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[00:00:00] so I think that's the right approach but [00:00:02] here's what I'd like President bid to [00:00:04] know and the country to know if we don't [00:00:07] fix parole there will be no deal what do [00:00:10] I mean by that the numbers are just [00:00:13] absolutely shocking the tool the B [00:00:16] Administration uses to implement its [00:00:18] open border policy is the tool called [00:00:21] parole uh from 2013 FY 2014 which would [00:00:26] cover part of 2013 the last [00:00:28] decade Obama and Trump on average pared [00:00:34] 5,623 people on [00:00:37] average last year [00:00:40] fy22 the Biden Administration paroled [00:00:58] 795,000 [00:01:00] there's no way in hell they did an [00:01:02] individual analysis on [00:01:16] 795,000 people from four countries I [00:01:19] think it's Nicaragua Venezuela Cuba uh [00:01:23] what's the other one [00:01:25] Haiti that is not the law the statute [00:01:29] regarding role uh requires an individual [00:01:32] analysis based on two very specific [00:01:34] factors so they have been abusing uh the [00:01:38] tool called parole and when you compare [00:01:41] it to what other presidents have done [00:01:43] they went from [00:01:45] 5,623 a year to [00:01:53] 795,000 well they're at [00:01:58] 82,791 in fiscal year 23 which ended [00:02:02] September uh uh uh FY 23 that started in [00:02:07] September we don't know the last [00:02:12] quarter it's going to be well over a [00:02:15] million so in FY 23 when we get all the [00:02:18] numbers in you're going to have about [00:02:20] 1.2 million people have been paroled to [00:02:23] the American [00:02:25] people what the Biden Administration is [00:02:27] doing is illegal it's incentivizing more [00:02:32] illegal immigration is the tool of [00:02:34] Choice by the Biden Administration to [00:02:37] implement an open borders policy Mr [00:02:40] President there will be no [00:02:42] deal there will be no money for Ukraine [00:02:45] no money for for Israel no money for our [00:02:49] own needs unless you stop the abuse of [00:02:53] parole as well as other things Senator [00:02:57] Langford has done a very good job of [00:02:58] reforming the Asylum law he's done a [00:03:01] good job of implementing new expedited [00:03:04] removal procedures that will allow us to [00:03:07] get better control over the Border but [00:03:10] no matter what we do in terms of [00:03:13] Asylum and other areas of immigration [00:03:16] reform at the border if you don't fix [00:03:18] parole it's all for [00:03:21] nothing so I think there's a very clear [00:03:23] message going to be coming from [00:03:25] republicans in Congress not just in the [00:03:28] Senate but also the house we need to [00:03:31] stop what Biden is doing if you want a [00:03:35] supplemental to get through the United [00:03:37] States Senate and eventually through the [00:03:39] house you have to stop abusing parole [00:03:43] most Americans have no idea that when [00:03:46] President Obama and Trump when they were [00:03:49] President we use this Authority on [00:03:51] average 5600 for the entire year this FY [00:03:56] 23 will be 1.2 million [00:04:00] this is why everybody so upset with [00:04:02] Marcus they're abusing the law in these [00:04:05] negotiations they're looking for every [00:04:07] way to get around the law no matter how [00:04:10] you write it none of us trust the Biden [00:04:13] Administration to implement the law so [00:04:15] there needs to be a hard cap on parole [00:04:18] there needs to be a reforming of the [00:04:19] parole law they need to go back to the [00:04:22] original intent of the law of applying [00:04:24] an individual analysis to each parole [00:04:28] application there needs to be a [00:04:29] reporting requirement to Congress every [00:04:31] month who did you parole and why would [00:04:34] why did you decide to parole that [00:04:36] individual based on these two factors [00:04:39] that to me is uh a minimum in these [00:04:42] negotiations that we get back to the [00:04:44] intent of the parole statute that we get [00:04:47] back to how it was used during the Obama [00:04:49] Trump years and we stop the abuse of [00:04:52] parole there's no way you go from 5,000 [00:04:56] a year to 1.2 million unless you want [00:04:59] want open borders this is exhibit a as [00:05:03] to who they are in the Biden [00:05:04] Administration and if you don't reign in [00:05:07] this Authority they will keep waving [00:05:08] people through until somebody stops them [00:05:12] this is the best chance I've seen since [00:05:14] I've been up here to have true border [00:05:16] security reform I am willing to help [00:05:19] Ukraine I want to help Ukraine God knows [00:05:22] Israel needs help but I can't help [00:05:25] Israel and Ukraine until I help our own [00:05:27] country and if you want to deal with Mr [00:05:29] President stop abusing parole agree to [00:05:33] change in the parole law that will limit [00:05:35] what you do and others that would come [00:05:37] after you and without fixing the parole [00:05:40] problem there will be no defense [00:05:44] supplemental [00:05:46] Senor well thanks Lindsay and thanks for [00:05:48] drawing attention to this uh really [00:05:50] important issue I want to thank Senator [00:05:51] Langford as Senator Graham mentioned has [00:05:54] done a an outstanding job uh pushing [00:05:57] hard for serious meaningful real border [00:06:00] reforms that will stem the flow at our [00:06:04] Southern border and and regain [00:06:06] operational control of something that is [00:06:08] completely completely out of control and [00:06:10] has become a national security crisis um [00:06:15] the numbers speak for themselves you [00:06:17] know Lindsay has uh has again put [00:06:20] together the data on this but when you [00:06:21] look at the former presidencies of both [00:06:24] Obama and Trump and the way parole was [00:06:26] used it was [00:06:28] 5,620 3 on average per year and then you [00:06:32] look at 800,000 in [00:06:34] fy22 uh 800,000 in FY 23 and we think uh [00:06:38] over a million if we stay on Pace for [00:06:41] fiscal year [00:06:43] 2024 um and what's significant about [00:06:45] that is that of the people who come [00:06:48] across the border illegally today [00:06:52] 95% 95% are being released into the [00:06:56] interior of the United States and what's [00:06:57] the mechanism for doing that it's the [00:07:00] abuse and misuse of this Parole [00:07:02] Authority this has to stop now if you [00:07:06] look just again at the numbers in [00:07:07] December we made this um you know if you [00:07:09] look at the average daily count [00:07:12] throughout the month of December it was [00:07:13] 9700 people every single day and um you [00:07:19] look at last year on the terrorist watch [00:07:21] list 159 people were apprehended trying [00:07:23] to come across the border illegally that [00:07:25] are on the terrorist watch list and that [00:07:27] doesn't include the Goda ways but that [00:07:30] 159 is six is is six times the previous [00:07:34] years combined so this is out of control [00:07:39] it is a huge National Security risk and [00:07:41] danger to our country when we don't know [00:07:43] who is coming across the southern border [00:07:45] the people that are getting away but the [00:07:47] people that we apprehending we know are [00:07:50] criminals gang members members of the [00:07:52] terrorist watch list and this situation [00:07:55] has to be gotten under control so as [00:07:57] Senator Graham has pointed out as these [00:08:00] negotiations we hope conclude soon there [00:08:03] have been some significant gains made in [00:08:05] terms of policies that are are real um [00:08:09] and that reduce these pole factors that [00:08:11] are encouraging people to continue to [00:08:13] come across the border illegally uh [00:08:15] dealing with Asylum dealing with border [00:08:17] security measures whether that be a [00:08:19] physical wall or technical barriers uh [00:08:22] dealing with the issue of exped removal [00:08:24] but you cannot fix uh the the problem [00:08:27] that we have the crisis that we have [00:08:29] at our Southern border unless you [00:08:31] address this critical issue of the abuse [00:08:35] by this administration of the Parole [00:08:38] Authority it has to stop and um it's got [00:08:41] to stop [00:08:42] now just one thing uh Senator lber told [00:08:45] us I think a couple of months ago that [00:08:48] parole was a red line for the White [00:08:50] House and uh to the White House it's a [00:08:53] red line for all of us you're not going [00:08:55] to be allowed to continue to do this [00:08:58] you're not going to be all allowed to [00:08:59] abuse the law you're not going to be [00:09:01] allowed to bring about 1.2 million [00:09:03] people into the country uh in calendar [00:09:05] year uh [00:09:08] 2023 in perpetuity the law was written [00:09:12] in a fashion to require an individual [00:09:14] analysis not blanket [00:09:16] parole prior presidents Republicans and [00:09:19] Democrats on average were at [00:09:21] 5600 now these folks in the bid [00:09:24] Administration are pushing a million it [00:09:26] is a red line for all of us that parole [00:09:29] be reformed without parole reform there [00:09:32] will be no [00:09:34] supplemental can you talk about uh [00:09:36] whether you oppose parole for Afghan [00:09:39] refugees and ukrainians and then also [00:09:41] you know Senator Lanford has described [00:09:43] these negotiation his interest I really [00:09:46] focused on a use of at courts of Entry [00:09:49] that is through the cbp1 app and also [00:09:51] between cours of Entry migrants those [00:09:54] are separate issues from everything [00:09:55] you're describing with a reform focused [00:09:58] on that [00:09:59] well we have 125,000 spots for refugees [00:10:03] people that can apply for uh admission [00:10:05] into the country from overseas that's [00:10:07] available to Afghans we're looking at [00:10:10] the Afghan adjustment act for people [00:10:11] that got here but there have been crisis [00:10:15] all over the world uh ever since we've [00:10:19] been around during the Obama Trump years [00:10:21] look how they use parole there is no [00:10:24] good explanation for going from 5,000 on [00:10:28] average a year to almost a million the [00:10:31] only explanation is they're abusing the [00:10:32] tool because they want to get as many [00:10:34] people in the country as they can so the [00:10:37] constant question for Republicans who [00:10:39] are we dealing with are are we dealing [00:10:41] with incompetent people or people who [00:10:43] have an agenda I think this is exhibit a [00:10:45] they have an agenda there is no way in [00:10:48] hell you can have the numbers go from [00:10:52] 5,623 to over 800,000 Without You [00:10:55] intending to bring people into the [00:10:58] country wholesale ignoring the law we're [00:11:00] going to win the lawsuit but Governor [00:11:02] Abbott apparently told John cornin [00:11:04] something very important as to why we [00:11:06] should act now are you expecting me to [00:11:09] sit on the sidelines for the rest of [00:11:11] this year to take a million more no I'm [00:11:13] not to those who think that if president [00:11:16] Trump wins which I hope he does that we [00:11:18] can get a better deal you want you got [00:11:21] to get 60 votes in the United States [00:11:23] Senate what Senator lenford has been [00:11:25] able to achieve in Asylum an expedited [00:11:28] removal and other areas along the border [00:11:30] I think are meaningful reforms but none [00:11:34] of those reforms will work until you [00:11:36] deal with parole so to my Republican [00:11:40] friends to get this kind of border [00:11:43] security without granting a pathway to [00:11:46] citizenship is really unheard [00:11:48] of so if you think you're going to get a [00:11:51] better [00:11:52] deal next time in 25 if PRP uh president [00:11:56] Trump's president Democrats will be [00:11:59] expecting a pathway to CIP for that in [00:12:03] my view so to my Republican colleagues [00:12:07] this is a historic moment to reform the [00:12:09] Border in a way that would give tools to [00:12:12] the next president they don't have today [00:12:14] and lessen the flow to take pressure off [00:12:17] people in Texas and Arizona and all [00:12:19] throughout the [00:12:21] Border yeah when you talk [00:12:26] about I'm gonna leave that up I'm going [00:12:29] to leave that up to the negotiators and [00:12:31] let Senator what we got to do is go home [00:12:33] and tell people we fixed the problem so [00:12:37] most Americans I bet you didn't know [00:12:38] this I didn't know it either most [00:12:40] Americans have no idea how parole is [00:12:42] being abused until now until this very [00:12:44] moment when I had my staff look at the [00:12:47] numbers how has Pearl been used in the [00:12:49] past so when you go back for the last [00:12:52] decade is [00:12:54] 5,623 on average per year and look what [00:12:57] they did last year look what they're [00:12:58] doing this year so without a cap you're [00:13:03] going to have to prove to me you've [00:13:04] changed the law in such a fashion that [00:13:06] this stops I don't know if you can get [00:13:08] there without a [00:13:10] cap you said that senat Lanford has made [00:13:13] made meaningful progress on reform exped [00:13:16] removal you said thats a red line with [00:13:19] the white house if that's the case given [00:13:22] the pressing and time sensitive National [00:13:24] Security of threats fac in this country [00:13:27] wouldn't it be better to just take half [00:13:29] a Lo and then [00:13:31] absolutely not I want to help Ukraine as [00:13:35] much as anybody in the entire Senate but [00:13:38] I'm not going to go home and lie to my [00:13:40] people in South Carolina there is no [00:13:43] said this is a hole that has to be [00:13:48] plugged after finding out the numbers it [00:13:51] would be completely irresponsible for us [00:13:54] as Republicans to say we reformed the [00:13:57] Border we've come up with new border [00:13:59] security measures unless you deal with a [00:14:01] tool that's being used by the open [00:14:04] borders crowd in the Biden [00:14:05] Administration there is no way in hell [00:14:08] we're going to allow this system to go [00:14:11] unaddressed yeah I think it's just a [00:14:14] cator Graham covered it really well but [00:14:16] I don't think there is there aren't um [00:14:19] 60 votes for a National Security [00:14:22] Supplemental Appropriations package that [00:14:25] that doesn't have serious meaningful [00:14:29] border control measures in it and that [00:14:32] don't uh address this fundamental issue [00:14:35] I mean if this is what's being used to [00:14:37] allow 95% of the people who come into [00:14:39] this country illegally to be released [00:14:41] into the interior so paro's got to be a [00:14:44] part of the package um and and how they [00:14:46] do that and I know there are some [00:14:48] conversations you know ongoing right now [00:14:50] about the best way to achieve that but [00:14:52] but it's got to be addressed along with [00:14:53] Asylum and the other things that we [00:14:55] mentioned thank you can I ask what your [00:14:57] response is to con that DHS has [00:14:59] regarding this issue they're they're [00:15:01] worried that if you for tail Paro the [00:15:03] way you want to that would basically [00:15:04] require them to detain these numbers of [00:15:06] people at the [00:15:08] board number one this is a [00:15:11] magnet when 85% of the people who show [00:15:14] up at the border get released into the [00:15:15] country you're never going to change [00:15:17] illegal immigration 95 95 I'm sorry when [00:15:20] n 95 out of 100 people get into the [00:15:23] country they're going to come in [00:15:24] perpetuity this is the tool they're [00:15:27] using to get around the law that exists [00:15:30] today they're abusing the law there is [00:15:33] no legal justification for what they're [00:15:35] doing again this is like 150 times [00:15:39] increas of past presidents to me this is [00:15:42] exhibit a that the Biden Administration [00:15:44] unchecked will never stop this problem [00:15:46] how do you get control of your border [00:15:49] you send people back there's 1.3 million [00:15:52] people in this country with a final [00:15:54] order of removal how about this idea [00:15:57] send some of them back they've had due [00:15:59] process they're waiting around to be [00:16:01] sent home when people see people leaving [00:16:03] America and it's harder to get in the [00:16:06] numbers will go down so to President [00:16:09] Biden and to my Democratic friends who [00:16:11] talk to me about Ukraine I'm with you on [00:16:13] Ukraine but if you expect me to give you [00:16:16] a pass on this you're crazy there's no [00:16:19] way any of us are going to give you a [00:16:21] pass to allow you to continue to parole [00:16:24] people into the country over 800,000 a [00:16:26] year this year FY uh 20 calendar year F [00:16:31] 23 1.2 million that's going to stop if [00:16:35] if this Parole Authority means that much [00:16:37] to you to let Western Europe crumble so [00:16:39] be [00:16:39] it we're having to make them do this by [00:16:42] the way they should want to change this [00:16:46] system and want follow on that Senator [00:16:49] yeah um you did mention uh former [00:16:51] president Trump do you believe that if [00:16:53] there is a deal you can get the votes to [00:16:55] pass the Senate and more importantly the [00:16:56] house without his support or doesn't to [00:16:59] well I I I'll be glad to brief president [00:17:01] Trump about what we have but right now I [00:17:03] could tell him what we have is woefully [00:17:05] inadequate because we've done nothing to [00:17:07] meaningful to deal with pearl why do you [00:17:09] think there's such a discon between [00:17:11] Senate Republicans and House Republicans [00:17:12] on this issue just this morning Johnson [00:17:14] said now is not the time for [00:17:16] comprehensive immigration I agree with [00:17:18] him there is no disconnect none zero zip [00:17:22] we're not giving any Pathway to [00:17:24] citizenship period we're securing our [00:17:26] border because it's a national security [00:17:29] nightmare so there's a disconnect on [00:17:31] your end nobody is suggesting on the [00:17:34] Republican side in the Senate that you [00:17:36] get something for border security other [00:17:38] than a more secure nation and money for [00:17:41] Ukraine and money for uh uh Israel so I [00:17:44] think the speaker is very much in line [00:17:47] with where we're at I've done [00:17:48] immigration reform many times this is [00:17:51] not immigration reform folks this is [00:17:54] trying to gain control of a border [00:17:55] that's completely in chaos 12 170 [00:17:59] something people on the terror watch [00:18:00] list have S uh come across the border in [00:18:03] in recent years everything is going up [00:18:06] in the wrong way so this is not about [00:18:08] immigration reform this is about border [00:18:11] security and and let me just add to that [00:18:13] and it and it's a yeah it's 170 million [00:18:15] people or 170 people on terrorist watch [00:18:17] list just this last year um but to the [00:18:21] point about that and this is not [00:18:22] comprehensive this is this is border [00:18:25] security reform something that we've [00:18:27] been advocating [00:18:28] since I've been here I think in the [00:18:30] United States Senate and I would just [00:18:32] say too and again I understand the house [00:18:34] is going to have their own way of [00:18:35] dealing um with whatever if we can get [00:18:37] something out of the Senate they'll have [00:18:38] to figure out how they're going to [00:18:39] process it but I will say this any idea [00:18:42] that somehow if we get majorities next [00:18:45] year and we get the White House that [00:18:47] this gets done um with the Republican [00:18:50] majority of the Senate I think is is [00:18:52] doesn't understand the Democrats there [00:18:54] will the Democrats will not give us will [00:18:57] not give us anything close to this uh if [00:19:01] we have to get 60 votes in the United [00:19:02] States Senate in a republican majority [00:19:04] we have a unique opportunity here and um [00:19:08] the the timing is right to to do this [00:19:10] and what the Democrats get out of this [00:19:12] is uh funding that the administration of [00:19:14] the White House and many of the [00:19:15] Democrats here in the Senate want uh for [00:19:17] Ukraine give me your last comments would [00:19:19] you have problems with expedit work [00:19:21] permits or some concessions I'm going to [00:19:23] leave it up to Senator lford to find out [00:19:25] you know what's the be pathway forward [00:19:28] uh I guess here here's what I would say [00:19:30] about the Senate hr2 came out of the [00:19:35] house very strong he got zero Democratic [00:19:39] votes in the house in the Senate I'm [00:19:42] Excuse me well no hr2 came out of the [00:19:44] house without any Democratic support oh [00:19:46] Sor yeah we're supposed to get 60 so how [00:19:49] do we get 11 Democrats when they [00:19:51] couldn't get any we've lost Rand Paul [00:19:54] he's against hr2 so I understand hr2 but [00:19:58] here I also understand Civics if you [00:20:01] pass a bill in the Republican control [00:20:03] house without one [00:20:05] Democratic vote is very difficult for US [00:20:08] senator th the whip to go get 11 [00:20:11] Democrats to do something not one [00:20:13] Democrat in the house would do and we've [00:20:15] actually lost Rand Paul so where are we [00:20:17] at we have a historic opportunity to [00:20:20] bring about border security reform to [00:20:24] stop the abuse of parole to get [00:20:27] substantial changes but not what I would [00:20:30] like completely because the only way you [00:20:33] ever get the Border secured in my [00:20:35] opinion is have a Republican president [00:20:36] willing to do it but we're going to [00:20:38] insist on major changes as uh part of [00:20:42] the [00:20:42] supplemental uh to the White House we've [00:20:45] exposed you for who you are you are [00:20:47] absolutely abusing the law when it comes [00:20:49] to appro and don't even think about [00:20:52] submitting a bill to the Senate that [00:20:54] will get 60 votes until we fix this [00:20:57] problem [00:21:01] go the administration refusing law yeah [00:21:04] I have [00:21:07] whyt there are there cases right now [00:21:10] they don't seem to be moving well [00:21:11] they're not moving as fast as I would [00:21:13] like so you know what I worry about [00:21:15] every day waking up some terrorist comes [00:21:17] in and kills us I've never [00:21:20] seen the conditions for another 911 uh [00:21:23] against our homeland better than right [00:21:25] now the faes in Afghanistan has put [00:21:28] every jihadist on steroids Hamas is [00:21:31] calling for an attack on the United [00:21:33] States they want to punish us for [00:21:34] helping Israel and we got a border [00:21:37] that's completely broken they're waving [00:21:39] people through they're not doing an [00:21:41] individual analysis only God knows this [00:21:44] seat this app they have where you put [00:21:45] your name down and where you live they [00:21:47] let you in give you a work pit that [00:21:49] that's a joke we're playing Russian [00:21:51] roulette with the American People's [00:21:53] National Security by having a completely [00:21:55] broken border so at the end end of the [00:21:58] day we don't have time to wait on the [00:21:59] lawsuit and Governor Abbott said I don't [00:22:02] have time to wait for the November [00:22:04] election I need help and I need it [00:22:08] now hot water CR that you're all [00:22:13] trying how do you convince him when you [00:22:16] get this done to do something that's [00:22:18] only going to put him in more hot [00:22:22] water here's what I would say if you're [00:22:25] really conservative person you'd want to [00:22:27] fix things the best you could so [00:22:31] hr2 was unable to get any Democratic [00:22:34] support in the senate in the house we [00:22:37] lost one Republican uh in the Senate so [00:22:40] to the conservative world you have a [00:22:43] unique opportunity as Senator th [00:22:45] described to get border security reform [00:22:48] without giving amnesty or Pathway to [00:22:50] citizenship to one person this moment [00:22:53] will pass do not let it [00:22:56] pass big picture I just want to ask you [00:22:58] you were part of a group about a decade [00:23:00] ago that negotiated immigration very [00:23:02] different than we're talking about today [00:23:04] why have things changed so much and and [00:23:06] I guess what your what are your [00:23:07] observations about [00:23:09] how uh the criticism in the past has [00:23:12] been that Democrats really don't want [00:23:15] secure [00:23:16] borders uh all the bills we had in the [00:23:19] past had border security had a a strong [00:23:22] border security the Democratic party has [00:23:24] changed the Democratic party that [00:23:26] existed in 201 1 doesn't exist today AOC [00:23:30] and that crowd they would rebel against [00:23:33] what we did in 2013 so rather than [00:23:36] trying to tell you what people think I'm [00:23:39] going to tell you what they're doing [00:23:41] what they're doing is creating a [00:23:43] nightmare for American National Security [00:23:45] by enticing people from all over the [00:23:47] world to take a dangerous Journey when [00:23:49] you get to our border you have a 95% [00:23:51] chance of getting released in the United [00:23:53] States until that changes nothing will [00:23:55] ever change and the tool most abuse used [00:23:58] is parole so we're down to the last 10 [00:24:01] yard line I think inside the 20 for sure [00:24:04] on Border Security Supplemental [00:24:07] negotiations what stands out to me like [00:24:09] a uh a signal from space that you can [00:24:13] see from space's parole they have [00:24:15] resisted at every turn any effort on [00:24:19] part of Senator lenford to bring about [00:24:21] meaningful parole reform it is now time [00:24:23] to call the question if you do not [00:24:26] address this problem in in a meaningful [00:24:28] way there will be no bill and you have [00:24:31] nobody to blame but yourself to expect [00:24:33] Republicans and I hope some Democrats to [00:24:36] sit on the sidelines and watch you do [00:24:39] this forever is ridiculous we're not [00:24:41] going to allow you to go from [00:24:45] 5,623 in past administrations to 82,000 [00:24:49] without the fourth quarter numbers even [00:24:51] being reported that is not going to [00:24:53] continue thank [00:24:56] you opportun for maybe