Thousands March North: How the Midterms Sparked a New Migrant Caravan

The Isaiah Factor Uncensored starts now. And welcome back to The Factor Uncensored, breaking news out of the state of Mississippi. A major announcement there when it comes to the race for the U.S. Senate seat. The first time in 140 years since Reconstruction, there is now a black person as a newly elected U.S. Senator in the state of Mississippi. He is Scott Colome, and he defeated sitting Senator Cindy Hyde Smith and of course they made that. That announcement, the Associated Press announced that the numbers are in, not completely. Those numbers are still trickling in as we speak, but they have declared Colome the new U.S. Senator for the state of Mississippi. That gives us, on the balance scale, 55 Democrats in the Senate, along with 44. Now, still out. We're still waiting to see what happens with that one seat from Alaska. Huge rural state, and it takes time to get the count there. And of course, we'll continue to follow this here on The Factor Uncensored. Now, let's take a listen to now-Senator-elect Colome tonight in Mississippi. But we all know that prayer is only a part of our Mississippi faith tradition. You need faith. And I'll tell you, throughout this campaign, There were many times where I had to have faith. There were times that I couldn't get donors to answer the phone. They did not believe a moment like this was possible, but I kept the faith. And of course, that's newly elected US Senator Scott Colome out of the state of Mississippi who will be sworn in likely in January. If those numbers hold, it has been called by the Associated Press. Now on to this. You may have noticed on national news, you may have seen it on the headlines, long lines of migrants through South and Central America headed to the United States. They may have received the wrong message as a result of the blue wave. Many of them feel like that they can get into the United States now that the Democrats are in power. The question is, will that happen? Many conservatives say this is the problem with the Democrats being in power. We're going to discuss that first here on The Factor Uncensored tonight. We have with us Elisa Dutt, who is the former mayor of Piney Point. And of course, a very familiar face, Cesar Espinosa from Fiel. So Cesar, did they get the wrong message or are they just going by faith? I saw some interviews with some migrants on the road to the United States saying that they felt like this was a prayer answered by God. And that now they may be able to get their chance of fresh start in the United States. Your thoughts about that, Cesar? They absolutely got the wrong message. I mean, I think that there's, what we've heard from people in the past with other caravans, there is a criminal element. There is an element that uses this to try to persuade people to come so then they can make money by smuggling people in the country. But one of the things that we always tell people is that it is a Okay, nobody should try to do it and and we should wait to see what happens if anything happens on the terms of immigration reform to see where we go next. But obviously them risking their lives, them risking and sometimes their children's lives and then coming is just is just not. The right time or the right way to do it. Now, obviously, it sends a bad message to the United States as well, because, you know, we have people that are coming in blind faith when in reality they're going to face. A crisis at the US-Mexico border when they're not being allowed to come in, and then they have to sometimes remain in Mexico. One of the things that we always tell people, and that we still tell people, even people that are here right now, is that at the end of the day, we still have a Trump as a president. And at the end of the day, there's still a lot that we have to do to fix our broken immigration system. But this is not a win all, this is not an invite, this is not- This is definitely a wrong message that has been given to people in the sense of false hope. And Elisa, do we think, The Iron Gate will stay in place when we move to a more blue country where we're seeing the Democrats take over? Or do you think the immigration policies that we currently have in place will stay the same and as strong as some conservatives believe it is? Well, I think you're going to see a mix. Obviously, the electorate has spoken last Tuesday in regards to electing a number of Democrats, especially, of course, in Texas. Texas, and the message is, That we have to wait and see. You're absolutely right, Cesar. I mean, I just feel for the people who are migrating up north, it's a dangerous trip. And we need, there are families and kids and women and men who are risking everything. And I just worry about this mass migration north and all the perils associated with. And in terms of policy and procedure, we just, obviously, there's a big change in our House and Senate, both in terms of House and Texas, but we're going to have And of course, on a national level, and we just need to make sure we have the right information before we make some drastic moves. Now, we know Governor Abbott reinforced the Iron Gate here in the state of Texas. Do you see any potential changes with Governor-elect Hinojosa being in charge, or you'll have to wait and see with that as well? I think we're going to have to wait and see, but certainly the governor-elect has made it very clear that she was going to take a hard look at how, of course, we've treated policy. We've had a lot of border policies in the past, and obviously it will be a little more open immigration policy from the governor-elect, and we do. We have to wait and see. We can't make rash decisions. I mean, the new electives haven't even taken office as we know, so. We have to be sensible. And Cesar, does this mean it's time, time now for true immigration reform here in the United States? Something comprehensive that would be clear, laid out and current with 2026 or when they come into office 2027. Is that something you're asking elected officials who may be part of this blue wave? I think we have been asking for that, and we're gonna continue to ask for that until something happens. I mean, one of the things we can't do, even Trump said it himself, even if they deport a million people a year for the four years that he's here, they're still gonna leave about 16 million people without status. In the United States and what do we do with those folks who are working hard who are who are providing and yes, there are some bad apples in there for the most part, we have good hard working people that are providing for their families and that are continuing to build America and what do we do with them? And one of the things that we want to be very clear and you're going to hear me say this again and again is that we don't necessarily side with some of the national organizations that say citizenship or nothing. That's like telling somebody that's drowning. Hey, Let me go build you a house and just hang on for a couple of years while we build you a house and build you the perfect white picket fence. No, we need something now that will at least slow down the deportation machine and will allow people to come out of the shadows and integrate fully into American society, which many of us, that's exactly what we've been working for for over decades. All right. We want to thank you both for joining us here on The Factor on Sin City.