RIGHT NOW. DAGEN: MARIA OUT ON THE FRONT LINES AGAIN, THIS TIME IN LAJOLLA, TEXAS, WHERE SHE ENCOUNTERED MIGRANTS WHO WERE TRYING TO BE CAPTURED. MARIA: YOU SEE PEOPLE COMING OVER, YOU APPREHEND THEM AND THEN WHAT? >> WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THEM SOMEWHERE SAFE AND OBVIOUSLY IN THE BRUSH IT'S NOT SAFE. THERE'S SNAKES, SPIDERS, ANIMALS THERE. HERE IT'S WIDE OPEN. WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE JUST SITTING ALONG THE FENCE OUT HERE, USUALLY 2, 300 AT A TIME. MARIA: WHY DO THEY COME HERE? WHY IS THIS SORT OF A POUR ROUSE AREA, A WEAK AREA IN TERMS OF THE BORDER. >> PEOPLE ARE TURNING THEMSELVES IN. THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET CAUGHT. THE INTERESTING PART IS, IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA THAT ARE COMING. WE SEE A LOT OF ROMANIANS COME THROUGH THIS PART ALSO. SO IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S JUST DESIGNATED TO THE HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA. >> WE'RE ROLLING UP RIGHT NOW ON A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST APPREHENDED. MARIA: LET'S STOP. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT. >> THIS IS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT JUST CROSSED THE BORDER RIGHT NOW AND THEY JUST GAVE THEMSELVES UP. AND WE'LL STOP RIGHT HERE. MARIA: THEY'RE GIVING THEMSELVES UP BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY. >> YES. WHAT THEY KNOW IS THAT BY CROSSING THE BORDER ILLEGALLY AND GIVING THEMSELVES UP, AND CLAIMING ASYLUM, THEY'RE GOING TO GET RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES. MARIA: TELL ME THE PROCESS NOW. >> THE AGENTS HAVE TO SEARCH THEM, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S DANGEROUS, ANY WEAPONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHAT THEY'LL DO, THEY'LL BAG EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE, ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS, TAG ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS. THE PROCESS TAKES A LOT OF TIME. AS YOU CAN SEE, AS WE DISCUSSED, YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE BORDER PATROL AGENTS NOW, THEY'RE TAKEN OFF THE LINE. THEY'RE TAKEN OUT OF THE FIELD. THEY'RE NO LONGER PATROLLING THE BORDER. THAT'S WHAT THE CARTELS DO. MARIA: THERE'S A BIG GROUP RIGHT BEHIND US. WHAT'S GOING ON? >> THIS IS A GROUP OF ILLEGAL ALIENS THAT CROSSED THE BORDER. THEY'RE HEADED TOWARDS THE TEMPORARY PROCESSING FACILITY OR TOPS. THEY KNOW UPON ARRIVING AT TOPS THEY'LL BE PROCESSED AND MOST LIKELY RELEASED INTO THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS THE CASH AND RELEASE. THIS IS DRIVING SO MANY PEOPLE TO CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY. DAGEN: JOINING ME NOW WITH HIS REACTION TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT THE BORDER, PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEES, SCOTT PERRY. AND HERE ALSO ALL MORNING LONG, TOM BEVIN AND JAMES FREEMAN. CONGRESSMAN, YOUR REACTION TO MARIA'S REPORTING FROM THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. >> GOOD MORNING, DAGEN. IF THIS WAS ON A CONCERT T-SHIRT. IT WOULD BE THE BIDEN DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION TOUR, HASHTAG BIDEN BORDER CRIES CIVILES I MEAN, AMERICA HAS BEEN WITNESS TO A DIZZYING DISPLAY OF FAILURES AND BROKEN PROMISES IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, WHICH LEADS THEM TO SEE POLICIES MORE DIVISIVE, MAKE AMERICA UNSAFE AND IT SHOULD SAY BIDEN -- HASHTAG BIDEN BORDER CRISIS IS WHAT THE T-SHIRT WOULD SAY. I MEAN, NOT ONLY ARE THEY SEEING THESE POLICIES BUT THIS IS A TRAIN THAT'S ON THE FAST TRACK TO FINANCIAL RUIN FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THE CATCH AND RELEASE POLICIES, I MEAN, DAGEN, I REPRESENT SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE LITTLE TOWN OF CARLISLE WHICH HOUSES THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE, THERE'S MORE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW THAN IN THAT WHOLE TOWN. THE LARGEST COUNTY THAT I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT, WHICH IS THE SEAT OF PENNSYLVANIA'S GOVERNMENT, HAS HARRISBURG IN IT, IN THE LAST MONTH AND-A-HALF MORE ILLEGAL FOREIGN NATIONALS HAVE COME INTO THE COUNTRY THAN IN THAT COUNTY. THAT'S STAGGERING AND WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT, THEY ABSOLUTELY KNOW FOR SURE THAT THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR COUNTRY, HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY, HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND NONE OF THEM ARE GOOD. DAGEN: TOM BEVIN, JUMP IN. >> CONGRESSMAN, I'M INTERESTED IN THE DYNAMIC IN CONGRESS. THERE'S BEEN TALK OBVIOUSLY OF IMMIGRATION REFORM AND BEING BROKEN UP INTO BITS. IS THERE ANYTHING, IS THERE ANY APPETITE, ANY POSSIBILITY THAT ANYTHING CAN GET DONE IN CONGRESS, PASS BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS THAT COULD YOU ALLEVE T YATES THE PROBLEM IN ANY -- ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM IN ANY WAY. >> I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND UP FRONT IS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T SEE THIS AS A CRISIS. WHEN YOU SAY THAT THEY WANT TO ALLEVIATE THIS, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK TO ALLEVIATE, I WOULD HAVE AMERICANS WATCH OUT FOR THIS, IS THE EFFICIENCY AT WHICH THEY MOVE PEOPLE FROM THE BORDER INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE COUNTRY. MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WANT THESE PEOPLE TO COME. THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO COME AND THAT'S EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ON HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE RESCINDED THE AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO THAT THESE FOLKS STAY IN MEXICO AND SEEK ASYLUM FROM THERE AS OPPOSED TO COMING INTO AMERICA AND THEN DISAPPEARING INTO AMERICA. THATS IS THE PLAN OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. SO THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN SOLVING THE SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE BORDER. YOU'VE GOT THE VICE PRESIDENT SUPPOSED TO BE THE BORDER CZAR AND INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER, THIS IS HAPPENING, FIRST OF ALL IT TOOK HER DAYS -- ALMOST A MONTH TO GET TO THE BORDER. BUT SHE'S GOING TO THE NORTHERN BORDER, THE BORDER OF OTHER COUNTRIES, NOT TO THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO BORDER WHERE THE CRISIS IS OCCURRING. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN SOLVING THIS IN THE SENSE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IT SOLVED. DAGEN: JAMES FREEMAN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CONGRESSMAN? JAMES: CONGRESSMAN, YOUR CONCERT T-SHIRT, I THINK I'M GOING TO STICK WITH MY AC-DC TANK TOP FOR THE MOMENT. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. DAGEN WAS TALKING EARLIER ABOUT HOW ONLY 5% OF THE MONEY IN THE SO-CALLED INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FROM TEAM BIDEN GOES TO ROADS AND BRIDGES. BUT AS WE KNOW, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG WHO IS NOT A CAR GUY SAID SOME OF THE MONEY WILL GO TO DISMANTLE ROADS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY DON'T LIKE. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD STUFF WE NEED IN TERMS OF CRITICAL BRIDGES? >> WELL, I WOULD GIVE THEM A LITTLE CREDIT. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN 5%. MY FIGURES SHOW IT'S ABOUT 9%. BUT KEEP THIS IN MIND AS WELL. JAMES: JUST ROADS AND BRIDGES, THOUGH. >> ROADS AND BRIDGES, THINGS THAT ARE INFRASTRUCTURE, HIGHWAYS, AIRPORTS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, ALMOST 9%. SO IT'S A GOOD COLLEGE TRY, LOOKING AT 91% BEING FOR OTHER THINGS AND THE OTHER THINGS ARE ACTUALLY TO DISCOURAGE THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE ESPECIALLY IF YOU USE GASOLINE OR DIESEL TO POWER THAT. THE LEFT IN THIS COUNTRY IS COMPLETELY DISINTERESTED IN YOU HAVING THE MOBILITY THAT COMES FROM YOUR OWN PERSONAL VEHICLE. THEY WANT YOU ON A TRAIN. THEY WANT YOU ON TRANSIT. THEY WANT YOU OFF THE ROADS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE ROADS THEY WANT YOU TO USE ELECTRIC POWERED VEHICLES PLUGGED INTO A GRID THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CHARGE THAT VEHICLE. THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE HEADED AND THEY'RE GOING TO FORCE YOU INTO THAT SITUATION BASED ON THE POLICIES THAT THEY WISH TO PASS NOT ONLY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE BUT IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL. DAGEN: THERE'S A BILL THAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED AND AN IDEA THAT WAS ACTUALLY BACKED BY VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO BAN GASOLINE POWERED AUTOMOBILES BY 2035. SO THEY CAN GO A LOT FURTHER. MEANTIME, -- >> DAGEN, I THINK YOU JUDD MADE MY POINT. DAGEN: MARIA SPOKE TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THIS PROGRAM YESTERDAY ABOUT HIS FUTURE IN POLITICS. HERE'S WHAT HE SAID. MARIA: ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RUNNING AGAIN, MR. BE PRESIDENT, IN 2024? >> YES, 100%. AND THE POLLS SHOW IT AND EVERYBODY WANTS ME TO DO IT. 100% I'M THINKING ABOUT RUNNING AND WE WILL I THINK BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. DAGEN: CONGRESSMAN, YOUR REACTION? >> WELL, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED. BUT I THINK THE WAY MAYBE TO MEASURE THIS RIGHT NOW IS TO TALK TO AND LOOK AT THE ACTIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. LOOK AT THE ACTIONS OF CHINA, OF RUSSIA, OF IRAN. THEY SEE A WEAK BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, AS YOU KNOW, WEAKNESS IS PROVOCATIVE, WHETHER IT'S RUSSIA MASSING TROOPS AT THE BORDER OF UKRAINE, WHETHER IT'S IRAN TRYING TO EXTORT US YET FOR MORE UNTOLD BILLIONS AND HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GET BACK INTO THE JCPOA, ONLY TO REACH NUCLEAR CAPACITY FROM A WEAPONS AND DELIVERY STANDPOINT OR WHETHER IT'S CHINA POSTURING AGAINST TAIWAN OR THE UNITED STATES. I THINK THAT THOSE ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN GETTING AS MUCH DONE AS THEY CAN IN THESE FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD BE COMING AND THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE AND HAVE WORKED AGAINST ENTIRELY THE WHOLE TIME. DAGEN: CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU VERY
