- Thank you, Tara.

Well, Congressman Troy Nehlsis a Republican from Texas

and he joins us now.

Congressman, thank you forcoming on this evening.

The Biden administrationsays the border is closed,

but a lot of these imagesthat Tara was showing us,

they don't convey that.

Over the weekend, the mayor of Del Rio,

who we heard from inTara's story, had this.

He tweeted, "The VP is able to visit

the fun events across the country

while American communitiescontinue to grapple

with failed immigration reform.

Where is the visit to Del Rio, Texas?"

Does the administration,congressman, have a grasp

on how serious thesituation is at the border?

- Jenna, thank you for having me.

It's interesting that Mayorkas said,

DHS Secretary Mayorkas saidmonths ago the border is closed

and I believe he may haveeven said it again today

that our border is closed.

I've been down to the border.

I've been to Del Rio.

I've been to Laredo allthe way to Yuma, Arizona,

to San Diego, California,

and I can assure youand the American people

that our Southern border is not closed.

You don't have 1.2 millionpeople over the last nine months

making that trek fromcountries across the world,

across the globe.

Initially it was, "Well, we're worried

about the Northern Triangle countries."

We've had individuals thathave been brought over

from Ecuador, Russia, China.

They're coming from every place.

And so, no, the border is not closed.

They're in denial.

But I think this is an orchestrated plan

by this administration.

This isn't by accident.

But what do you think,Jenna, was going to happen

when you have a president whowas a candidate back then,

even before he was sworn in,that invited everybody over.

He said, "Come on over,

come on over to thisgreat country of ours."

So, now they're here.

We've been dealing withthis crisis for nine months,

and now he wants to tell those from Haiti,

"You're going back."

Good luck with all that.

- By some estimates, Congressman,

there are anywhere between12 to 15,000 people

in those makeshift camps in Del Rio.

How far along is this DHSmass deportation effort?

And then secondly, canI get you to comment,

your colleague on theHomeland Security Department,

Chairman Bennie Thompson, istalking about the mistreatment

of using whips and horses

to round up these Haitian migrants.

Would you care to comment on that as well?

- Oh, I don't know what Bennie's watching.

I don't know.

It's so sad that this immigrationpolicy or lack thereof

is so partisan today,

but I don't know what Bennieis necessarily referring to.

We do know that theDepartment of Public Safety

from the great state of Texas is there

with the National Guard tohelp augment the border patrol.

And what your listeners need to understand

is that that is the state of Texas' money.

Because the Federal Government refuses

to secure our Southern border,

Governor Abbott fromthe great state of Texas

was spending taxpayer dollars from Texas

to augment the border patrol.

But I'm not sure what he's referring to.

I'm sure that there are many individuals

that are trying to run and maybe evade

or they don't wanna be apprehended.

But again, I'm going to reserve comment.

All I do know is this,is I've been down there,

I've been at the borderand I've seen people,

hundreds of them, justwalking across the Rio Grande

through Del Rio to come to America

because they truly understand

that this Federal Government of ours

that's spending trillions of dollars,

that we will line their pockets with cash,

we will give them healthcare,

we're gonna educate their children,

we're gonna educate their older children

by giving them some free college.

And eventually folks, let's not forget,

we want to make you all citizens.

And this is Joe Biden andI approve this message.

- Congressman Troy Nehls ofTexas, we will leave it there.

Thank you for coming on.

- Thank you, Congressman.- Thank you, God bless.