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The Brody File: On The Border - Sept. 25, 2014

The Brody File heads to the Mexican border this week as we profile U.S. Border Patrol down in Yuma, Arizona. We ride along with agents as they protect America against unlawful intrusions. Plus, Jennifer Wishon reports from Guatemala on families ... Read Transcript


David: THIS WEEK ON

"THE BRODY FILE," WE'RE ON

THE BORDER, NO, NOT TACO

BELL, ARIZONA AND

CALIFORNIA.

IT'S OUR IMMIGRATION

SPECIAL.

WE'RE UP CLOSE WITH AGENTS

ON THE FRONT LINE.

IT GIVES ME A SENSE OF

ACCOMPLISHMENT IN TRYING TO

KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT THAT ARE

TRYING TO DO OUR COUNTRY

HARM.

David: ALSO, THE

COMPASSIONATE SIDE OF THE

IMMIGRATION DEBATE.

ONE-ON-ONE WITH JOSE, AN

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.

I ALWAYS READ THE BIBLE

AND PRAY.

AND I PROMISED GOD, SINCE I

LEFT HONDURAS, THAT IF I

MADE IT TO THE U.S., WELL, I

WOULD DEDICATE MYSELF TO THE

LORD.

David: AND MIKE

HUCKABEE WAXES POETIC ABOUT

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S

IMMIGRATION POLICY.

YOU CAN'T JUST OPEN THE

GATES AND SAY, LIKE MINNIE

PEARL, Y'ALL COME.

BARACK OBAMA HAS BECOME THE

MINNIE PEARL OF

IMMIGRATION.

David: GET READY,

EVERYBODY, WE'RE ON THE

BORDER AND WE'RE UP NEXT.

*

David: AND WELCOME

BACK, EVERYBODY, TO ANOTHER

SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE

BRODY FILE."

WE ARE HERE, THE U.S.-MEXICO

BORDER NEARIUM MA NEAR

YUMA, ARIZONA.

AND THE FLOATING BORDER IS

RIGHT BEHIND ME.

WE'RE IN THE IMPERIAL SAND

DUNES IN CALIFORNIA.

WE'RE RIGHT ON THE BORDER

WITH MEXICO.

THEY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MILES

OF A FLOATING BORDER FENCE

IN THIS AREA, AND IT IS

PATROLLED BY THE YUMA

SECTOR.

WE HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT OF

WATCHING THESE GUYS

PATROLLING THE BORDER.

THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR

126 MILES OF THE BORDER.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY

TOOK US OVER TO A CHECKPOINT

ON INTERSTATE 8, AND WE'VE

BEEN INTO THE SENORAN

DESERT, WHERE WE SAW THE

FENCE, AND WE SAW TUMBLEWEED

AND SNAKES, TOO.

BUT WE'RE FINE.

"THE BRODY FILE" AND THE

CREW, WE WERE NOT BIT AT

ALL.

WE HAVE BEEN ALONG THE

COLORADO RIVER, TOO, WITH

BORDER PATROL AGENTS.

AND WE ALSO WENT DOWN TO SAN

LUIS, ARIZONA, A BORDER TOWN

WITH MEXICO, JUST ON THE

OTHER SIDE.

THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY TWO

STORY LINES HERE ON THE

IMMIGRATION ISSUE.

THERE IS THE LAW, THERE IS

COMPASSION.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH

THE LAW.

HOW DO THESE GUYS DO THEIR

JOBS?

THEY'RE HUMBLE AMERICAN

HEROS, AND WE GOT A CHANCE

TO SEE THEM UP CLOSE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR

DISTURBANCES IN THE SAND,

FOOTPRINTS OR WHATEVER IT

MAY BE.

David: THIS IS THE

FRONT LINES OF THE

IMMIGRATION BATTLE, AGENTS

NEAR YUMA, ARIZONA, CONS

STANDERLY SEARCHING FOR

PEOPLE ILLEGALLY CROSSING

THE MEXICAN BORDER, WHETHER

IN THE DESERT, ON THE

RIVER --

I KNOW WE'RE BEING

OBSERVED AT ALL TIMES.

THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE RIGHT

NOW.

David: -- OR ALONG THE

HIGHWAY.

JUST LAST WEEK THEY

PULLED 29 POUNDS OF

METHAMPHETAMINE.

David: IT PATROLS

ABOUT 126 MILES OF THE

UNITED STATES BORDER, AND

THEY PATROL ALL OVER,

INCLUDING HERE IN THE

IMPERIAL SAND DUNES IN

CALIFORNIA.

IT IS A WILD SCENE OUT

HERE.

INCLUDING A FLOATING FENCE

FOR EIGHT MILES.

THIS FENCE IS UNIQUE IN THAT

A MACHINE MAKES SURE IT

WON'T LOSE HEIGHT, EVEN IF

SAND BUILDS UP AROUND IT.

TOOLS LIKE THIS HELP AGENTS

LIKE DAVID CATCH THOSE

TRYING TO MAKE AN ILLEGAL

RUN ACROSS THE BORDER.

IT GIVES ME A SENSE OF

ACCOMPLISHMENT, TRYING TO

KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT WHO ARE

TRYING TO DO OUR COUNTRY

HARM.

SOME OF HUMBLE FAMILIES, BUT

OTHERS ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

INTENTIONS OF DOING THINGS

TO OUR COUNTRY THAT

OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT DONE

HERE.

David: AND THOSE WITH

BAD INTENTIONS CONSISTENTLY

COME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS

FOR BEATING THE SYSTEM.

THE SMUGGLERS HAVE

UNLIMITED FUNDING.

THEY CAN HIDE THINGS IN

EVERY PART OF A VEHICLE YOU

CAN THINK OF.

David: REAL-LIFE

EXAMPLES INCLUDE COCAINE IN

AN OIL PAN.

AND SMUGGLING PEOPLE, SOME

HAVE BEEN FOUND UNDER WOOD

UNDER A TRUCK.

THAT'S WHY HIGHWAY CHECK

POINTS COMPLETE WITH CANINE

HEROS ARE CRUCIAL.

IT IS KIND OF A CAT AND

MOUSE GAME.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY

SOMETHING TODAY, AND WE'RE

GOING TO TRY TO BEAT THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ONE-UP

THEM.

I KNOW WHATEVER WE FIND

TODAY, TOMORROW THEY'LL BE

TRYING SOMETHING ELSE.

David: WHILE WE'VE ALL

HEARD ABOUT THE MASSIVE

PROBLEMS ACROSS THE TEXAS

BORDER, THE YUMA SECTOR IS

CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST

SECURE IN THE NATION.

IN 2005, THEY HIT ALMOST

140,000 A APPREHENSIONS.

TODAY, JUST OVER 6,000.

UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA,

BORDER PATROL SPENDING SKY

ROCKETED GOING FROM ROUGHLY

$4 BILLION IN 2001, TO

$12 BILLION IN 2008.

AND MUCH OF THAT TRANSLATED

INTO TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF

AGENTS, BETTER TECHNOLOGY,

AND A FENCE ALONG EVERY MILE

OF THIS YUMA SECTOR.

ON THE COLORADO RIVER,

SEPARATING MEXICO FROM

ARIZONA, BETTER TECHNOLOGY

HAS HELPED IMMENSELY.

WE ALSO HAVE SENSORS THAT

ALLOW US TO DETECT AN INT

ENTRY.

David: BORDER TOWNS,

LIKE SAN LUIS, ARIZONA, HAVE

SEEN THE MOST PROGRESS.

NO MORE BARBED WIRE AND JUST

A FLASHLIGHT TO KEEP OUT

ILLEGALS.

IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO

THE MANPOWER AND THE

INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE STADIUM

LIGHTS, AND THE MOBILE LIGHT

UNITS, BECAUSE THERE ARE

AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TO BE

VIGILANT AT ALL TIMES.

David: AGENTS QUICKLY

POINT OUT THAT A FENCE WON'T

STOP PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO

GET INTO AMERICA.

IT JUST MAKES THEIR JOB A

LOT EASIER.

THAT FENCE IS THERE AS A

DETERRENCE.

THAT FENCE IS THERE TO GIVEN

AGENTS TIME TO RESPOND.

BUT IT IS JUST ANOTHER

VARIABLE IN THAT EQUATION.

David: AND THE

CREATIVE ONES HAVE DUG

TUNNELS TO GET ACROSS.

FORTUNATELY, AGENTS HAVE

CAUGHT ON TO THAT, TOO.

THIS TUNNEL HAD LIGHTS

FOR PEOPLE, AND IT WAS MOST

LIKELY GOING TO BE USED TO

SMUGGLE IN NARCOTICS AND

ILLEGAL DRUGS.

SO FOR US, STOPPING THE

TUNNELS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT

AS STOPPING THE ILLEGAL

ALIENS AND TERRORISTS.

David: NOWADAYS AGENTS

ARE ON HIGH ALERT.

HOMELAND SECURITY RECENTLY

ISSUED A WARNING THAT ISIS

TERRORISTS ARE LOOKING TO

CROSS THE U.S.-MEXICAN

BORDER.

WHILE THE BORDER PATROL

WORKS TO KEEP OUT POTENTIAL

TERRORISTS, THEY MUST ALSO

BE MINDFUL OF THE OTHER

FORCE TRYING TO GET INTO

AMERICA: THE FAMILIES

CROSSING ILLEGALLY IN SEARCH

OF A BETTER LIFE.

MANY DON'T MAKE IT, DYING IN

THE SIZZLING SENORAN

DESERT.

AND AGENTS TRY TO HELP WHEN

THEY CAN.

THERE ARE BEACON SIRENS, AND

THEY CAN BE PUSHED IF THEY

GIVE UP.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE

AGENTS GETTING HURT.

I DON'T LIKE TO SEE MIGRANTS

GETTING HURT, MUCH LESS BY

DROWNING.

David: ALL IN A DAY'S

WORK FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN

GUARDING OUR BORDERS.

SOME HAVE DIED PROTECTING

THE COUNTRY THEY LOVE WHILE

POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON

ARGUE ABOUT THE POLITICS.

ALL RIGHT, NOW TO THE

COMPASSION SIDE OF THE

ARGUMENT.

THE CHURCH IS GRAPPLING WITH

THIS QUESTION: WHERE DO YOU

DRAW THEúçLINE ON COMPASSION

WHEN SOMEONE IS BREAKING THE

LAW?

WE SPOKE WITH 18-YEAR-OLD

JOSE MALDENADO, WHO IS NOW

LIVING IN SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA.

HE IS ACTUALLY WAITING ON A

SECOND COURT DATE IN JANUARY

TO SEE IF HE WILL BE ALLOWED

TO STAY IN THE U.S.

LAST YEAR JOSE SAID HE

TRAVELLED FROM HIS HOME IN

HO HONDURAS, ALL THE WAY UP

THROUGH MEX MEXICO, INTO

TEXAS.

IT ALMOST COST HIM HIS

LIFE.

HE KNEW HE COULDN'T SURVIVE

ON HIS OWN STRENGTH, AND

THAT'S WHEN HE SAID HE CRIED

OUT TO GOD IN THE DESERT,

LITERALLY.

I ALWAYS READ THE BIBLE

AND PRAYED.

AND I PROMISED GOD, SINCE I

LEFT HONDURAS, IF I MADE IT

TO THE U.S., WELL, I WILL

DEDICATE TO THE LORD.

David: JOSE SAID HIS

PARENTS ABANDONED HIM AT A

YOUNG AGE.

AND HIS GRANDPARENTS

ACTUALLY RAISED HIM, BUT

AFTER THEY PASSED AWAY IN

HIS TEEN YEARS, HE RAISED

HIMSELF.

AND THERE IS OFTEN NO ONE TO

TURN TO, ACCEPT FOR GANGS.

SO THE COMPASSION ISSUE IS

VERY COMPLICATED AND A BIT

MESSY.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON JOSE IN A

FUTURE "THE BRODY FILE"

SHOW.

THESE SAND DUNES LOOK

FAMILIAR.

"RETURN OF THE JEDI" FILMED

RIGHT HERE.

WE WERE TOLD IT WAS ABOUT

120° OUT HERE WHEN THEY

FILMED.

THE FENCE BEHIND ME,

OBVIOUSLY MEXICO ON THE

OTHER SIDE -- FROM THIS

POINT TO THE INTERSTATE,

ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR MILES,

AND THAT IS WHEN MANY OF THE

ILLEGAL ALIENS TRY TO GET

THAT CAR RIDE, QUOTE,"OUT OF

TOWN."

THOUGH IT IS ONLY FOUR

MILES, THOUGH FOUR MILES IS

QUITE A DISTANCE, IN THE

SAND DUNES OUT HERE, WALKING

FOUR MILES IN THIS SAND,

GOOD LUCK.

IT'S TOUGH.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE HEAD

TO THE COLORADO RIVER, AND,

BOY, OUR BORDER PATROL

AGENTS DOING THEIR JOB THERE

AS WELL.

A LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE COME

BACK.

David: AND WELCOME

BACK, EVERYBODY, TO A

SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE

BRODY FILE."

WE'RE ON THE COLORADO

RIVER.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT IS

BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE.

IT IS VERY HOT.

IT IS ALREADY 105°, AND YOU

GET ON THE WATER AND IT IS A

LOT HOTTER.

LET ME GIVE YOU A SENSE OF

WHERE WE'RE AT.

TO MY LEFT IS THE STATE OF

ARIZONA, THE UNITED STATES,

AND TO MY RIGHT IS MEXICO.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE BORDER

PATROL HERE IS DOING.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY PATROLLING

THESE WATERS, ABOUT A MILE,

MILE AND A HALF, OF A

STRETCH OF WATER, COLORADO

RIVER, NOT VERY FAR AT ALL

TO TRAVERSE BETWEEN MEXICO

AND ARIZONA.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN

THE NEXT SEGMENT.

FIRST I WANT TO BRING IN

JENNIFER WISHON, WHO IS IN

GUA GUATEMALA, DEALING WITH

THE STORY ABOUT THE CENTRAL

AMERICAN KIDS TRYING TO GET

UP TO THE UNITED STATES.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FROM DOWN

THERE?

Reporter: HERE IN

CENTRAL AMERICA, IMMIGRATING

TO THE U.S. ILLEGAL IS AS

ORDINARY AS DOING LAUNDRY.

HERE IN GUATEMALA, PEOPLE

THINK NOTHING OF WAKING UP

TO LEARN THEIR NEIGHBOR HAS

LEFT, ON THEIR WAY TO THE

U.S.

WILL IS NO SOCIAL SAFETY NET

IN GUATEMALA.

SO FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN

EXTREME POVERTY, THE CHANCE

OF BEING RAPED OR EVEN DYING

ON THEIR WAY TO THE UNITED

STATES IS BETTER THAN

ANYTHING THEY HAVE TO LOOK

FORWARD TO HERE.

MOST GUATEMALANS ARE POOR.

IT'S THAT POVERTY AND THE

VIOLENCE THAT MOTIVATES

PEOPLE TO FLEE, EVEN TO SEND

THEIR KIDS TO THE U.S.

ALONE.

AND EVERYONE WHO LEAVES

WANTS THE SAME THING.

A BETTER FUTURE FOR

THEM.

TO HAVE WHAT I NEVER HAD IN

MY CHILDHOOD.

Reporter: INSTEAD, THIS

IS WHERE HONDURAN BENATEZ

AND HER TWO CHILDREN ENDED

UP, AN IMMIGRATION HOUSE,

LIKE MANY DOTTED ACROSS

CENTRAL AMERICA.

SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO THE

U.S., BUT A COYOTE, PEOPLE

WHO TAKE THEM THERE FOR A

STEEP FEE, ABANDONED THEM.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE

BORDER BETWEEN HONDURAS AND

GUATEMALA.

I NEVER IMAGINED THIS WOULD

HAPPEN.

I ONLY HAD A BAG OF CLOTHES

FOR MY CHILDREN AND MYSELF

AND DOCUMENTS.

THAT'S ALL.

Reporter: IT IS TOO

DANGEROUS FOR HER CHILDREN

IN HONDURAS.

SO SHE HOPES TO FIND A JOB

IN GUATEMALA AND THIS WINTER

TRY AGAIN.

HERE IS A TYPICAL

IMMIGRANTS' ROOM.

THERE ARE 10 BEDS.

AND IMMIGRANTS ARE ABLE TO

STAY HERE FOR ABOUT TWO

WEEKS.

THE NUMBER OF ADULTS AND

CHILDREN ATTEMPTING TO CROSS

THE BORDER HAVE DECREASED,

BUT AS LONG AS PEOPLE HERE

FEEL STUCK IN POVERTY AND

FEAR VIOLENCE, DAVID,

THEY'LL KEEP TRYING TO GET

INTO THE U.S.

David: THAT'S JENNIFER

WISHON DOWN IN GUATEMALA.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL

STILL BE HERE ON THE

COLORADO RIVER WITH BORDER

PATROL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE

GOING TO TALK TO THE VESSEL

COMMANDER.

IT'S QUITE AN INTERESTING

STORY, HOW THEY OPERATE DOWN

HERE ON THE RIVER.

BACK IN A MOMENT.

David: WELCOME BACK,

EVERYBODY, TO A SPECIAL

EDITION OF "THE BRODY

FILE."

WE'RE DECKED OUT HERE ON THE

COLORADO RIVER.

SHOULD I DO THAT?

David: STEVE, OUR

PHOTOGRAPHER, SAYING GO WITH

IT, IT WORKS.

LOOK, WE'RE ON THE COLORADO

RIVER AND WE TALKED TO THE

VESSEL COMMANDER HERE IN THE

U.S. SECTOR OF THE BORDER

PATROL.

HIS NAME IS TOMAS DIAZ, AND

HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF OUR

CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT

THEY'RE DOING HERE ON THE

RIVER.

WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE --

LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE,

SOMEONE STARTS TO SWIM

ACROSS THE BORDER.

YOU'RE GOING TO WHAT THEN AT

THAT POINT, SPEED UP?

WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE

RULES AND LAWS THAT WE NEED

TO FOLLOW.

AND BASICALLY THEY NEED TO

DO WHAT IS CALLED A

SIGNIFICANT ENTRY.

SO THERE ARE TREATIES.

IF SOMEBODY JUST COMES FROM

MEXICO WITH A BOAT, JUST

TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME

OR JUST FISHING OFFSHORE,

THAT IS NO PROBLEM.

THEY NEED TO MAKE A

SIGNIFICANT ENTRY INTO THE

COUNTRY FOR US TO ACT.

David: SO IF SOMEONE

DOES TRY TO COME ACROSS,

WHAT IF THEY GET TO THE

OTHER SIDE?

THEN DO YOU HAVE TO ALERT

FOLKS ON THE GROUND?

YES.

WELL, WE DO HAVE CERTAIN

TACTICS.

AND WE WORK AS A TEAM.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S

WHY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.

THERE IS NO SUPER HEROS

HERE.

WE'RE HUMANS.

AND NOT ONLY DO WE SEE

PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A

SIGNIFICANT ENTRY, THIS IS

AN AREA FOR DRUG SMUGGLING.

David: HOW LONG OF A

STRETCH HERE ARE YOU

PATROLLING?

OKAY, WELL, THIS AREA

RIGHT HERE IS ROUGHLY A

MILE.

MAYBE TWO MILES.

AND FOR US IT IS KIND OF A

FUNNEL.

BUT WE GO BEYOND THAT.

THIS IS JUST THE AREA.

WE HAVE A ROCK WHERE WE NEED

TO DEPLOY A SECOND VESSEL IF

WE HAVE ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY

BEYOND THIS AREA.

David: THANK YOU FOR

DOING THAT.

THAT IS TOMAS HERE ON THE

COLORADO RIVER.

WE APPRECIATE HIM QUITE A

LOT.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'RE

HEADING 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM

HERE, DOWN TO SAN LUIS,

ARIZONA.

IT IS AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

WE'LL SHOW IT TO YOU UP

CLOSE WHEN WE COME BACK.

.

David: AND WELCOME

BACK, EVERYBODY, TO THIS

SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE

BRODY FILE."

WE'RE HERE IN SAN LUIS,

ARIZONA, NOW.

AND BEHIND ME, ACROSS THE

BORDER -- YOU SEE THE FENCE

BEHIND ME.

AND ACROSS FROM ME IS SAN

LUIS, MEXICO.

THIS WAS A HOT SPOT FOR

ILLEGAL ALIENS TO COME

ACROSS THE BORDER.

BUT SINCE 2005, 2007, RIGHT

AROUND THERE, WHEN IT WAS

GROUND ZERO AND A REAL

PROBLEM HERE, SINCE THEN THE

YUMA SECTOR HAS REALLY

CLEANED THIS PLACE UP.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE

WHOLE SECTOR HAD ABOUT

138,000 BORDER AP

APPREHENSIONS BACK AROUND

THAT 2005 PERIOD, AND NOW

6,000.

THAT'S RIGHT, 138,000, AND

SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS LATER,

WHATEVER IT IS, 6,000.

THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

A LOT OF THEM WERE ILLEGAL

ALIENS COMING THROUGH RIGHT

HERE.

WHY WAS THAT, EXACTLY?

WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO DOUG

CHOY, WHO GIVES US A LITTLE

MORE INSIGHT AS TO WHAT IS

HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT

OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND A LOT

OF MANPOWER DOWN THERE.

WE HAVE THE TRIPLE LAYER

FENCE AND THE PRIMARY FENCE

AND THE SECONDARY FENCE AND

THE CHAIN-LINKED FENCE.

THAT IS THERE TO DETER

ILLEGAL ALIENS.

THAT IS ALSO THERE TO MAKE

IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO

COME INTO THE UNITED

STATES.

AND IT GIVES AGENTS TIME TO

REACT TO THE ILLEGAL ALIENS

THAT ARE TRYING TO ENTER

INTO THE UNITED STATES AND

TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT

APPREHENSION.

THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS VERY

CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

VERY CLOSE TO SHOPPING

AREAS.

IF ILLEGAL ALIENS MAKE THAT

ENTRY HERE, IT DOESN'T TAKE

A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO MAKE

IT INTO THESE AREAS.

David: THAT IS DOUG

CHOY HERE ON "THE BRODY

FILE."

BEFORE WE HEAD TO THE BREAK,

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS

INTERVIEW WE DID WITH MIKE

HUCKABEE.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO

HUCKABEE ABOUT THE

IMMIGRATION ISSUE.

AND, LOOK, A LOT OF THIS AND

THE PROBLEM FOR THE

REPUBLICANS IS THE MESSAGE

MESSAGING ON THE ISSUE.

AND THAT'S WHAT MIKE AND I

DISCUSSED.

WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR WE'RE

FOR THE LAW, BUT WE'RE NOT

AGAINST PEOPLE.

THERE IS A WAY TO BALANCE

THAT.

THE WAY TO BALANCE THAT IS

TO SHOW WE HAVE A REAL

COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE.

AND YET WE HAVE ALSO AN

EXTREMELY STRONG SENSE OF

WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S

WRONG.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO WHAT'S

RIGHT.

NOT JUST FOR OUR SAKE, BUT

FOR THEIR SAKE.

WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME

HERE WHO HAVE TO HIDE OUT.

THAT'S NOT IN THEIR BEST

INTEREST.

SOME WILL BE EXPLOITED

ECONOMICALLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO

SAY TO PEOPLE IS IF YOU COME

HERE AND YOU'RE LIVING IN

THE SHADOWS, REALLY, IT IS

HARD TO PROTECT YOU.

IT IS HARD TO PROTECT YOU

WITH A FAIR WAGE.

IT IS HARD TO PROTECT YOU

WITH FAIR BENEFITS, EVEN

WITH SUCH THINGS AS WORKERS

COMP.

THINGS THAT A LOT OF

AMERICANS TAKE FOR GRANTED.

THEY ASSUME IF THEY GET HURT

ON A JOB, OR IF THEY DO A

JOB, THEY'RE GOING TO GET

PAID WHAT THEY WERE

PROMISED.

A PERSON WHO IS HERE

ILLEGALLY, WHO ARE THEY

GOING TO COMPLAIN TO?

WHO ARE THEY GOING TO SAY

SOMETHING TO?

THE EXPLOITATION OF THE

ILLEGALS IS SOMETHING WE

OUGHT TO SPEAK TO.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO SPEAK TO

THE FACT YOU CAN'T JUST OPEN

THE GATES AND SAY, LIKE

MINNIE PEARL, Y'ALL COME.

BARACK OBAMA HAS BECOME THE

MINNIE PEARL OF

IMMIGRATION.

HE MIGHT AS WELL GET THE

STRAW HAT WITH THE PRICE TAG

ON AND SING THE SONG, YALE

Y'ALL COME.

I THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS

ARE NOT AGAINST IMMIGRANTS.

THEY DON'T RESENT PEOPLE

COMING.

THEY RESENT PEOPLE WHO

DIDN'T PLAY BY THE RULES.

David: MIKE HUCKABEE

ALWAYS PUTTING IT VERY

SUCCINCTLY AND IN A BLESS

YOUR HEART WAY.

WHEN WE COME BACK, THE

OY-VEY MOMENT OF THE WEEK.

IT IS AN IMMIGRATION SPECIAL

YOU WON'T FORGET.

ACCOMPLISH

David: AND WELCOME

BACK, EVERYBODY, TO THE SAN

LUIS BORDER.

TIME NOW, NO MATTER WHAT

SHOW IT IS, WE ALWAYS HAVE

TIME FOR THIS.

IT IS THE OY-VEY MOMENT OF

THE WEEK.

THIS TAKES THE IMMIGRATION

CAKE.

WE'VE BEEN HEARING SO MUCH

ABOUT THESE CENTRAL AMERICAN

KIDS WHO BUST IN TO CERTAIN

PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WELL, ADAM QUASMAN, A LOCAL

POLITICIAN IN THE PHOENIX

AREA, SAW THE CHILDREN

COMING IN NEAR PHOENIX, AND

THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING

TO BE CENTRAL AMERICAN

FAMILIES, AND HE IS OUT

THERE PROTESTING AND HE IS

ANGRY AND HE IS SHOUTING

AND -- OOPS, IT WASN'T

CENTRAL AMERICAN CHILDREN.

IT WAS JUST KIDS GOING TO

THE LOCAL YMCA CAMP.

FOLKS, THAT'S AN IMMIGRATION

OY-VEY MOMENT OF THE WEEK.

HE HAS SINCE APOLOGIZED, OR

WE THINK HE APOLOGIZED.

DEFINITELY EGG ON THE FACE.

TRACY WINBOURNE, OUR

PRODUCER CONFIRMING YOU CAN

SAY "EGG ON THE FACE."

THAT DOES IT FOR US.

BUT BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU, WE

WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME SIGHTS

AND SOUNDS, A LITTLE BIT OF

OUR TRIP HERE IN ARIZONA AND

CALIFORNIA.

*

David: I LOVE YOU,

AMERICA!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

DENNIS IS GETTING A SHOT OF

MY BELLY.

* THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL

THERE *

David: A BIG THANK YOU

TO THE YUMA SECTOR BORDER

PATROL AGENTS.

DAVID HAS BEEN FANTASTIC,

LEROY, JOSH, DOUG, THE WHOLE

CREW.

WE'RE ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS

FOR THEM.

THEY'VE BEEN GREAT, TO THE

POINT WHERE WE FEEL LIKE

WE'RE ALL JUST FAMILY.

WE APPRECIATE THEM, AND,

BOY, WE APPRECIATE WHAT

THEY'RE DOING HERE ON THE

UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

BORDER.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, EVERYBODY,

WE'RE BACK IN THE STUFFY OLD

STUDIO IN WASHINGTON NEXT

WEEK.

UNTIL THEN, GOD BLESS AND

HAVE A GREAT WEEK.



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