has been opened for the what? for the monsoon season. we have seasonal monsoon rains. a significant amount of water drains through that. if we don t open this up the debris will push down the fence. judge jeanine: if i want to come to the united states, i will wait for monsoon season and i m crawling through. we have a lot of the agents watching the border. judge jeanine: i m look at a drainage? what is this? this is the water draining from mexico into the united states. it s draining underneath the city of nogales. they would tunnel from legitimate sewer drains into this tunnel where they can come out in this area. judge jeanine: they will do that to come into this country? absolutely, and to smuggle
judge jeanine: this week i traveled to the u.s. arizona-mexico border so you could see how easy it is for illegal immigrants to enter our country. you will see the border through night vision on horseback as you have never seen it before. but first i saddled up during daytime with special friend. me and ma til today are on the border in arizona. we are going for a little walk to find out how protected we are from those who want to cross our border. ma til today, so me your teeth. i didn t bring my gloves. as you can see we are coming to
they are paying guides to bring them to the united states and they follow the guides. judge jeanine: is night preferred? absolutely. at the end of the day if they are hiding under a tree or running down a trail, it s difficult for an agent to deal with. we have to look under every bush and every tree out there. we don t know if someone is hiding out there. judge jeanine: our seeing is me 100 yards from the border through the night vision border patrol has. as they police and patrol area they can see shadows and see individuals coming along the border, irrespective how black it is, how dark it is. the fact there are no markings and no roads. here we are literally on the border of mexico and the united states. this is part of the fence that has been opened for the what?
u.s.-mexico bored, what you have is a literal pass andway. we passageway. we live on the bored. judge jeanine: what was the scariest situation you encountered. 10-15 years ago someone was in our house. and my daughter was confronted by a runner. suspected drug runner. judge jeanine: you can see this border fence has been lifted to accommodate the monsoon? is that what s going on? as you sit in your house do you see people coming across your ranch who are illegal? i have had people walk in my utility room. i had them try and break in as they watched my husband drive down the road.
the end of the 20-foot fence and going further there is virtually no fence. there is virtually no fence. so for those people who think the border is protected by a fence virtual or otherwise. it s not. people can simply walk across the border from mexico into the united states. you are the sheriff of cochise county. what is the impact of this fence? the fence is a deterrent. it s a symbol to tell people to not come across here. 33 years working in this county and seeing the lack of will to secure the border. we have a president who put the will in place. 80-90 percent of the drugs 24578 that come into our country come across this border.