result in a complete loss of operational control. dhs has not outlined a viable plan. this situation is untenable. democratic texas congressman henry cuellar is one of those in the coalition. he represents a border district and signed onto that letter. cuellar is a long-time critic on biden on the issue of illegal immigration. who is listening to the men and women in green and blue and the border communities? i ve talked to the mayors, landowners, other folks there and nobody is listening the administration is not listening to them. it is about time that they pay attention to border communities. harris: senator ron johnson, republican of wisconsin serving on the senate homeland security and foreign relations committees. it is so good to have you in focus today, senator. you know exactly the national
paso. this is not the way to secure the border. we can do two things at the same time. we can provide a compassionate way of treating the immigrants that are trying to come in. at the same time we have to secure the border. the only thing the border control is doing is processing a lot of them to come into the u.s. and then returning some of them under title 42. if title 42 goes away, this is going to open up a large number of people coming to border communities. do you think the biden administration understands that sense of urgency? you know, i don t think they do or if they do, they just have a very different perspective. it s okay to listen to immigration activists. it s okay to do that. but who is listening to the men and women in green and blue and who is listening to ou border
expires in seven days. joe manchin and henry cuellar joining republicans in telling the administration dhs has not outlined a viable plan to maintain operational control of the southern border. we must work together to keep dhs s authority to expel migrants until an acceptable set of alternative policies and resources is put into place. cuellar saying he doesn t think the administration is listening to what is happening. i don t think they do or if they do they have a very different perspective. look, it is okay to listen to immigration activists. it is okay to do that. it s one perspective. who is listening to the men and women in green and blue and more importantly who is listening to our border communities? even california governor newsom is delivering a tough warning saying the fact is what we have right now is not working and it is about to break in a post 42 world unless we take
going to stop. sandra: i mean, there are some in your party who won t even say that. they won t even say the borders are open, and they are. we see people pouring in record numbers over our southern border each and every day. why do you believe the white house is not listening? three groups of people you need to listen to. immigration activists, that s one, i understand that. but you also have to listen to the men and women in green and blue but also got to listen especially to the communities on the border. i live at the border, i don t just go and visit there, i listen. there is not one single mayor, county judge that i know of, sheriff or police chief or other land owners are saying everything is fine. they are we are the ones who are facing this on ground 0 and we just got to make sure that we do something else besides acting like the border is closed. it s not closed. it s not closed.
that. peter doocy, thank you. sandra. sandra: thank you very much. we are going to bring in texas democrat congressman henry cuellar, his congressional district is located along the southern border, you are a huge voice in all of this. what is your message to the white house this hour, knowing you and your fellow republican and democrat colleagues have penned a letter to the white house to do something. you know, you got to listen to what s happening to the communities at the border. the border communities are asking for help. the men and women in green and in blue are asking for help. so, we have to change something. just acting if everything is ok or the border is secure, which it s not secure, we got to do something. we got to with mexico, tougher with mexico, work with other countries like guatemala, so we can stop them from coming in. as long as they feel that the border is open, this is not