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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: December 3, 2024 | Allen Jackson Now | December 3, 2024
- Well, good evening, and
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- Welcome to nashville, where good music and good living coexist.
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- I'm alan jackson, and i'm glad you're with us.
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- Our country's
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- Borders are more porous than a politician's promises,
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- And the results have been dreadful.
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- Americans have historically welcomed immigrants,
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- But america has never faced a crisis like this.
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- Millions of immigrants we know about.
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- They've been counted at the border,
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- But as many millions more have not been counted.
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- They're the gateways
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- Who are living in our country
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- Illegally hiding from law enforcement
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- And compounding the problem.
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- The authorities are at a disadvantage.
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- They don't know who these people are or where they came from.
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- With that, let me welcome charles marino to our program.
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- He served in the secret service under three presidents
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- And was a senior advisor
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- To the department of homeland security.
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- He's now the ceo and an intelligence and risk
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- Assessment firm called sentinel security solutions that advises
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- Fortune 500 companies, government
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- Agencies and sports teams on how to stay out of harm's way.
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- Welcome back charles.
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- It will be back. our.
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- Well.
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- President elect trump is threatening to impose big
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- Economic sanctions on mexico and canada
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- If they continue to allow people to pass through their country
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- And into ours. do you think that might
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- Make them sit up and stop the influx?
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- Oh, i think it already has.
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- In terms of the message that it sends,
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- Not only here within the united states,
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- But also those that can help
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- Solve this problem like countries, mexico, canada
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- And those along the migration path.
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- The big key here is that do all these people think
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- That the president says what he means?
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- It means what he says.
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- And the answer to that is yes.
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- He's proven in his first term
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- That he was going to take border
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- Security and immigration enforcement as a priority,
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- And he's going to continue to do the same in his second.
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- And that means holding people accountable.
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- We heard the 25% potential
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- Ups against mexico and canada, and that means
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- He wants to see them play more of a role
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- In helping to solve this crisis on their sides of the border.
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- And that's a good thing within the united states.
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- We've already seen people take sides.
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- You see mayors and governors from sanctuary states
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- That are now digging
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- In their heels and saying,
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- We're not going to
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- Comply and participate with any deportation efforts.
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- I think they're on the wrong side of this.
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- And ultimately, they'll be held accountable.
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- We know it's clear
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- From the words of the new border czar
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- That our country is under a threat
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- That may be even wider than we currently believe.
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- Listen to what trump's choice for the borders are, says.
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- What's happened to our southern border
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- Is the biggest national security vulnerability
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- This country has seen since 911.
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- We know tariffs have crossed that border.
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- Just take train to iowa, for example.
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- They're a threat to our national security.
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- And the cartels in mexico
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- Have killed a quarter million americans with fentanyl.
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- We have a lot of dangerous people in this country.
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- We need to find them because they
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- They directly pose the biggest national security
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- Threat to this country right now.
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- So if you had the power
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- To act in addition to the economic sanctions,
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- Where would you begin?
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- Well, you've got to have strong leadership,
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- A strong team to implement effective policies,
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- And there needs to be consequence.
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- And that translates into enforcing
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- The border and immigration laws of this country.
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- Look, for the past four years, alan,
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- We have seen a presidential administration
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- Implement policies which undermine the national
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- And homeland security of the united states.
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- They have put these agencies like cbp and ice
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- At a significant disadvantage operationally.
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- They've taken them off of the line
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- From their primary duties of enforcing the laws,
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- And made them participate in processing
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- As many illegals into the country as possible.
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- This is a huge threat to our national security.
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- I agree with tom homan.
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- It's impossible to thoroughly vet many of these migrants,
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- And we're letting very dangerous people into the country.
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- And now it's up to the trump administration
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- To find these dangerous people
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- And remove them from the country.
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- The american people sent a very clear
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- Message based on the outcome of this election.
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- Enough is enough.
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- And they realize that the country is
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- A lot more dangerous because of the poor,
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- Irresponsible decisions of the last four years
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- Under the biden administration.
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- The president elect has also
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- Proposed a mass deportation of illegal migrants.
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- He calls it a historic action.
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- It could affect millions of people.
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- My first question is, what would it take to find
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- All the people who are here
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- Illegally, beginning with the troublemakers?
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- Yeah, you're right.
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- I think this is going to be
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- A prioritized operation as it needs to be.
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- National security threats, criminal threats,
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- Those that are overstaying their visas,
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- Those that are failing to show up in accordance
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- With their immigration hearings.
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- This is not going to be going after 10 or 15 million
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- All at once. that is impossible.
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- But going after those that are inflicting the most harm
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- On communities and potentially against the country,
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- As we know, suspected terrorists,
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- I've made it across the southwest and northern borders
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- Into our country.
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- That is not something that agencies like the fbi
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- Want to hear.
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- This is what keeps many of my former colleagues up at night,
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- Because it's not a matter of if, but when something
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- Is going to happen within the united states,
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- Because what has been done the last four years
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- Flies in the face of common sense
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- When it comes to how to best protect the homeland.
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- You know, there have been many people
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- That have tried to cast immigration as a moral issue,
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- That we can't deprive needy families of support.
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- But i don't believe the u.s.
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- Can solve global poverty by ourselves.
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- First, we have to take care
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- Of our own citizens and secure our own borders.
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- Am i wrong in that perspective?
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- No, you're exactly right.
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- It's too overwhelming
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- Of a problem for one country to have to bear solving.
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- The other thing is, we've already seen the impacts
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- Beyond food safety and security on this immigration crisis.
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- We see it on our hospitals, on our schools.
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- We see the effect of ted on real estate interest rates
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- So that there's systemic, overwhelming
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- Of the system, is just unattainable.
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- And so the united states needs to put its foot down.
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- There needs to be a legal process into the country.
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- Many who have made their way into the country legally,
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- Are not big fans of what has been allowed
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- To happen in the last four years.
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- They believe that there needs to be process.
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- The laws need to be enforced, and that's what
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- We need to get back to right now.
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- What the biden administration has proven
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- To the american people,
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- Which is why they paid the price in this election,
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- Is that when you remove all process and policy
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- And you don't enforce the laws, you create chaos.
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- You create
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- Very dangerous situations,
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- Not only for the american people,
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- But also for the migrants that are making
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- This very dangerous journey to the united states, especially
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- These young children.
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- 350,000 of which are now missing within the interior
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- Of the united states, likely at the hands of the cartels.
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- Well, you brought it up.
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- I think the toughest job might be finding the children.
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- Those here without their parents.
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- Some are victims of a sex trade.
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- Some are being sold
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- To people looking for a shortcut to legal adoption,
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- Some working illegally as child labor
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- That may be hidden out of plain view.
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- How can we find them?
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- And who would we send them back to?
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- Well, you know, alan, it's tragic.
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- You've got finger pointing between the department
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- Of homeland security and health and human services.
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- Health and human services is the last to maintain control
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- Of these children
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- Before they turn them over to vetted, sponsors.
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- The problem is with the vetting.
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- It's impossible to vet them.
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- And also,
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- They did away with
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- Many effective programs like dna testing to make sure
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- That they were handing these
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- Children over to family members or people that were related.
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- And so it's tragic what's happened.
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- You're exactly right
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- That these children are further being exploited,
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- By these organized crime groups within the united states.
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- And a priority of the trump
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- Administration is not just going to be to find
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- These criminals
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- And national security threats, but also
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- Buying all of these children, as many as they can and get them
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- Out of these horrific situations that they're in.
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- Amen.
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- We're going to take a quick break,
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- And then i'll be back with charles moreno.
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- Please stay with us.
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- Please stay with us.
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- We're back with charles marino,
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- The former adviser to homeland security.
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- Donald trump links crime with illegal immigration.
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- The numbers don't show that.
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- But the crime statistic books are always a few years behind.
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- But some of the crimes,
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- Such as the murder of lincoln riley, have made national news
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- When the guy who murdered her had to stand trial.
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- How far and wide do you think the criminal activity is right
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- Now, as a result of those
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- Migrants that have poured across our borders?
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- Well, it comes to a matter of math, alan.
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- And that is, as the population of these illegal
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- Criminals continues to skyrocket here in the united states.
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- So will the encounters between them and the american public.
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- It's that simple.
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- We're already seeing active participation
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- In all forms of criminal behavior
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- From these organized groups within the united states,
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- Beginning with lower level thefts, retail crime.
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- We're seeing home invasions.
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- And then, of course,
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- We're seeing violent crimes, especially against women.
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- You brought up lake and riley.
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- Again, in the fortunate, unnecessary example of somebody
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- Posing a bar being let into the united states
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- Could have been flagged and deported based on not only
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- Illegally entering the country,
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- But also for criminal behavior within new york city.
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- Was never turned over from those sanctuary cities
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- To ice, as they
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- Should have been and deported, and then was flown by the u.s.
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- Government down to georgia, where he committed that murder.
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- And yet the local prosecutor
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- Takes, the death penalty off of the table.
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- We need to get back to deterrence.
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- There is increased criminal behavior
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- Within the united states because of this border crisis,
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- And it needs to be solved and solved quick,
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- Because these instances will continue to climb.
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- Well, the border is
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- More than a physical line on a map
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- That represents the bounds of a nation.
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- It defines a country.
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- But there are questions about whether
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- We have the resources to reverse the damage that's been done.
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- Listen to the governor of texas.
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- In my opinion, we don't have enough ice agents.
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- We don't have enough border patrol agents.
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- We need as much manpower as we can get right now,
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- Because it's all hands on deck for us to be able to
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- Deny illegal entry
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- And to deport all those who are here illegally.
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- It's a full time job, and we need all the people
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- We can get to do that job.
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- Does that money exist and need to be redirected?
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- Or is this something where congress will have to step
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- Up and authorize more money?
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- Well, you
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- Know, they certainly can use the additional resources.
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- The reason why republicans
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- Voted against the senate border bill, for example, was because
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- They been misusing resources for the past four years.
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- And who's going to trust
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- The biden administration with more resources
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- To incorrectly use them?
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- They were used for processing.
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- They were not being used for enforcing the law.
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- So under the trump administration,
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- This makes sense. you can give the trump
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- Administration an additional resources.
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- They know how to be how to use them,
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- And they're going to be used to ultimately enforce the law
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- As far as where the money comes from.
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- Look, we have sanctuary cities who who receive
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- Billions of dollars in federal public safety grants.
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- And yet they thumbed their nose at public safety
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- Each and every day by harboring these criminal aliens
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- And suspected terrorists.
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- That money, that funding, should be stopped
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- Immediately in january by the trump administration.
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- And that money diverted to where it needs to go, to those
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- That are willing to enforce the law
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- And to beef up our border operations.
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- You know, i'm not always the most complicated person.
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- It seems to me if major american cities
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- Or even states aren't going to enforce
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- Federal laws, we shouldn't give them any federal dollars.
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- Those two things seem to be linked to me.
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- Am i misunderstanding?
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- No you're not.
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- I've been calling for this for quite some time.
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- Of course, it wasn't going to happen
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- Under the biden administration.
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- But look, we know that president trump
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- Likes to use the power of the purse.
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- He's very effective at it.
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- We've already mentioned
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- The threat of tariffs against mexico and canada.
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- And ultimately,
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- I guess
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- He will take the same approach against the sanctuary cities.
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- And what will happen is you will
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- Then have law enforcement agencies within these cities
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- And states
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- Start to turn on their own elected leaders and say,
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- Why are we doing this
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- When it flies
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- In the face of common sense
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- On not only how to keep our community safe,
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- But how to keep the country safe.
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- You've addressed these immigration
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- Issues first hand when you dealt with the sex trade.
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- How much of this
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- Is the result of a demand within the us market,
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- And how much of it is human
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- Trafficking with dealers driving up the market here?
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- It seems to me
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- We're going to have to deal with both ends of this equation.
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- We are.
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- Not only do we see that, a sex
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- Trade, side, but we also see it when it comes to drugs.
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- Specifically
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- The overwhelming amount of fentanyl deaths that we've had.
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- Now, this does not always come from direct consumption
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- Of fentanyl.
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- They're often mixed with other types of drugs.
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- So we do have a drug
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- Consumption problem that we need to focus on here.
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- I am not one that says this is 100% a health problem.
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- If you will.
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- I think there needs to be a combination
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- On the health side, but also on the deterrence side.
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- People, especially those dealing these dangerous drugs
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- Or participating in these, travesties like
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- Sexual exploitation of minors, need
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- To be held accountable in order for there to be deterrence.
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- Well, i've read that chinese
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- Migrants are behind a good bit of the drug mess here.
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- Working with dealers in mexico and setting up shops in the us
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- Where they mix the drugs.
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- Trump is threatening china with tariffs as well.
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- If they don't do something to help prevent
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- The fentanyl ingredients from getting here.
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- You think that might work?
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- I do.
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- Look, china is providing all of the synthetics
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- To the mexican cartels who are finishing the production
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- Of fentanyl and bringing it across the border.
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- So china is playing a significant role
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- In the deaths of americans and need to be held accountable.
- 00:15:47.371 --> 00:15:50.775
- I don't think that it's solely going to stop
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- At the power of the purse via tariffs.
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- I think there will be some other, diplomacy going on.
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- Not always in public, but behind the scenes
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- To get china to step up and solve this.
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- It's interesting to see
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- That china is not the one with the fentanyl problem.
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- The fentanyl abuse problem.
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- It's the united states.
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- China is quite strict on this front,
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- But yet they're providing all the materials
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- To be brought into the us. so we need to fix that.
- 00:16:20.304 --> 00:16:24.041
- Well, charles, the
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- Election is over, and the people expressed an opinion,
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- But sometimes they go back into their routines and habits.
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- Do you think they'll maintain enough focus
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- To provide the moral authority for the new administration
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- To really deal
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- With the implications of all
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- The immigrants that have poured into this country?
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- I do i think it was clear it was decisive,
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- And there was clearly a mandate given, by the american people
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- To the president in order for any president to have
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- The political will to go forth and tackle a problem.
- 00:16:52.103 --> 00:16:56.273
- They need the support of the american people.
- 00:16:56.273 --> 00:16:58.976
- I think president trump clearly has that.
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- And has been given the go ahead from the vote,
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- To go ahead and solve this problem.
- 00:17:05.583 --> 00:17:08.085
- People are seeing it impact communities
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- All around the country.
- 00:17:10.221 --> 00:17:11.522
- We knew the border crisis
- 00:17:11.522 --> 00:17:12.857
- Was going to make it throughout the rest of the united states,
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- And now he's been given the mandate to solve this.
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- Well,
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- Charles moreno, thank you for being with us tonight.
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- I hope you come back to see us
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- As this problem and its solutions unfold.
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- Thank you. alan. will do. stay with us.
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- I have a personal message for you right after this break.
- 00:17:30.708 --> 00:17:37.007
- I have a personal message for you right after this break.
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- You know, we were frequently told
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- That an open border is a moral issue.
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- That we have an assignment, a responsibility even to show
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- Compassion to the people less fortunate than ourselves.
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- And an open border does just that.
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- Well, i don't agree with that characterization.
- 00:17:52.429 --> 00:17:55.132
- If we change the context just a little bit,
- 00:17:55.132 --> 00:17:56.867
- Imagine if you just opened your house,
- 00:17:56.867 --> 00:17:58.502
- You put a sign in the front yard and said, the house is open.
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- Help yourself to whatever you need.
- 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:03.874
- Well, the people with the highest character
- 00:18:03.874 --> 00:18:05.476
- Probably wouldn't be the ones that would be in your house
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- First to pick up the things they wanted to choose from.
- 00:18:07.278 --> 00:18:10.447
- Well, we're experiencing many of those same challenges
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- In our nation.
- 00:18:12.616 --> 00:18:13.717
- Other nations have emptied their prisons.
- 00:18:13.717 --> 00:18:15.386
- They've sent us problems that they had,
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- And then they become problems that we have.
- 00:18:17.788 --> 00:18:20.324
- If we want to address poverty around the globe.
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- We can pick that up as an initiative and work through it
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- With the legislative opportunities
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- That were presented with an open border doesn't do it.
- 00:18:27.198 --> 00:18:30.501
- Don't be confused.
- 00:18:30.501 --> 00:18:32.036
- They mix the messages
- 00:18:32.036 --> 00:18:33.204
- And they'll try to use your moral compass,
- 00:18:33.204 --> 00:18:35.573
- Your own compassion against you as a tool of manipulation.
- 00:18:35.573 --> 00:18:39.276
- I don't believe it's a legitimate approach,
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- And i certainly don't think
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- It should be grounded in our faith
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- Until we have that responsibility.
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- We first have a responsibility
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- To our own citizens, our own children, their own well-being.
- 00:18:47.885 --> 00:18:51.388
- And then we can secure and help the others.
- 00:18:51.388 --> 00:18:53.357
- We learned that on the airplanes.
- 00:18:53.357 --> 00:18:54.892
- If there's a crisis,
- 00:18:54.892 --> 00:18:55.926
- You got to fix your own oxygen
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- Mask before you can help those around you.
- 00:18:57.161 --> 00:18:59.430
- If we'll take care of ourselves, we'll be a greater strength
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- To the other nations of the world. we'll do that.
- 00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:04.435
- I truly believe there are more reasons for hope than despair.
- 00:19:04.435 --> 00:19:08.439
- Well, that's my message for tonight.
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- And after a short break,
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- We're going to start looking at your messages.
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- We've got your emails.
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- We've got your emails.
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- Thank you for taking the time
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- To share your thoughts with us in your emails.
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- They really do matter.
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- S from utah wrote pastor allen.
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- I'm a longtime listener.
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- As you may be aware of the rise and spread of i,
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- As a matter of vital concern to the people on earth,
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- And specifically the church.
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- Do you think i represents
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- The end times power and own as the beast?
- 00:19:39.736 --> 00:19:43.273
- Well, i think technology
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- Always comes with a benefit,
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- And i think the enemy always finds a way to pervert it.
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- I'm not afraid of technology.
- 00:19:50.747 --> 00:19:52.649
- I just think we have to be aware and understand
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- Anything that's created that we can use for good,
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- We can use for destruction.
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- Our forks prove that they make us healthy,
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- Or they can break our health completely.
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- Janine from minnesota writes, thanks for your sermons
- 00:20:03.426 --> 00:20:06.095
- That i hear daily on tbn, the alan jackson now
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- Show, and the happy occasions when you pop up elsewhere.
- 00:20:09.232 --> 00:20:12.969
- Once the truth is heard, one cannot unhear it.
- 00:20:12.969 --> 00:20:16.105
- Blessings, encouragement and peace from an older disabled
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- Woman in minnesota.
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- I'm promoting the good work with you, tbn
- 00:20:20.910 --> 00:20:23.313
- And our father in this type of a wasteland.
- 00:20:23.313 --> 00:20:26.316
- The spark of faith clears the blizzard of lies, much
- 00:20:26.316 --> 00:20:29.352
- Like a ten ton snow plow down a drifted minnesota freeway.
- 00:20:29.352 --> 00:20:34.691
- Now that's an image. i live in tennessee.
- 00:20:34.691 --> 00:20:36.793
- We would not know what to do with a ten ton snowplow.
- 00:20:36.793 --> 00:20:40.229
- If we had that much snow,
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- We would think god had abandoned us.
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- But thanks for your notes.
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- Make sure you send your email to comments at alan
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- Jackson now.com.
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- And from all of us here in nashville.
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- Thank you for joining us tonight.
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- And have a wonderful evening.
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