where are you from? what country? china? china? china? ecuador? ecuador? ecuador? ecuador? this thing with military bases getting penetrated by foreign nationals is happening more and more. we have seen probably two or three times a week we are stopping these folks at the gate. i mean i m incredibly proud of the men and women of the united states border patrol that risked their lives to keep americans safe. are we safe? number two, our screening and vetting capabilities are stronger than they ever have been. john: as the border becomes a major national security threat president biden finally taking executive action that would effectively shut down asylum request at the border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2500. hello i am john roberts in washington, sandra the number is about half of where we are on a daily basis right now. sandra: we are watching closely for this announcement and the signing of that it executive order by the president coming
for voters. let s bring in sector border patrol chief chris climb. thank you for joining us. it does appear the president is going to take some action here. what is your reaction to that? will it help stem the crisis at all from your view? thank you for having me on and yes, this is quite the topic. i don t see it making a sustained support and what would happen at the border. he wants to appear tough on this but he is appearing tough on fuzzy math. it doesn t do anything to secure the border. flick puts some numbers out there regarding asylum claims is still going to make arrests there will still be those components involved with this. again, what happens when that number hits 2500 is it all going to stop? when does this all get compiled?
the facilities to hold migrants as you adjudicate asylum claims. judges and officials that can adjudicate these claims, that was all part of this legis legislation. unfortunately our republican colleagues when we permit. this is something the president has been calling on for the last three years. i have been in the united states senate for 3.5 years, president has been in office the same amount of time. so this is some and we have worked on over a period of time. now with my republican colleagues not wanting to have action on this, we are at this point with the white house taking steps that i truly believe will believe it. you did work on the bipartisan order from what they think about president biden s actions? i have not spoken to them today about it and i am interested in hearing what they have to say. my expectation is that they will