He was removed.
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And now the culture of the left.
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Academia, media, etc..
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We know the players have tried to convince the united states,
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Public that it's it's not a problem for people
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To come into the country illegally.
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Well, it is a problem.
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And some of them engage in some of the people
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Who come engage in criminal activity.
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This person is clearly in that category.
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And so besides being in the country illegally,
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Besides being affiliated, with gang activity,
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The president declared ms13 his gang,
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A foreign terrorist organization.
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So that gives the executive branch
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And law enforcement additional tools
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To find and remove people like him.
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And that's what happened in this case.
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You know, we've heard the names of some of these gangs.
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Ms13 trend, arugula, the pcc from brazil.
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I've heard from other border security folks
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That one of the things that's helping to reduce
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The influx is the prison video that's been spread globally,
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Showing the ones who've been captured
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Head shaved,
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Shackled at the maximum security prison in el salvador.
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Do you think those in other countries
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Are having second thoughts when they see that video?
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100%.
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We know, you know, people that do what i have done for
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My almost my entire adult life know that consequences matter.
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If people can commit crimes and not be held accountable,
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They're going to do that and they're
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Going to commit more of them.
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But when there is a consequence,
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Like being removed from the country
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Or being sent back to a prison in el salvador,
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People will take notice of that and you'll get less of this
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Illegal activity.
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You'll get less of this bad behavior.
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You'll get a more secure border and a more secure homeland.
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Well, ron, please stay with us for another segment.
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There's a lot to unpack.
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Later in the program, i'll be sharing my thoughts on
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How we can see
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These important issues of our day
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Through the lens of the bible,
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Where there are some very clear reasons for hope.
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They're there when you know how to look.
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And i'll show you.
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We'll be right back.
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We'll be right back.
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We'll we're back now with the former chief of the u.s.
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Border patrol.
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And he's now their advisor, ron vitiello.
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The mayor of boston has been pushing back on efforts
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To clean up her city.
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She claims that by protecting migrants,
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She's enhancing public safety
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And the well-being of the community.
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Listen to her comments.
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Our local community knows best, and we can tell you in boston
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Over our history,
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It has not been the word of presidents or kings
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Or presidents who think they are kings.
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That's that. what happens. it is our residents.
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Well, mayor wu hasn't said anything
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About the ice operation that arrested ms13 gang members
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With rape charges, the drug trafficking and homicide.
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She has an election coming up this november,
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So i can't figure out who she thinks she's appealing to.
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Regardless of how liberal boston might be.
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What's your perspective on that?
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Well, it's a destructive policy to tell your own citizens
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And the rest of the world, frankly,
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That if you are in the country
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Illegally and you go on to commit crimes
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In the city of boston in this case,
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That we're not going to help the government
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Adjudicate your immigration status.
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It's destructive to the people who live in boston.
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It sends the wrong signal overseas.
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And it flouts federal immigration law.
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And so she took an oath, to secure the city,
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To preserve the rights of the citizens of boston.
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And i think she's whistling past the graveyard.
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She thinks it's good for sex offenders and murderers
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And gang members to be shielded from ice,
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After they've committed crimes in her city.
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What we know
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About criminal activity is that a lot of crime is done
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By the same people.
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Recidivism in criminal justice is well measured,
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And most of the people who commit crimes
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Will go on to commit other crimes.
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And so when someone gets arrested and convicted in boston
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And then released without being adjudicated
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On their immigration status,
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That means they're going to go out and pray
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Against the citizens of boston again.
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And so it's very shortsighted.
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It's destructive.
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And hopefully the justice department
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Is taking this on in a meaningful way.
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And we'll show the american people
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That it's illegal to do what she's doing.
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Well, it seems to me we've tolerated this idea
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Of sanctuary cities for too long.
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If you reject federal law.
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I don't understand why you think
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You should get federal dollars.
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Am i missing something in that connection?
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No, that's absolutely the case.
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And so those kinds of steps are going to be taken
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From the justice department.
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And it certainly is true in public opinion,
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That the people are in the country illegally
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And if committed crimes in the city in which they live,
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Need to be removed
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And not cooperating with federal authorities.
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In that case, is a detriment to that community.
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Well, in addition to the politicians
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Who are pushing back,
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There's some progressive judges putting up roadblocks
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To deporting even the worst criminals.
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Do you think congress will be able
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To limit their scope in time to save more lives?
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Well, i certainly hope that they do.
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What i can say is that all of the
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The tools that have been given by either the executive order,
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Or the additions to the operation
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And the capability, like using soldiers
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On the border,
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Like having more prosecutions of people who invade the border.
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Anyway, having those rules and having that capability
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Is all based in current u.s. law.
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And so the president is very enthusiastic about
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Securing america, the homeland, making america safe again.
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But all of that we've done so far is based in u.s. law.
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And so we're going to continue to do that.
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The courts have gotten in the way.
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But i think they're out stretching their jurisdiction.
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And we need congress to do many things.
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We need to be able to sustain the policies that the president
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Pushed the button on and gave those tools to the
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To the to dhs.
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We need to give that a sustainable, situation
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As it relates to the law and then the resources,
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Of course, in the reconciliation bill and in future budgets
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So that we can sustain the levels of control at the border
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And enforce the immigration law, especially against the, the,
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The criminals that are in and amongst our society.
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Well, the border police went from having no support
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To having not just support
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But top officials flying down to thank them.
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I assume that makes a big difference,
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Especially when you're trying to recruit more help.
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100%.
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The chief has stated publicly that morale is through the roof.
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And i see it every other day.
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My current and former colleagues,
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We all have a pep in our step
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In the sense that we have good leadership.
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We have someone in the oval office that has our back.
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And we're allowed to use the tools that exist,
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To do what we signed up for. what?
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We took an oath for,
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To secure the border and make america safe again.
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Well, i know you've been apprehensive
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Publicly about whether congress is going to step up
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And give the border teams more of what they need.
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But you've been pretty bullish on what mexico and canada
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Have done since trump took over and started pushing them.
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What can you add to that today?
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Well, i think it's a
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Masterful stroke of foreign policy where the
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Where the president indicated that our,
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Our number one and two trading partners
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Could be subject to tariffs if they didn't help us
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In specific ways with security and safety on our borders.
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The precursors being smuggled
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Into both countries to make fentanyl
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And fentanyl coming across those borders.
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And so both countries have responded in a way that,
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Is unfamiliar to me.
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In my experience
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As a border patrol agent, as a chief of the border patrol.
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But very welcome to see 10,000 troops on
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The mexican side of the border helping protect their territory.
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Working directly with our military,
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Both in-country and at the border.
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And then canada has leaned in as well, with additional assets
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And security measures on their northern border,
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Appointing their own, czar to look at the fentanyl problem
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From both the demand, and the illicit, contraband side.
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Well, you know, we've all watched as boston
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And denver have really resisted your efforts
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Beyond those two cities.
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How's the rest of the nation doing?
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Well, i think it's a case by case basis.
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I think the needle is moving in the direction of rule of law
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And not flouting federal immigration law.
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But there's a lot to be done.
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And again,
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When we talk about congress, when we talk about,
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You know, using the courts to favor american citizens,
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I think that picture will become better over time.
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And we're happy to have
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The help, record, signups for the 287 g program
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In our colleagues, at the headquarters at ice.
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That's an important tool that local law enforcement can use,
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To be assisted with and for and by the government.
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And we're seeing that in record numbers.
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And we know that a lot of the sheriffs coalitions,
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Both along the border
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And in the interior of the united states,
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Are also leaning in on that program
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So that picture is getting better.
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But again, more to do and sustainable over the long term.
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Ron, i know those issues are important
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To the american public.
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And because of that,
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It gets a lot of attention on the news, both pro and con.
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But i'm curious, just on a basis of the number of illegals
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That were here.
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What's the percentage that have actually been deported?
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It seems like it's just we barely scratched the surface.
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Well, i think that's right.
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You know,
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There's degrees about how many people what we know
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In the last four years under joe biden, about 12 to
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15 million people entered the country.
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Some of them not being seen at all by law enforcement,
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Many of them being released at the border.
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And so the pendulum is swinging back.
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And some people see that as coming back to the middle.
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Some people say that's coming back to the right.
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What i can tell you is
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All that swing is all based on the rule of law.
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It is a reaction to what happened in the last four years,
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Because we're all at great risk for the number of people
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That are here
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That have never been vetted or seen by law enforcement.
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And we know they've done terrible things
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To american citizens all over the country.
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So that nonsense is over.
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And the removals for at large arrests.
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That's ice anterior arrests of the worst of the worst
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Criminals in our cities and towns
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Is higher than it's ever been in the last ten years.
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Record low activity levels at the southwest border.
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And so the picture is improving
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As it relates to the risks that we're tolerating,
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Both at the border and in the interior.
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And continued work and scaling
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That work in the interior will make us all safer.
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Well, ron vitello, i thank you for the work
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You're doing to help all of us stay safer.
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I hope you come back and give us an update soon.
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Happy to do it. thank you.
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Well, in a moment, i'll be back with some thoughts
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Of my own on where we can find some hope.
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In the midst of all the confusion.
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In the midst of all the confusion.
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You know,
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I've used this reference
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Before regarding the theater of the absurd.
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We've watched lots of releases from the theater of the absurd
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And the hits. they just keep coming.
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And without a biblical worldview.
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It is beyond confusing.
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Now, when i see the news, i have to step back and ask,
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Does that really make sense?
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Should i really be frightened?
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Should i really be agitated?
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What's the right response?
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Well, run! release from the theater of the absurd.
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That seems to be front and center, as it did
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With the illegal aliens in our nation.
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Those trespassers who came here without permission
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Against the law from all over the world.
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The current administration campaigned upon the promise
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To remove those that were violent criminals.
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There's a group that celebrates that.
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And then there's another group that's really upset about it.
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Federal judges get involved and say, you can't do this.
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Lots of drama.
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Well, i want to offer some perspective.
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Tens of thousands of people have been deported,
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Including violent gang members,
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People that have committed some horrific crimes.
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But if you compare that to the 20 million folks
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That came in illegally during the last administration,
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The number deported reflects less than what was coming
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Across the border on a weekly basis.
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Based on the news headlines you would think
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The majority of the population has been moved.
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We have court cases and federal judges and restraining
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Orders and mayors of major cities refusing to cooperate.
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Governors using their power to resist.
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Where were the federal judges and their restraining orders
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When there were flights bringing people
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Illegally into our country?
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All paid for by our government.
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Where was the concern for the citizens of our nation?
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Where was the concern for the hundreds
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Of thousands of children that have just disappeared?
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Where's the concern for the children
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Of our own communities with overburdened systems
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Where education
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And health care
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Have been affected by the
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Sudden influx of 20 million plus people?
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We're not anti-immigration.
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We're a nation of immigrants.
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We are anti illegal.
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Then i am very grateful for the return to the rule of law.
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We're making progress.
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There are truly more reasons for hope than despair.
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I promise
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When we return, i'm going to read some of your emails
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And respond to your opinions.
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God's moving. it's fun to watch.
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God's moving. it's fun to watch.
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Thank you for your emails,
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Your thoughts, and your perspectives.
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They're always a highlight.
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Joyce emailed your guest, george
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C said he would rather have president trump
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Take on the trade
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Deficit behind the scenes,
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So the stock market wouldn't have reacted the way it did.
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Well, i disagree that president trump
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Did anything behind the scenes.
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The democrats and liberal mainstream
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Media would have used it to rip him apart.
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Well, joyce, i'm inclined to agree with you.
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I think george's opinions on tariffs were a bit premature.
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It seems to be bringing the outcomes
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That the president said they would.
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Keep praying.
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Karen h emailed.
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Christians should be alarmed and on guard.
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Thank you for your straightforward
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Truth and biblical perspective. we need it.
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We should have a sense of moral outrage
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As to what's right and wrong and good versus evil.
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Keep up the good work.
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I believe you're right.
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I think we've been asleep for too long.
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We've been dormant or indifferent or lukewarm.
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Or maybe we just didn't have the courage to speak the truth.
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But i believe there is an awakening taking place.
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We're finding the courage to speak the truth
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Around our kitchen tables,
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Our holiday tables, and even with our friends.
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If we'll do that, there's a better future for our children.
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And finally, if you viewer on youtube,
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Watch the episode with allie beth stuckey
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And she commented, pastor jackson, i'm a ministry partner
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And i love this program.
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Thanks for having allie on.
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It was an amazing to be at the culture
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And christianity conference.
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I can't wait to go in 2025.
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Well, let me invite you to our version this year.
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It's in september.
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This year we'll be gathering here in murfreesboro again
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With some of the leading voices in our nation
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To talk about culture and christianity.
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God is moving in the earth,
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And it's exciting to get to be a part of that.
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We are very much in the process
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Of building a community of trust,
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And we would love to have as many people
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As possible involved.
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So i have a suggestion.
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So please tell a friend to watch this show.
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It's live at 7 p.m.
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Eastern time, 6 p.m.
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Central or anytime on youtube.
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You can go to aj now.com for the latest episode,
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Or send a comment
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Or even purchase my new book, angels demons in you.
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Thanks in advance for helping to share the word with others.
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Truth matters and the hope will spread.
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I'm alan jackson. you have a wonderful evening.
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