that might happen. but i want to give them a chance to see if they can act responsibly. they should act responsible reply. we are talking about the border. a lot of people who aren t getting their checks are letting us know, we don t care, you have to solve the crisis at the border. it s a humanitarian crisis and it s national security it s very important. judge jeanine: he wanted to give them a chance to act responsibly. and we commend him for that. but now here we are. joining me with reaction to my opening statement and all the news. chairman of the freedom caucus. congressman mark meadows. there are so many people against this knowledge declaration, yet it seems that the united states supreme court and the precedent is there, the delegation is there from congress. and he has his own powers.
waste of money. some even threatening to take it barrier down if built. if you could, would you take the wall down now here? absolutely. i would take the wall down. judge jeanine: but make no mistake. donald trump will secure our border. the left are leagues to you when they say there is no crisis. that the president is concocting the nation s immigration emergency. they object to the president s characterization of the influx as an invasion when they say the effort to protect us is a waste of money and the president is engage in a political stunt. our southern border is overwhelmed by illegal immigration. gang violence, crime, drugs, and human trafficking. in fiscal year 2019, the dhs has
2018. last year i.c.e. removed more than 10,000 gang members already in our country illegally. drugs are flowing across the border devastating american families, every week 300 americans die of heroin overdoses of which 90% comes over that southern border. 2019, i.c.e. made over 1,500 human trafficking arrests, almost all of which were for sex trafficking. 20,000 children were illegally smuggled to even the united states during most december alone. if this isn t a crisis at the border, it s hard to know what is. emergency is just the recognition of what other politicians have play and thely lied about d have blatantly lied about to the american people so they can fill their coffers with
look at that and say why didn t congress act? because it s dysfunctional and they refuse to admit there is a crisis at the border. judge jeanine: as we go through these facts and you realize that they thread an arrest and brought in fentanyl that could have taken down an american city or more. all you have to do is inhale the stuff. the left doesn t seem to be concern. they don t care about sex trafficking. they are not concerned about 20,000 kids being brought across the border. parents giving their kids drugs so they don t get pregnant just to get them across the border. here in america we put parents in jail if they leave their kid in a car. they are sending them with these coyotes. it s a totally different scenario we have because why? so many on the left have
postop ed declaring there s no crisis an. joining us to react is the acting chief border patrol agent, the del rio sector, one of the most active legal crossing areas of the border. chief, thank you for joining us. i appreciate you coming on. i communicated some with you when i was covering the last caravan but i want to get your thoughts. we have this op-ed and some other evidence of the media thing that this isn t a crisis. how does that settle with you? well, good morning, tbrif and thankgriff,and thanks for havin. i can speak to the reality that we re dealing on our 209 miles of border in south texas. october 1st of 2016 our arrest2018, ourarrests have dou.