During a visit to the southern border on Thursday in Arizona, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) spoke about border security under the Biden administration.
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00:00Bob thanks so much and thanks to all of you guys for doing what you do
00:03It's hard to believe until you see it with your own eyes
00:06Just how bad the policies of the Kamala Harris administration have been when it comes to the southern border
00:12They started their administration Kamala Harris came into office making promises
00:16And she kept those promises to open the American southern border. They stopped deportations on day one
00:23They stopped construction of the border wall on day one
00:26We see the border wall sitting here ready to be completed behind us and that can't happen because of Kamala Harris's administration
00:32They reinstated catch-and-release and they stopped remain in Mexico
00:37So all these asylum claimants who come to our border
00:40They can now get released into our country because they're not forced to stay in Mexico while we adjudicate their asylum claims
00:47And we have to remember that as terrible and idiotic as these policies were they cause real human beings
00:55Beings to suffer a lot of you know my story and I have been a little kid
01:02Waiting at the bedside of his mother
01:05angry that his mom took something that she shouldn't have taken but praying to God, please Jesus let her wake up and
01:12The unfortunate truth is because of the poison that Kamala Harris has let come into this country
01:18There are a lot of those prayers that won't be answered
01:20There are a lot of parents that won't wake up because when you take fentanyl you don't wake up it takes your life
01:26So there are a lot of kids out there who have been deprived of second chances with their moms and dads
01:31There are a lot of moms and dads out there who will never see their kids walk down the aisle
01:35Because of what Kamala Harris has unleashed at this border
01:39The human toll of this is the thing that we cannot forget
01:42We have got kids who can't learn in schools because their kids have been overwhelmed with migrant children who shouldn't be there
01:49We've got hospitals where the wait times have exploded because illegal aliens are standing in front of the line of American citizens
01:56the media needs to tell the truth and Kamala Harris needs to change course on this crazy border nuts border mess or
02:04The the people who suffer the most are the people who can least afford to suffer
02:09now I've heard so many stories just in the last half hour of how these guys have failed the American people and
02:17Especially failed our children
02:18But I want to introduce some of the people who are fighting this day in and day out and some of them
02:24I'm sure can tell you some stories and it's it's just unbelievable
02:28It is unbelievable what we're letting happen at this southern border and we're letting it happen because Kamala Harris
02:34Refuses to do her job what President Trump and I promise to the American people is very simple
02:41This is not rocket science. It is not hard to secure the southern border
02:45You just have to re-implement some common-sense policies. You've got to re-implement remain in Mexico. You've got to stop catch-and-release
02:52you've got to force the asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their claims are being adjudicated and
02:57you've got to finish this border wall and re-implement deportations if people can come into this country and
03:04They know they're never going to be deported you effectively have an open border. That's what Kamala Harris promised
03:09That's what Kamala Harris did and Donald Trump and I promise to do exactly the opposite
03:14So first, of course, we saw a great sheriff of Cochise County Bob Watkins
03:19Thank you for doing what you do. And thanks for answering some of my questions
03:21I want to introduce John Ladd who is a fourth-generation rancher who's told me things today
03:27It's just hard to believe you have people coming into his ranch
03:31Chasing his cattle stealing his equipment destroying his property and his own government refuses to stop it John
03:37I'm sorry as a United States senator
03:39I'm ashamed at what this Harris administration has done and I promise it's gonna get better in about six months. Thank you, John. I
03:47want to talk about
03:49Paul Perez who is at the front line of pushing back against this crazy border policy
03:55if you think about it, have we ever had an
03:58American border policy that is so at odds with the people who are actually doing it
04:04You talk to these Border Patrol agents and they are enraged that the Harris administration won't let them do their job
04:09They just want to keep people safe
04:11They need a president who lets them do that
04:13So Paul if you want to say a few words, I think the media would love to hear from you
04:21So under President Trump we had a secure border
04:25We have the ability the knowledge and the will to secure this border
04:31All we need is somebody like President Trump and Senator Vance to come into and let us do our job
04:39We can secure this border
04:41President Trump
04:43Showed the American people that he can secure the border all
04:47Borders are Harris has shown is that they can create chaos on this border
04:53Our communities are suffering people are overdosing from fentanyl. This can be stopped
04:58There is a playbook President Trump had it and he still has it they can make it happen
05:08Paul thank you. And thanks Brandon for being here. You're our Brandon. Thanks so much
05:12You guys are doing incredible work despite the fact you don't have the support of an administration
05:16I'm gonna close here in a second
05:18But I want to just point out that when the media lies about Kamala Harris being the borders are
05:23Here is what you're lying about
05:25You cannot have an effective border policy unless you have somebody who is coordinating all the different agencies of the u.s
05:32Federal government you need the State Department involved to send people back to their home countries
05:37You need the Department of Justice involved to prosecute these terrible drug crimes
05:41And of course you need DHS involved so that the Border Patrol is empowered to do their job
05:46Kamala Harris as borders are was asked to coordinate all these functions of government and she's done nothing
05:52Every time I asked these guys and I even I even asked, you know, Brandon Paul
05:57Let's play devil's advocate here. Tell me has Kamala Harris done anything you've asked her to do
06:03She is the borders are has your borders are done anything you've asked her to do and the answer is no
06:08They send letters they make phone calls
06:11They are begging the American president and vice president for leadership and their own borders are ignores them
06:18That is a scandal that is a disgrace and to every American watching this it will stop
06:23But only if you elect Donald J. Trump president in just a few months. God bless you guys. Thank you for being here