john: fascinating new report from the heritage foundation reveals just how widespread the nation s border crisis has become. tracking migrants in 433 of the nation s 435 congressional districts as illegal immigrants move deeper into the united states. mike and laura are with the heritage foundation oversight project. just give people a quick break down of what you did during the month of january earlier this year, you put geo fences around ngos and some customs and border patrol stations along the border, texas, arizona, new mexico, i imagine, too, and got the cell phone numbers and then during the rest of the month you watched them as they spread out across the country from the ngo and the border patrol stations.
resources to deal with it. bill mott lujan and many other folks said they continue to track what s going on. he catches video of people bein released or sent elsewhere to the interior and the question i how to attract people to show u for court dates. one of the ideas is to get them smart phones, which will enable them to check in with ice and authorities. here s peter ducey asking about that at the white house today. following up on the smartphones that are being give to border crossers with technology to be tracked so the can check-in, is there anything to get free smartphones to us citizens? should we not be tracking migrants who regulate across th border? i m asking if do you have an alternative suggestion how they should be tracked? how are we doing tracking people who have court dates wer not here legally and are not truly integrated into society. we are not. were not tracking at all. when you look at that court dat that they have, these people
it. well, youha know, our religin and many other folks that we ve had working down there at o the border continue to track what s going on . he captures video all the time of people being released or sent elsewhere to the interior. and there ve been questions about how to track people if they show up for court, those kinds of things. well, one of the ideas ist apparently to give them smartphones which will enable them to check in with ice and with authorities. here spe peter doocy asking abot that at the white house today. e whfollowing up on the smartphs that are being given to border crossers with technology so they can be tracked or so they can check in . is there any plan to get free smartphones to u.s. citizens that why should we not be tracking migrants who regularly cross the border? i m asking if or do you have an alternative suggestion for how they should be trackedrn, t brant and how are we doingra tracking people who have court dates who are not here legally and aren t tru
and i don t know about that. in addition to that the migrants are all receiving cell phones courtesy of the us tax dollars, taxpayers and peter doocy was asking jen psaki about that earlier yesterday. following up on the smart phones be given to the border crossers, so they can be tracked or check in is there any plan to give free smart phones to us citizens but want them? should be not be tracking migrants who regularly cross the border? or you have an alternative suggestion for how they can be tracked? i have not been asked to make us immigration policy. today is your moment. it would be great if anybody who wanted a free phone and free monthly plan to be offered for everybody, is it offered to everybody? when we talked about this the other day i noted to you we
call them concierge services. helping with the safe transport of migrants entering the country, again, you know, it s not perfect but it is the only way that we can ensure that both the agents as well as the migrants crossing over are both safe. otherwise, you are going to get scenes like babies being dropped over the fence again and all sorts of just awful things. so, again, not a great situation, but it provides safety for both sides. carley: i think that border patrol, that is a stunning fact that you just said that border patrol is actively coordinating with members of cartels is unbelievable. and it really shows the gravity of the situation and why so many border patrol agents are frustrated rye right now. you also did a lot of work in tracking migrants in terms of them going from these processing centers to the airports to on