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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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.