>> on that question, the 1.3 million are arrests i think made by cbp. they are referred. they are -- cbp makes the decision about whether with those people into removal proceedings or to refer them to the justice department for prosecution. we have this year charged thousands of cases, thousands of cases, criminal cases, with respect to violations of the immigration laws, with respect to crossing of borders. i don't have the exact number. but the number is in the thousands. >> my time is expired. i express the concern, because when the department becomes focused on things that are not part of its business, harassing, intimidating parents of america, sometimes lose focus on the things that only the federal government can do. like controlling our border from the dangerous effects of illegal immigration. thank you. >> senator cruz and cotton are speaking three-minute rounds, is that correct? senator booker as well. senator booker. >> in recent months, there's been a disturbing spike in harassment and intimidation and threats of violence against school administrators, teacher

in this case, we were asked to come in and support our partners at hhs and cbp. we no longer have a role. it is done more throughout interagency avenues. >> how much money has been extended for the limited role that you say fema had? >> i don't have the exact dollar amount but all the funding has been reimbursed by those agencies. >> could you get the numbers for us? could you report on why you were there? the dollars that were spent? are you still there? >> we have nobody that is supporting that mission directly. it is all being supported through normal interagency venues. >> ok. is there any other outstanding issues with other states that your agency either needs to respond to or has not responded to? >> i would have to know specifically what types of events you are talking about. to my knowledge, we are still managing recovery from disasters across this country. we will continue to support those disaster response and recovery efforts. >> you lead off with the fact that climate change is an overriding issue. i guess money is no object when it comes to combating

cbp has done an extremely good job of checking the trucks and a check in the this material and it is an overwhelming problem run by the cartels. and the dea is working extremely hard on this manner. dumb academic matter. when i was in mexico city we talked in their security and the secretary as i raised precisely this issue. >> the gentleman's time is expired. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. attorney general, as someone who was born in the soviet union, i am disturbed, very disturbed, by the use of the department of justice as a political tool, and its power to suppress public discourse. the fbi has started to resemble all kgb with secret surveillance and wiretapping and surveillance of citizens. it's interesting that during the soviet era the united states criticized the use of the domestic terrorism concept in the ussr as a tool to suppress free speech and political dissent. in your recent statement in the antiabortion law you said it is the foremost responsibility of the department of justice to defend the constitution. do you plan to defend the second amended rights which are expl

we -- and in this case we were asked to come and help coordinate and support our partners at hhs and cbp are. we have a limited role and we no longer have a presence in supporting that mission and it came to us to her normal interagency avenue. >> how much money is then expanded? >> i don't have the exact dollar amount at all of the funding has been reversed by those agencies. >> could you get the numbers for us? could you report on why the dollars that were spent are still bare? >> we have nobody that is supporting that mission directly prince being supported through onour interagency venue. >> is there any other outstanding issues with other states that your agency needs to respond to or hasn't responded to? >> i would have to look specifically at what events you are talking about but to my knowledge we are still managing recovery so we will continue to support the disaster response and recovery effort. >> you left off with the fact that climate change is an overriding issue and i guess money is no object for combating climate change. are you aware of the study by m.i.t. that set in ev

inaudible ] pay for itself so that as international flights come in, they can have border agents or cbp custom agents to receive the flights. is that still a program that dhs supports, if local airports want to do that? >> it is. congressman, thank you. it is a program that is implemented on a fact-specific circumstance, a specific basis,s and we look forward to speakingk with you about it in the jurisdiction that you identified.sd >> great, thank you. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back.. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary mayorkas, good to see you. we have a letter that i know has been referenced from outgoing ha border patrol chief rodney scott that basically claimed great concern that he's witnessed lack of meaningful effort to secure the southern border. i would like to ask you, this person was 29 years in the department, a nonpartisan actor, somebody that served five administrations with the only o goal of securing this country. is the border more secure under your leadership than when you star

i'm sure the department is going to slow -- i hear this from my sources within cbp who pull these numbers for these reports together. but the reason -- when we had the humanitarian crisis, we talked about this before and the border patrol agents surged suro this area, the criminal cartels decide where the large groups go, what time they go because they know the border patrol will respond to the humanitarian crisis, that leaves the border empty and that's when they move the fentanyl across. it's a public health crisis. it's a national security crisis. when we have the border unguarded, how many people on terrorist watch lists got through with the 350,000. they arrested 11 this year on the terrorist watch list. these are people that don't want to get caught. they don't want to turn themselves in. maria: it's likely, because they don't want to get caught. so yeah, the gentleman who came on and said 100,000 was talking about the last few months. so it jives with what you're saying. you're saying 350,000 got-aways so far this year. let's talk about enforcement. the department of homeland secur

since that time cbp showed data of two straight months of illegal encounters above 200,000 which hasn't happened in decades. my question is when is your plan going to work? >> in fact, we are implementing the plan, senator hawley, and i can walk through the measures we've taken. >> my question is when is it going to work? >> it is, in fact, working. we have seen in the last several weeks, if not a month, a drop in the number of encounters at the united states border. we have been working very closely with mexico to increase interdictions. we have addressed the issue of recidivism. if, in fact, people have been removed we are referring them to criminal prosecution. we have made flights across the border to expulsion of title 42. >> i want to make sure i understand. 200,000 border encounters over two straight months, a record for over decades, and you're telling me this is success? are you happy with what's happening at the border right now? is this success? >> senator, as i said then and i say now. we have a plan, we're executing on our plan and we will continue to do so -- >> but you ju

they suffered many covid deaths at cbp and border be patrol. they were at work this last year and-a-half. they weren't shut down. they didn't do their job by zoom. they were out there, protecting us each and every day. they deserve our support and having them put in this impossible situation where this unprecedented surge at the border, they don't deserve it. they deserve our praise, not our condemnation. dagen: the united states president, lying, lying, about what happened with those agents honorsback. lying about it. that's where we are -- horseback. that's where we are. always a pleasure, sir. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. good morning. dagen: coming up, captain kirk heading to space for real. next, we'll take you live to texas ahead of the blue origin flight with william shatner on board. don't forget to tube into fox business prime time tonight, american gold starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern, followed by the pursuit with john rich. that's at 9:00. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. you founded your kay

del rio, i was under the bridge the day they had 18,000 migrant and the one thing they told me, the cbp officers, the border patrol officers, if you this this is bad just wait and here we are and, again, one of those things where what is the administration doing? they are leading us back into the crisis again and even worse crisis, an even worse situation where there are literally thousands of migrants who are coming up, many reporters have been covering this. at what point in time does the administration say enough is enough around apparently they ad apparently they are doing this themselves. maria: it's been fox news and fox business, this program. i went to the border three times. there are others at this network bill is doing an incredible job, sarah carter has done a great job so we are trying to put a spotlight on this situation because we recognize 1.7 million people were apprehended at the border year to date, that's 2021. we took a helicopter ride to see what is going on. that does not include the got-aways, where do you believe the people that don't want to get apprehended and

ainsley: this was the yuma cbp chief is reporting a surge in middle class families migrating from south america, saying, "they got off the plane and went to a cab, or to a bus, literally were driven up and just walked up and then turned themselves over to us." brian: lindsey graham says they are ending up in connecticut with their gucci bags and designer shoes or was it gucci shoes and designer bags i'm not sure but these affluent people their lives have fallen apart because brazil's economy has crashed and so has venezuela and they say it's easy to get in if you pretend you're poor or working class because you get these ridiculous get into country free tickets. lets head down now to bracket ville, texas where fox & friends enterprise reporter lawrence jones has been working the story and is covering the crisis first-handment i don't know how many people with designer shoes you've seen, but you've seen a lot of people, lawrence. reporter: we've seen a lot of people, and brian, good morning, family. i've gotta tell you, a lot of people are asking, why is fox news here? we're here because

griff: now, yesterday afternoon, i was pressing cbp for specific number i would like to get. now, we know on record that there are more than 325 gang members that have been apprehended this fiscal year more than 150 in the rgv where we have had a reporter and, lawrence, where you have been. i asked him how many migrants have hit the terrorist screening data base the tsdb and they said we don't keep that number but when i was in panama, i was told that at least 52 terrorists, known terrorists had crossed that darian gap in route to the u.s. guys. lawrence: griff, we know there are 30,000 migrants waiting right now to cross that border. real quickly and i know you stated this with the leader of that group. for the audience, why are people coming now? griff: they are coming now, lawrence, because they are getting a clear message that if you come, you will succeed. no matter how treacherous your journey is, if you survive that journey, you will be allowed to say. in fact, rachel, as you mentioned earlier, there are 12 couples in tijuana where i spent time in that camp that just g