Shawn. 1500 active duty troops to secure the southwest border as they prepare for an unprecedented migrant search in just eight days. Bidens plan is now drawing comparisons to a 2018 order by his predecessor, similarly using our military to help prepare for a large influx of migrants. While the Vice President and border czar Kamala Harris, heres what she had to say when trump did it. I believe it is inappropriate to acquire the limited resources of the United States military to be used in such a way. All because there needed to be some demonstration for the tv cameras based on a political agenda. Kayleigh harris, there are handful of democrats that might disagree with him but the play Military Personnel signaling that migrants are a threat, hes calling bidens planned out. To be expect to see a Kamala Harris Statement Like that one . Harris have we heard her recently on the border at all . Kayleigh i dont think so. The one thats one of her eight or nine jobs. No, shes failing at it. She
packed over capacity in many parts of the 2000 thousand mile long border. of course, title 42 has come and gone and migrants keep coming, guys. we got here 1:30 local time and so far two different bus loads at migrants here at gate 42 loaded up and taken to processing centers. we shot video of that if you want to show it for our viewers. they are the folks who have done the paperwork. el paso sector already seen a surge of migrants trying to gets in illegally as well. check out these numbers. in april, el paso sector saw 1400 apprehensions per day. but in the last 48 hours, this sector had 1500 am apprehensions, homeland security secretary released in statement at midnight quote: starting tonight people who arrive at the border without using a lawful pathway will be presumed ineligible for asylum. the border is not open. people who do not use available pathways into the u.s. face tougher consequences including minimum five year ban on reentry and criminal prosecution. now ove
have gone out and arrested and deported him. this administration doesn t care because they want this border open and they are committed to open borders at all cost at this point. todd: you re watching fox and friends first s, i m todd piro. ashley: the case against francisco oropesa, he will be forced to answer for the deaths of this innocent family. brooke singman has breaking details. brooke: the illegal migrant accused of killing five was found hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry. agents from border patrol captured 38-year-old francisco oropesa, who faces five murder counts and being held on $5 million bond. jimmy paul, in charge of the case, says a tip led to yesterday s arrest. listen. the tip came in from the fbi tip line and we just want to thank the person who had the courage and bravery to call in the suspect s location. ashley: on top of that tip, oropesa s wife suspect had help in hiding. u.s. customs and border patrol troy miller releasing this
provided the following after the arrest. everybody played a very very integral part in the arrest and capture of this coward, bottom line is, we now have this than custody. he was caught hiding in a closet underneath some laundry. they effectively made the arrest. he is uninjured. and he is currently being taken to my facility in cold springs. in addition to being in the country illegally, authorities say he was convicted of a dui in january of 2012 which prompted his third deportation from the united states. he was also charged last years in unrelated crimes but unable to be find. turning to the end of title 42 next week the biden administration deploying 1500 active duty soldiers to the southern border with mexico. texas governor greg abbott blasting the order in a tweet, quote. biden says he will deploy 1500 troops to the border primarily to do paperwork and only for 90 days. this does nothing to stop illegal immigration. i deployed up to 10,000 national guard at the
immigration plan has been working. and the pentagon is telling us tonight that using active duty troops instead of the national guard will not affect readiness. i think we ll see these troops arrive as early as may 10th. pete: that s despite recent claims the border is secure. you said yesterday when it comes to illegal migration, have you seen it come down by more than 90%. where did that number come from? i was speaking. peter: cbp says the answer 156,000 people morphos call year so far. i will answer you if the dramatics come down a little bit. if the dramatics. peter: what s dramatic about asking a question about. okay. i m going to answer. i was speaking to the parolee program. peter: pentagon says troops will be armed for self-defense not law enforcement. laying out their mission like. this fill critical capability gaps. ground based detection and monitoring. data entry. and warehouse support. as the pentagon preps for a migrant surge, lawmakers are