Markwayne Mullin on the Next Phase of Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Welcome back to Dallas where day two of the Republican midterm convention is underway and President Trump last night declaring the border secure but in the past 16 months a historic record of zero Done by Democrats mostly a couple of Republicans, I guess but done by Democrats Zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States through your border On Texas in Texas they used to be running around running rampant killing people to destroying Many houses and farms and ruining property values and creating havoc all over the state of Texas So with the border secure What's in the next phase of Trump's immigration agenda joining me now to answer that question is DHS Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen, mr Secretary, it's good to see you. Thanks for being real. So what is next? We've talked about deportations. We've talked about h1 b's We've talked about legal immigration and we need to talk about what we do about the existing illegal immigration Population right in the United States. So where is the priority? What is the focus under your DHS? Oh, we got two focuses the worst the worst in parole violators So keep in mind 96% 97% of the individuals that were released in this country the Biden administration Which is a tune of north of 20 million people they were paroled, but they gave a fake number They gave a fake address and then no one checked them That's exactly how we lost the 450,000 kids underneath the Biden administration, which we're trying to find So we prioritize the criminals or pro-violators and the children that are lost. And so when we say The pro-violators, right? We're simply making a phone call or showing up an address they got and say hey, they're not there That's that that probation's in for vote. We chase them down. We arrest them We send them back to the country that came from it with the kids. The kids are Most horrific situation we found we find we we have made this a priority We've rescued over a hundred and fifty thousand kids so far. But the truth is we get them these these kids are I Don't even want to get into some of the situations But they're most are being trafficked and they're supposed to be in school. We go to the schools. We go to homes We start chasing them down track them down And when we find them we put them in a safe condition and some of these kids either do or need therapy for the rest Of their life. It's incredibly sad What about the existing illegal immigration population that is not a pro-violator or does not have a criminal record? So we're not a priority. They need to put it a hundred percent of priority what we found out though We do targeted arrest None of these individuals are ever by themselves, right? You'll never see a video of us going on at going knocking on the house serving a warrant and we only arrest one person They live with multiple illegals. They travel with multiple legal Arrest one individual by a warrant We usually get four point two individuals that are also here illegally, but they didn't have a warrant We didn't know they even existed But we're still sending them back to so we that's why you've seen our numbers increase the last three months DHS has Has broken month after month at arrest records the reason why we're able to do that I'd say DHS because it's not just ice that's out there Ice is out there CBP is out there. The Coast Guard is out there HSI is out there We're all out there working together And so when we when we make these arrests targeted that means every time we go to house every time we pull over vehicle We are a hundred percent making arrests at that point. So we're effective every day But we do know some of the macro numbers We do know that the net migration is negative for the first time in decades, right? It's foreign-born population declining We do know that it's working and it's something that is going to take a long time and a big long effort to continue is Congressman Al Green of Texas Democrat He has some concerns about the job that you're doing and your focus in your priorities And here's what Congressman Green has to say Today we're here to stand for the righteous protection of Transgender person who are migrants who are persons who have literally committed no crime other than they are in this country Transgender immigrants should not have to wonder would I receive my hormones? Will my identity be respected? So the concern there on the other side of the aisle is Transgender, I think that what he said is the reason why he got beaten his own Democrat primary I mean even his constituents his Democrat constituents doesn't agree with Al Green at this point I'm sorry, but he's so irrelevant at this point. So out of touch with individuals. It's it's inexcusable for his behavior It is of course tomorrow the 25th anniversary of 9-11 you and I have spoken about the efforts that are being made not just at the southern border northern border as well To ensure that we are safe that people are coming into this country who are on a terror watch list who are known terrorists I know there's been more than 2,000 known terrorist Suspects who have been deported since President Donald Trump has taken us, but it only takes a few It only takes it only takes a small I know only takes one individual Every single day DHS member DHS was created after 9-11 to connect the dots What had happened in 9-11 is we had a lot of warning signs, but no one was connecting it It was there every all these agencies that were watching these individuals watching from Osama bin Laden Overseas to the people that was that was coming into this country and getting flight training in Norman, Oklahoma No one was connecting and talking what they said what Congress wisely did I'm not saying Congress does a lot of stuff great, even though I served in that body for 13 years But what they did is they said we need an agency that that connects all the dots that brings all them underneath one roof Which is why I need Department of Homeland Security. We have 22 agents or 22 Departments out of all those departments our job every single day is to make sure we're looking at the entire Picture of the threats facing the homeland and we have great men and women 270,000 people that do it every day, but We only know about the way individuals. We're able to find and track down. What's your biggest concern when it comes to those? My biggest concern probably is not for what comes from the land It's what's comes from the air my biggest offense right now or my concern is counter UAS You're seeing it how it's being used very effectively By Russia and Ukraine in a war you see that even Iran now is pushing more towards that you're seeing Hamas use it in Israel And we feel like that's that's that's the most vulnerability we have on the homeland. It's my biggest issue I deal with I was just at a convention in Idaho a Tuesday night Speaking with with manufacturers in this space about our counter UAS measures We're better than most countries, but we're not we're not we're not like where we need it And we are in a conflict with the country who is at the forefront of that type of right warfare in Iran Well, we wish you the best of luck. We thank you for the job. Did you do a mr. Secretary? Good to see you Thank you Be sure to LIKE and subscribe for all the Fox News latest on YouTube and catch full shows streaming now on Fox 1