concealed and our state troopers are out there working the highways, making the cordons and seizing the drugs. that s a very unique number, a staggering number. if it wasn t for our men and women of dps out there stopping these criminals, stopping the drugs coming across, we would see more fentanyl coming across into our country, more human smugglers. more americans are dying because of the drugs. if it wasn t for operation lone star, the numbers would be more staggering that what we re seeing now. it s hard to believe that this could get worse. it could if it wasn t for our men and women out there right now. you talk about the cost, the human toll on both sides oe border, the get aways, the drugs. enticing folks to make this trek, particularly young woman alone to the coyotes, the drug lords. it s mind boggling there s not a
didn t tell it s open, it s open. we see groups like this every single day out here in the eagle pass area. to put it in perspective for you, we had a group in the same spot yesterday, and yesterday in a one hour span had more than 800 illegal crossings. back here live, a cbp source says there have been 46,000 illegal crossings, not including the thousands of known get aways. greatest crime committed against the united states, by far. nothing has come close to what we are seeing now. no one has reported on it mo more than you. i want to show reporting for the documentary battle for the border on fox nation. here s a clip. stay there. i want to put this up. tens of thousands of illegal aliens coming across every month only make it easier for cartels to smuggle drugs through
4.5 million individuals encountered at the border. plus, you got the get aways, that s 5 million individuals just two years. see, one of the reasons i think henry cuellar is not popular with high ranking democrats is the fact to your point he has been talking about the problem for a while this particular election cycle big town where buses arriving they are talking about it. it s one of those things where over the last five years fox news channel has been telling you what s going on the southern border. now all the channels saying this is an actual problem. this issue could come back to haunt some democrats in some locations. particularly with some house races because what do you do with all those people in the number in red is jaw dropping when you think about 2.4 million people in this country who just decided to come in uninvited
who got to the border. this year once we get the final numbers it will be 2.3. you add the get aways. and you are talking somewhere between 4 to 5 million individuals. we haven t seen numbers like this. i m here two feet away from the river. every part of the border is different. the criminal organizations, they control right across the river where i m at. they control where the people are sent. and what they do is probably making more money passing people than passing drugs. and they are look at smuggling. now they are changing it to trafficking. when they do traffic people, they are trying to get people in the united states for their own to the where they are owned by the drug cartels for years to
who got to the border. this year once we get the final numbers it will be 2.3. you add the get aways. and you are talking somewhere between 4 to 5 million individuals. we haven t seen numbers like this. i m here two feet away from the river. every part of the border is different. the criminal organizations, they control right across the river where i m at. they control where the people are sent. and what they do is probably making more money passing people than passing drugs. and they are look at smuggling. now they are changing it to trafficking. when they do traffic people, they are trying to get people in the united states for their own to the where they are owned by the drug cartels for years to