deny it. they said each release is done on a case by case basis, but whether you are talking to i.c.e. or border patrol, morale is as low as it gets. one agent said he feels it s an unofficial travel coordination agency rather than trying to enforce the u.s. immigration law. sandra: interesting to hear from the a.g.s in the room with governor greg abbott, one from montana, talking about the lack of transparency. some were noting the federal briefings they were expecting this would then be canceled. interesting to hear that when we talk about how difficult we continue to hear it is, to get information from this administration on what they know, any stats they have at the border. bill, obviously you experienced that firsthand and take it back to the story about the planes landing at some of the local airports when the local authorities, police don t even know it s happening, it s happening past hours, outside of curfew hours and they ask questions about the, from the government contrac
morale is at its lowest. imagine going to the office to make phone calls to coordinate travel for someone who came in illegally, some of them with criminal records. so the source called ice now an unofficial travel coordination agency. and, ainsley, to your point, ice was asked, hey, is the federal government paying for them to fly all over or go all over? and what the source said was that ice contacts the family and asks for an address where that person will be going. then they ask them to buy a ticket on a bus in that case or on an airplane. if they don t have the money or they say, you know, i m not going to do that, an nfo buy business the ticket and then bills the federal government. so all those people are going somewhere thanks to the american government. ainsley: you are paying for it. brian: flmplet gos religious organizations krauthammer catholics, luted tran groups take the government money and facilitate getting
he told me that ice has been releasing migrants with misdemeanor criminal records, drug possession, dui and illegal reentry. i reached out to ice and they did not rely it. all releases are done on a case-by-case basis and they consider all factors when doing so. i also asked that ice agent are u.s. taxpayers footing the bill for migrant cafl? he told me they work with ngos and they ask the families to buy them a bus or plane ticket to a city of their choosing. if that doesn t happen the ngo will buy the ticket themselves and bill the federal government for reimbursement. that agent went on to tell me he feels the biden administration has turned ice ero into an unofficial travel coordination agency and morale has never been lower. bill: thank you, bill melugin