cory booker from new jersey, responded by expressing great concern, calling the move disappointing. what do you think? do you support president biden s actions? well, it s a crisis. it s been a crisis on the southern border for years, not just during this administration, but before this. and border patrol has such a hard time handling the numbers. the numbers are down because some of the steps the administration has taken. and i ve worked with the administration, i ve worked with secretary mayorkas on this to make somechanges. i ve successfully added border wall to close some gaps in yuma. i was on the phone with doug nichols, the mayor of yuma just this week. and he acknowledged that the numbers are down. it s allowing border patrol to focus more on fentanyl. the steps that have been taken are positive. there s still that there s still more that needs to be done, you know, i don t agree with some of my democratic colleagues on this. i mean, this is a really this is very challeng
do you support president biden s actions? well, it s a crisis. it s been a crisis on the southern border for years, not just during the administration, but before this and border patrol has such a hard time handling the numbers. the numbers are down because some of the steps the administration has taken, and i ve worked with the administration. i ve worked with secretary mayorkas on this, and i was phone with doug nichols, the mayor of yuma just this week and he acknowledged that the numbers are down. it s allowing border patrol to focus more on fentanyl, so the steps that have been taken are positive. there s still more that needs to be done. you know, i don t agree with some of my democratic colleagues on this. i mean, this is a really this is very challenging for border states and if you re a small town on the southern border in arizona or texas or california, this has been a real struggle
i was heartened to see that mark kelly sat down with bret baier yesterday. and he sounded like the guy i thought he was going to be when he got elected he has been invisible until he decided to run for re-election. a military guy with a security background. obviously extremely bright as an astronaut, but he spoke and he sounded, you know, he sounded like henry cuellar yesterday in talking about how bad the border is. listen. it s been a crisis for my entire time in office. you know, times it gets a little bit better. i was on the phone a couple days ago with the mayor of yuma, doug nichols, the numbers are a little bit better but they are still way too high. it s a real challenge for border patrol and cbp to do their jobs. it s not secure. my attitude about this is to listen to the professionals. listen to the border patrol agents, the guys on the ground who have to deal with this every single day. and when they will tell you in some plates we need barriers.
increase in flow and that has caused a considerable strain on our resources. bret: and that counters what the homeland security secretary mayorkas testified in hearings. do we have operational control? yes or no? yes, we do. bret: are you concerned that the dhs is missing the moment on the border. at times. i work very closely with secretary mayorkas, cbp, dhs, the border is a crisis. it s been a crisis for my entire time in office. sometimes it gets a little bit better. i was on the phone a couple days ago with the mayor of yuma, doug nichols the numbers are a little bit better but way still high. a real challenge for border patrol and cbp to do our job and secure our southern border. it s not secure. bret: what about the disconnect in what the border patrol said and what the department of homeland security secretary said. in this case i would agree with the border patrol chief.
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