Allen Jackson: December 3, 2024 | Allen Jackson Now

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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.
  • 00:11:12.363 --> 00:11:16.033
  • Well, the border is
  • 00:11:16.501 --> 00:11:17.335
  • 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.
  • 00:13:59.463 --> 00:14:01.599
  • 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.
  • 00:14:16.514 --> 00:14:18.983
  • We are.
  • 00:14:19.216 --> 00:14:19.884
  • 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
  • 00:14:27.191 --> 00:14:28.826
  • The overwhelming amount of fentanyl deaths that we've had.
  • 00:14:28.826 --> 00:14:32.863
  • Now, this does not always come from direct consumption
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  • Of fentanyl.
  • 00:14:36.167 --> 00:14:37.201
  • They're often mixed with other types of drugs.
  • 00:14:37.201 --> 00:14:39.937
  • So we do have a drug
  • 00:14:39.937 --> 00:14:41.305
  • Consumption problem that we need to focus on here.
  • 00:14:41.305 --> 00:14:45.242
  • 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
  • 00:14:50.915 --> 00:14:53.150
  • On the health side, but also on the deterrence side.
  • 00:14:53.150 --> 00:14:57.021
  • People, especially those dealing these dangerous drugs
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  • Or participating in these, travesties like
  • 00:15:00.458 --> 00:15:04.195
  • Sexual exploitation of minors, need
  • 00:15:04.195 --> 00:15:07.498
  • To be held accountable in order for there to be deterrence.
  • 00:15:07.498 --> 00:15:11.669
  • Well, i've read that chinese
  • 00:15:12.269 --> 00:15:13.571
  • 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.
  • 00:15:20.111 --> 00:15:21.679
  • Trump is threatening china with tariffs as well.
  • 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:24.482
  • If they don't do something to help prevent
  • 00:15:24.482 --> 00:15:26.384
  • The fentanyl ingredients from getting here.
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  • You think that might work?
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  • I do.
  • 00:15:32.089 --> 00:15:33.124
  • 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.
  • 00:15:40.598 --> 00:15:44.435
  • So china is playing a significant role
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  • In the deaths of americans and need to be held accountable.
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  • I don't think that it's solely going to stop
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  • At the power of the purse via tariffs.
  • 00:15:54.078 --> 00:15:57.148
  • I think there will be some other, diplomacy going on.
  • 00:15:57.148 --> 00:16:01.552
  • Not always in public, but behind the scenes
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  • To get china to step up and solve this.
  • 00:16:04.622 --> 00:16:06.924
  • It's interesting to see
  • 00:16:06.924 --> 00:16:08.025
  • 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.
  • 00:16:13.464 --> 00:16:15.232
  • China is quite strict on this front,
  • 00:16:15.232 --> 00:16:18.135
  • But yet they're providing all the materials
  • 00:16:18.135 --> 00:16:20.304
  • To be brought into the us. so we need to fix that.
  • 00:16:20.304 --> 00:16:24.041
  • Well, charles, the
  • 00:16:24.475 --> 00:16:25.609
  • 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
  • 00:16:36.020 --> 00:16:36.821
  • With the implications of all
  • 00:16:36.821 --> 00:16:38.489
  • 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
  • 00:16:48.466 --> 00:16:52.103
  • 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.
  • 00:16:58.976 --> 00:17:01.946
  • 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
  • 00:17:08.085 --> 00:17:10.221
  • 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,
  • 00:17:12.857 --> 00:17:15.993
  • 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.
  • 00:17:21.298 --> 00:17:23.400
  • I hope you come back to see us
  • 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:24.802
  • As this problem and its solutions unfold.
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  • Thank you. alan. will do. stay with us.
  • 00:17:28.572 --> 00:17:30.708
  • 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
  • 00:17:40.317 --> 00:17:41.519
  • That an open border is a moral issue.
  • 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.888
  • That we have an assignment, a responsibility even to show
  • 00:17:43.888 --> 00:17:46.657
  • Compassion to the people less fortunate than ourselves.
  • 00:17:46.657 --> 00:17:49.827
  • And an open border does just that.
  • 00:17:49.827 --> 00:17:52.429
  • 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.
  • 00:17:58.502 --> 00:18:01.539
  • 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
  • 00:18:10.447 --> 00:18:12.616
  • 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,
  • 00:18:15.386 --> 00:18:17.788
  • 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.
  • 00:18:20.324 --> 00:18:22.593
  • We can pick that up as an initiative and work through it
  • 00:18:22.593 --> 00:18:25.429
  • With the legislative opportunities
  • 00:18:25.429 --> 00:18:27.198
  • 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,
  • 00:18:39.276 --> 00:18:41.412
  • And i certainly don't think
  • 00:18:41.412 --> 00:18:42.379
  • It should be grounded in our faith
  • 00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:44.081
  • Until we have that responsibility.
  • 00:18:44.081 --> 00:18:46.350
  • We first have a responsibility
  • 00:18:46.350 --> 00:18:47.885
  • 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
  • 00:18:55.926 --> 00:18:57.161
  • 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
  • 00:18:59.430 --> 00:19:01.899
  • 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.
  • 00:19:08.439 --> 00:19:09.974
  • And after a short break,
  • 00:19:09.974 --> 00:19:11.108
  • 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.
  • 00:19:28.191 --> 00:19:30.093
  • I'm a longtime listener.
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  • As you may be aware of the rise and spread of i,
  • 00:19:31.628 --> 00:19:33.863
  • As a matter of vital concern to the people on earth,
  • 00:19:33.863 --> 00:19:36.499
  • And specifically the church.
  • 00:19:36.499 --> 00:19:38.334
  • Do you think i represents
  • 00:19:38.334 --> 00:19:39.736
  • The end times power and own as the beast?
  • 00:19:39.736 --> 00:19:43.273
  • Well, i think technology
  • 00:19:43.806 --> 00:19:44.941
  • Always comes with a benefit,
  • 00:19:44.941 --> 00:19:48.011
  • And i think the enemy always finds a way to pervert it.
  • 00:19:48.011 --> 00:19:50.747
  • I'm not afraid of technology.
  • 00:19:50.747 --> 00:19:52.649
  • I just think we have to be aware and understand
  • 00:19:52.649 --> 00:19:54.317
  • Anything that's created that we can use for good,
  • 00:19:54.317 --> 00:19:56.586
  • We can use for destruction.
  • 00:19:56.586 --> 00:19:58.554
  • Our forks prove that they make us healthy,
  • 00:19:58.554 --> 00:20:01.224
  • Or they can break our health completely.
  • 00:20:01.224 --> 00:20:03.426
  • 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
  • 00:20:06.095 --> 00:20:09.232
  • 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.
  • 00:20:19.208 --> 00:20:20.910
  • 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,
  • 00:20:40.229 --> 00:20:41.497
  • We would think god had abandoned us.
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  • But thanks for your notes.
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  • And have a wonderful evening.
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