No BS Newshour Episode #363
¿Por Que´?
Why was a Venezuelan national – designated by the US Government as a terrorist – allowed to come in and do what he pleases in Dearborn, Michigan?
Why is he allowed to work?
Why is he still here?
Did he vote?
Everything you need to know about immigration. In less than an hour.
With Todd Bensman – Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies.
And Michigan House Majority Leader Rep. Bryan Posthumus.
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Transcript:
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Welcome to No Bullshit News Hour,
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the immigration special.
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Let me remind everybody,
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this is a podcast where we do work.
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We don’t just blah,
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blah, blah.
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We do work.
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So while the press and the politicians bicker whether
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to re-import an MS-13 gang member so he might be re-deported
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properly,
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nobody’s talking about the more serious threat in
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Dearborn.
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Issam Bazi,
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a man designated as a known or suspected terrorist,
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is living near a KFC allowed to walk around and do
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as he pleases.
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According to highly sensitive documents provided to
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me by a frustrated member of the intelligence community,
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the Biden administration knowingly released Bazi into
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the interior in December 2021 after he was caught
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with his wife and daughter waiting across the Rio
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Grande. This despite the fact that Bazi was a positive
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hit on the FBI’s terror watch list.
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Let me say it again.
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A positive hit on the terror watch list.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained
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Bazi as a serious threat,
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as they should have,
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and they sent the file to the FBI.
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And the FBI advised ICE that Bazi be held because
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he was a flight risk.
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Nevertheless,
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somebody in Washington overrode the FBI’s instructions
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and ordered Bazi released because he was,
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wait for it,
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Chubby, overweight,
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susceptible to COVID,
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according to those documents.
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Bazzi’s case was the first public acknowledgement
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ever
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that a person on the terror watch list had ever knowingly
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been granted entry into the country.
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As a rule,
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migrants on that list attempting to enter the U.S.
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are detained,
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interrogated,
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then deported.
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There’s your due process.
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But that didn’t happen to Bazi.
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In fact, Bazi had applied for a visa under the Trump’s
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first administration in 2019,
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but was denied after screening revealed that he was
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a, quote,
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now, category 5 group member of an unspecified terror
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organization with,
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quote, substantive high side derogatory information,
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unquote.
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Under the Biden border free for all,
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however, Bazi and 98 others on that list were granted
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entry and given bus and airplane tickets to their
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destinations of preference.
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And since then,
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4 known or suspected terrorists led in the country
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on that list have successfully registered for Medicaid.
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Not much is known about Bazi.
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He’s 54 and was born in Lebanon and fled to Venezuela
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in the early 90s in the wake of the violence there.
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Bazzi is plump and has poor manners and never thanked
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me for the housewarming gift I brought him back in
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2022, a floral arrangement from a dead man’s wake.
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In light of the hand wrigging over Kilmar Obrega Garcia,
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the human trafficking tattooed gangbanger from El
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Salvador,
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there’s no question about that.
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I thought it’s time to check up on Bazzi’s status.
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An old woman at the Dearborn house,
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where Bazi supposedly stays,
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said Bazi does live there,
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but was away at work.
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Biden granted all the Venezuelans temporary protective
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status and they get to work.
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A guy in the terror watch list gets to work,
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can apply for Medicaid and walk around.
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But here’s what I found about Bazi.
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From congressional sources,
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this is as shocking as it is confounding.
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Last month,
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Joseph Humiri,
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an international terrorism expert,
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testified before the House Oversight Committee and
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specifically detailed Bazi’s case.
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While Bazi’s Dearborn’s relatives described him to
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me as a mild-mannered former clothing store owner,
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Humiri says there’s something more sinister at play.
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And let me quote his testimony.
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Quote,
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Review of corporate records and interviews in Venezuela
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reveal that Bazzi is far from a modest immigrant seeking
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asylum in the U.S.
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and has close ties to high-ranking members of the
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Venezuelan government.
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He goes on.
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In Venezuela,
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Bazzi is known for his business activities on Margarita
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Island. On the island,
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he owned luxury apartments,
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yachts, and helped finance a commercial building with
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ties to the Venezuelan government.
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Bazi maintained close connections to senior figures
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in the Maduro regime,
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notably the family of Tarek El-Asami,
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the former vice president and minister of petroleum,
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who’s accused of corruption,
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money laundering with alleged ties to Hezbollah and
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is on ICE’s most wanted list.
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Only weeks prior to making his trip to the U.S.
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southwest border,
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Bazi reportedly attended the funeral of relatives at
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Tariq El-Asami.
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Bazi’s profile rights,
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who marry,
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fits more as a logistical financier rather than a
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potential asylum seeker.
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What in the world?
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We got a fucking potential Tony Montana over here.
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Why is this guy allegedly affiliated with an international
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drug smuggling and terror cartel allowed to live among
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us?
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Maybe Bozzi’s a deep state asset.
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But if that’s true,
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then why doesn’t the rest of the deep state not know?
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And if they need help finding him,
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they can just let me know.
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I can take you to his front door.
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It’s just down the street from the KFC.
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Now, today on the show,
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so you can be educated,
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about immigration and voting and what’s going on.
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You need to be educated.
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So I brought in the experts.
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We have Todd Bensman.
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If you watch the show,
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you know him.
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He’s the National Security Fellow at the Center for
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Immigration Studies.
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He wrote this book,
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Overrun. It’s the only one.
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It is a classic.
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It’s an easy read and it’s historic because nobody
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else did the freaking work.
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And we have Michigan State Representative Brian Posthumus.
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right? Posthumus,
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not posthumus.
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He is the sponsor of legislation making its way through
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the state house that codifies voting for citizens
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only. So they’ll be joining us.
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But first,
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though, as I promised,
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here’s the world premiere of the terrorists among
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us, allegedly.
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He’s not here now?
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Is he working?
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Yeah. Does he,
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is he allowed to work?
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I don’t know.
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Care watch list.
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He’s working.
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Sheesh. I found out the Border Patrol caught a man
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and his family sneaking in over the Texas border last
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November.
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His name is Asam Bazzi.
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He’s listed on the terrorist watch list as a high
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classified,
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known or suspected terrorist.
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Anyhow, they let him in anyway.
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He’s living here in Dearborn.
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I even brought Mr.
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Bazzi A housewarming gift.
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It’s a plant from a dead man’s wake.
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Now I don’t know much about the man except he’s got
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no manners.
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I mean, he never thanked me for the plant I left on
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his porch.
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Come in here for a year and a half now.
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No sign of the guy.
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It’s on the fucking terror watch list.
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This is his brother.
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Well, is he living with you?
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Yeah. I’ve been coming over the months and nobody
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ever answers the door.
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You came last time and you put the flower on the door.
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Did you get that?
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Yeah, I get that.
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I don’t like that.
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It was a gift.
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It’s not a gift.
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That’s a funeral.
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You know,
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he’s not a terrorist.
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I don’t know why he kept saying it’s a terrorist.
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It’s the government documents.
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It’s not me.
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It’s the FBI.
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It’s Homeland Security.
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Is your brother working?
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We’re going into year four of this guy in our country,
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and now there’s a clearer picture of why this guy’s
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on the terrorist watch list.
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Bazi was a wealthy man back in Venezuela with yachts
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and luxury condos.
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According to congressional testimony,
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he has ties to Venezuela’s former vice president,
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Tariq Al-Asami,
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who has alleged ties to Hezbollah and who is on ISIS’
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10 most wanted list for smuggling in tons of narcotics
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into the United States.
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A week before he jumped the Rio Grande,
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Mazzi attended an Al-Asami family funeral.
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So you figured he’d like the plans I left?
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Senor Bazzi.
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Escarlitos le dof el perio disto.
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Uquiro hablar contigo.
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Tu eres un terrorista,
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senor. Senor Bazzi.
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Then we saw an old lady pop out the side door.
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Ma’am, I’m looking for Issam Bazi.
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Issam Bazi?
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Yes. He’s not here.
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He’s not here?
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Is he working?
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Yeah. Does he,
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is he allowed to work?
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I don’t know.
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Is there a way I can get a hold of him?
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I don’t know.
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You don’t know?
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I don’t know.
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So he’s still in the country?
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Yeah. Is he still in the country?
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I’ll take that as a yes.
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So to review,
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he wades in across the Rio.
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Three years ago,
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a hit on the terror watch list.
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Nobody seems to know where he’s at.
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Or if he went to immigration court and he’s working.
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That’s the new America.
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Bienvenidos.
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Ooh, she left the gate open.
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I’ll just close that.
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Don’t want anybody sneaking in.
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Live from downtown Detroit,
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it’s the No Bullshit News Hour with my main man,
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Charlie Leda and Karen Dumas.
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Sister breaking this dumb or bullshit,
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dumb or bullshit.
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We’re going to have Tucker Carlson on next week and
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we’re going to talk about the economy,
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gold.
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stock market.
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In the meantime,
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just remember something.
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The politicians lie to you.
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The media lies to you.
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How do you know if your investment statements are
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lying to you?
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Remember,
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you’re not managing your wealth.
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That’s some unseen guy jockeying an algorithm.
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Volatility is what makes him his money.
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He’s not looking out for you.
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He’s up and he’s down.
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But you should know your money man who will look out
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for you and fashion a financial plan for your future.
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That’s financial specialist Luke Nowacki at Pinnacle
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Wealth Strategies.
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Tailor a financial plan from annuities to retirement
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accounts to college savings.
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He’ll keep you up to date and always,
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you can just reach him by phone.
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That’s what your money man should be.
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Not some flyer,
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an envelope.
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Oh, this is what you lost this month.
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Let Luke Nowacki worry so you don’t have to.
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Luke Nowacki at 248-663-4748.
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Now I want to bring in Todd Benzman,
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the National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration
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Studies, author of this very fine book,
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Overrun. Great blurb on the back from me.
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My blurb comes before Tom Homan’s blurb.
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All right.
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Just let you know that.
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Mine’s in red.
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You want to tell us what it says?
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Why don’t you do that?
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Let me read that.
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Quote, the US-Mexico border is an opaque landscape
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populated with human traffickers,
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international terror suspects,
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migrant children,
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and American law enforcement agents.
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No one truly understands how it all intersects.
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With boots on the ground,
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Benzman paints a portrait that is as thrilling as
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it is outrageous.
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Written with a sharp pen,
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this is a must read for anyone trying to understand
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one of the most important issues of our time.
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Welcome in,
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Todd Benzman.
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Thanks. That was pure poetry.
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That was poetry.
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I didn’t even get nothing for it.
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So we first met Todd and I.
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Todd, because he’s always looking,
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read about my first story on Bazzi,
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and then he picked up on it.
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And that’s when it gets to Washington.
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Todd, that’s the update.
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What do you make of this?
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This is the first guy ever known to be let in on the
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terror watch list.
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I mean, there’s a new sheriff in town.
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So if he’s still free,
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my first thought is that they haven’t gotten to him
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yet. They’ve got plenty of on their plate.
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Or like you said,
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maybe he’s,
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you know,
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he’s a witness of some kind or he’s a source or he’s
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helping the government in some way.
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Otherwise,
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it’s just incompetence and dangerous incompetence.
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or purposeful incompetence under the Biden administration.
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I have to figure that if he’s not a witness of some
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sort working with our government,
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that it’s just a matter of time before the Trump administration
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catches up with him and does what they’re supposed
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to do. But I’ve never,
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why would they just let him roam around and do as
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he pleases?
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That’s not sort of the confidential international
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man of intrigue,
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what you do with him,
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right? Doesn’t make sense.
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I mean, you never know.
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The CIA does,
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they operate in their own ways,
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you know,
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they do things and they cut deals.
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I don’t know.
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It’s pure speculation,
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but, you know,
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that’s a great story and it’s a great question to
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follow and we have to keep following it.
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Okay, we’ll leave that to you.
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Bring more flowers.
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I just I think what he said earlier was like it’s almost
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intentionate or deliberal oversight of this because
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there’s no way for that period of time that this should
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go unnoticed under anybody’s watch.
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So there has to be some deliberate and active over
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ignoring this or,
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you know,
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dismissal of the guy’s presence here.
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I just don’t see it not being on anybody’s radar.
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Yeah, it’s probably time for me to rewrite to write
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that up again and pose the question.
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Quote me duly.
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OK, quote me.
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Don’t be like everybody else out there.
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I always quote you.
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I always give you credit for breaking that story,
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always. Yeah,
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I went back and reread that,
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and you’re like,
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if it’s true,
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and nobody says it isn’t.
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I mean, that’s not a real,
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you know,
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buck up here.
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I just really hyped your book,
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and you’re writing,
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if it’s true,
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it’s true.
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Now, here’s the thing.
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If he is an asset,
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I just told everybody,
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this is the
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cascading effect.
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You’re detained,
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you’re interrogated,
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and you’re out.
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What more,
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after, like we’re going into year four,
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what more could this guy possibly be giving the deep
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state that he couldn’t already give?
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Because the vice president,
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Al-Asami,
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big corrupt guy,
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right? Allegedly.
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He’s on the top 10 list.
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But the Maduro regime arrested him.
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He’s in Venezuela.
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He’s the vice president,
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and the president had him arrested for corruption.
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So what more can be known?
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Todd. I don’t know.
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I mean, he took a trip down there.
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So, you know,
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anytime you have new interaction with key people,
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there’s material to be shared with our intelligence
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services.
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Purely speculative.
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I have no clue whether that’s what’s happening.
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It’s like,
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what else could it be?
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I mean, under Biden,
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you could kind of make a case for,
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I mean, even when Biden
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They accidentally released a whole bunch of people
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on the terror watch list.
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I’ve reported elaborately about each one of them,
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at least seven or eight.
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And then the House Homeland Security came in and did
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a report saying that they accidentally released 99
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into the country.
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But at least they made some effort to reel them back
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in. They’d have these crazy,
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panicked manhunts going on.
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to go catch the guy that they accidentally released
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because there was so much chaos happening down at
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the border.
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So, but in this case,
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they didn’t reel him back in.
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And it’s been,
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what’d you say,
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three years now?
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Yeah. So I,
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you know,
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what else could it be?
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I don’t know.
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I mean, I think that’s really important.
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I think it’s important because they got caught.
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They ran around with their heads caught off,
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tried to sweep these guys up.
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but not our guy,
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the one guy,
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the first guy,
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the guy that a think tank goes down to Venezuela,
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digs him up,
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and he’s really the only specific character on this
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list that was included in his testimony.
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So everybody in the world that’s looking at this knows
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how serious it is,
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and we’re left unaware.
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Our senator,
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who was in the CIA,
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doesn’t want to return a call,
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right? We’ve got Congress people looking into it for
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us. ICE won’t answer them.
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And we want a fucking answer.
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Now, the border’s all but shut down.
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99.9% of the traffic is gone,
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right? We now,
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we’re on track for this year to encounter 90,000 people
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illegally,
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right? About 90,000.
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If you remember at the height of the Biden free for
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all, that was the amount of traffic we had in the
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week.
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One week versus one year.
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Now, Todd,
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why? What happened?
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And I also want to point out,
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because 99,000 or 100,000 sounds like a whole lot,
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but remember that 100%
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of them are being detained and deported right away.
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None of them get in to stay in,
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number one.
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Just keep that in mind when you talk about the 100,000.
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A bunch of policies.
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It took about an hour to close the border down.
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I think I’ve been on your podcast before saying it
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would take an hour to shut the whole thing down.
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This is not a complicated,
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we don’t need a big Senate bill.
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Like Kamala Harris was always saying,
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we don’t need comprehensive immigration reform.
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We don’t need anything except the tools that are already
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in the back shed.
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And that’s what they did.
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They came out and they,
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Trump came in and said,
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we’re going to hunt and capture you.
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and we’re not going to release you into the country.
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You are going to be instead detained and promptly
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deported with no chance to claim asylum.
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And that’s what they did.
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So that that because what that does to people,
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correct me if I’m wrong,
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you got the boots on the ground there.
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It’s now in order to cross the real,
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the cartels are it was 500 bucks,
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1000 bucks.
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It’s now 4000 bucks.
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4,000 just to go across.
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And so if Trump’s grabbing you and pushing you right
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back into Mexico,
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who wants to spend the 4,000 bucks?
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He can’t.
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Is that right,
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John? All mass migration boils down to that financial
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calculus,
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period. It’s that simple.
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If you’re getting in,
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if you know you’re going to be let in,
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you’re going to drop the cash on the green gambling
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table felt,
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right?
522
00:19:50,440 –> 00:19:53,000
If you’re going to get deported,
523
00:19:53,320 –> 00:19:54,920
90 to 100%
524
00:19:54,920 –> 00:19:56,680
probability deported,
525
00:19:56,920 –> 00:19:58,520
you’re not spending the cash.
526
00:19:58,520 –> 00:19:59,640
It’s just that simple.
527
00:20:00,440 –> 00:20:01,320
It’s that simple.
528
00:20:01,640 –> 00:20:02,360
It’s that simple.
529
00:20:02,440 –> 00:20:05,960
Okay, so what we got now is military presence.
530
00:20:06,520 –> 00:20:07,200
The Army,
531
00:20:07,200 –> 00:20:08,200
the Marines,
532
00:20:08,200 –> 00:20:10,840
the National Guard are down there.
533
00:20:11,560 –> 00:20:12,080
There’s a,
534
00:20:12,280 –> 00:20:13,560
it goes from San Ysidro,
535
00:20:13,560 –> 00:20:14,920
basically San Diego,
536
00:20:15,320 –> 00:20:18,360
all the way to El Paso.
537
00:20:18,680 –> 00:20:19,000
right?
538
00:20:19,400 –> 00:20:22,840
There’s a strip 60 feet wide and that long,
539
00:20:23,000 –> 00:20:24,600
right, about 1,300 miles.
540
00:20:25,000 –> 00:20:27,480
That’s called the Roosevelt Reservation.
541
00:20:28,120 –> 00:20:31,400
And that’s now been made into a military base,
542
00:20:31,400 –> 00:20:31,880
right, Todd?
543
00:20:33,560 –> 00:20:34,200
That’s right.
544
00:20:34,440 –> 00:20:38,800
And importantly about that is those troops that are
545
00:20:38,800 –> 00:20:42,520
going to be patrolling that will have the authority
546
00:20:42,520 –> 00:20:46,240
to detain illegal immigrants and turn them over to
547
00:20:46,240 –> 00:20:46,600
ICE.
548
00:20:46,600 –> 00:20:47,800
They’re no longer just
549
00:20:48,200 –> 00:20:51,160
you know, with binoculars out there and you work on
550
00:20:51,160 –> 00:20:53,720
their surveillance equipment and calling them,
551
00:20:54,120 –> 00:20:56,040
they can actually detain them,
552
00:20:56,600 –> 00:20:58,600
including drug traffickers too.
553
00:20:59,000 –> 00:21:02,800
So that really force multiplies the whole situation.
554
00:21:02,800 –> 00:21:03,560
Now remember,
555
00:21:04,040 –> 00:21:06,280
the policies are hugely important.
556
00:21:07,000 –> 00:21:11,320
To detain and deport is the key to everything.
557
00:21:11,320 –> 00:21:16,880
But the cartels are notoriously adaptive and
558
00:21:18,040 –> 00:21:22,520
If you start to let any number into the country,
559
00:21:23,480 –> 00:21:25,560
then you’re going to have a rush on the border again.
560
00:21:25,560 –> 00:21:28,680
So you have to mash the gas all the time.
561
00:21:29,080 –> 00:21:31,720
You have to keep the gas pedal to the metal,
562
00:21:31,720 –> 00:21:33,480
no brakes ever.
563
00:21:34,120 –> 00:21:34,600
So, you know,
564
00:21:34,600 –> 00:21:35,560
you hear people say,
565
00:21:35,560 –> 00:21:36,120
well, God,
566
00:21:36,120 –> 00:21:37,320
there’s nobody coming across.
567
00:21:37,320 –> 00:21:39,080
Why are you doing military stuff?
568
00:21:39,080 –> 00:21:41,000
Why are you having all these people down there?
569
00:21:41,240 –> 00:21:42,520
It’s because of that.
570
00:21:42,920 –> 00:21:46,600
You have to nonstop have a cordon
571
00:21:46,920 –> 00:21:51,720
in place that is hunting and capturing everybody they
572
00:21:51,720 –> 00:21:53,520
can lay hands on and deporting them.
573
00:21:54,040 –> 00:21:55,800
That’s how you have a secure border.
574
00:21:56,760 –> 00:22:00,920
They’re at like 230 a day apprehended.
575
00:22:01,320 –> 00:22:02,520
That’s unbelievable.
576
00:22:02,520 –> 00:22:05,160
I think we have never had numbers that low.
577
00:22:06,120 –> 00:22:09,880
We’re on track to have the lowest number of attempted
578
00:22:09,880 –> 00:22:11,640
border crossings in U.S.
579
00:22:11,640 –> 00:22:12,280
history.
580
00:22:12,760 –> 00:22:16,200
And it took the first day
581
00:22:16,920 –> 00:22:19,640
of the Trump administration to do that,
582
00:22:19,840 –> 00:22:22,600
which is just a remarkable achievement.
583
00:22:22,600 –> 00:22:25,000
I mean, I don’t want to blow smoke up anybody’s ass
584
00:22:25,000 –> 00:22:25,640
about that,
585
00:22:26,120 –> 00:22:29,840
but I was down there for four years when it was just
586
00:22:29,840 –> 00:22:32,120
nothing but mad chaos,
587
00:22:32,520 –> 00:22:34,920
like a kicked anthill all the time,
588
00:22:35,000 –> 00:22:36,600
every time I went down there.
589
00:22:37,080 –> 00:22:40,200
And I went down there just a couple of weeks ago,
590
00:22:40,720 –> 00:22:41,880
and it was dead.
591
00:22:41,960 –> 00:22:43,280
There was nothing happening.
592
00:22:43,280 –> 00:22:45,960
I was on the Mexican side interviewing the immigrants.
593
00:22:46,840 –> 00:22:50,280
that got trapped behind the Trump wall.
594
00:22:50,440 –> 00:22:51,800
And, you know,
595
00:22:51,800 –> 00:22:52,600
they told me,
596
00:22:53,480 –> 00:22:54,840
we’re not spending the money.
597
00:22:55,000 –> 00:22:55,960
We’re going to get caught.
598
00:22:56,040 –> 00:22:57,280
Why would we spend the money?
599
00:22:57,280 –> 00:22:58,040
We’re going home.
600
00:22:58,200 –> 00:22:58,920
We’re going home.
601
00:22:59,080 –> 00:22:59,560
Well, there’s.
602
00:22:59,920 –> 00:23:01,240
Or they’re staying in Mexico.
603
00:23:01,400 –> 00:23:02,200
There’s another thing,
604
00:23:03,080 –> 00:23:03,840
since you’re here,
605
00:23:03,840 –> 00:23:05,560
let me ask and get it clear.
606
00:23:05,720 –> 00:23:08,640
So everybody’s kind of understanding,
607
00:23:08,640 –> 00:23:11,200
like, you know who I get an education from.
608
00:23:11,280 –> 00:23:13,120
It’s maybe I shouldn’t have brought Todd.
609
00:23:13,440 –> 00:23:14,240
Explain this to me,
610
00:23:14,240 –> 00:23:14,520
Todd.
611
00:23:15,800 –> 00:23:17,720
You can still come through the port of entry.
612
00:23:18,200 –> 00:23:18,760
Like you can,
613
00:23:18,760 –> 00:23:19,400
you can, you know,
614
00:23:19,400 –> 00:23:21,840
you’re in Tijuana and you walk across the bridge and
615
00:23:21,840 –> 00:23:23,440
you can go to the immigration office and say,
616
00:23:23,440 –> 00:23:24,320
I’m claiming asylum.
617
00:23:26,040 –> 00:23:28,680
That’s not happening because they’re not getting in
618
00:23:28,800 –> 00:23:29,800
either asylees,
619
00:23:29,800 –> 00:23:31,080
because what is it?
620
00:23:31,560 –> 00:23:33,480
Immigration and naturalization law,
621
00:23:34,760 –> 00:23:36,600
section 212F,
622
00:23:37,200 –> 00:23:38,920
where the president can say,
623
00:23:39,080 –> 00:23:39,720
not at all,
624
00:23:39,720 –> 00:23:40,840
we’re not taking anybody.
625
00:23:41,080 –> 00:23:41,720
Is that right?
626
00:23:42,920 –> 00:23:43,480
That’s right.
627
00:23:43,880 –> 00:23:45,480
They’ve always had that tool.
628
00:23:45,520 –> 00:23:47,000
They’ve always had that tool in the shed.
629
00:23:47,160 –> 00:23:48,440
Explain it intelligently,
630
00:23:48,440 –> 00:23:50,280
because I’m A redneck and I mumble.
631
00:23:50,400 –> 00:23:51,880
What is 212F?
632
00:23:53,320 –> 00:23:53,960
Google it,
633
00:23:54,440 –> 00:23:55,120
but I’ll tell you,
634
00:23:55,120 –> 00:23:56,600
but anybody can Google it.
635
00:23:56,680 –> 00:23:57,440
It’s really short.
636
00:23:57,440 –> 00:23:58,320
I told you I’m a redneck,
637
00:23:58,320 –> 00:23:59,120
the phone’s cracked,
638
00:23:59,120 –> 00:23:59,400
bro.
639
00:24:00,440 –> 00:24:00,840
It’s a, well,
640
00:24:01,080 –> 00:24:04,400
I’m talking to your audience here.
641
00:24:04,880 –> 00:24:08,600
It’s in the Immigration and Nationality Act,
642
00:24:08,600 –> 00:24:09,480
212F.
643
00:24:10,520 –> 00:24:15,240
gives the president complete whimsical power to deny
644
00:24:15,240 –> 00:24:17,960
asylum to 100 percent of anybody just because they
645
00:24:17,960 –> 00:24:18,760
feel like it.
646
00:24:19,320 –> 00:24:21,400
There’s nothing more or less to it.
647
00:24:21,880 –> 00:24:23,320
And it’s been litigated.
648
00:24:23,320 –> 00:24:26,320
There’s been some court rulings and Trump’s just saying
649
00:24:26,320 –> 00:24:27,560
we’re doing 212F.
650
00:24:27,560 –> 00:24:32,520
Go look up his very first executive order on inauguration
651
00:24:32,520 –> 00:24:34,920
day, issued this order about,
652
00:24:34,920 –> 00:24:35,160
you know,
653
00:24:35,160 –> 00:24:37,320
stop the invasion or something like that,
654
00:24:37,560 –> 00:24:39,240
something a little bit hyperbolic.
655
00:24:40,040 –> 00:24:40,920
But there it is,
656
00:24:40,920 –> 00:24:41,360
right there.
657
00:24:41,360 –> 00:24:43,000
We’re going to be using 212F.
658
00:24:43,480 –> 00:24:44,040
There you go.
659
00:24:44,120 –> 00:24:47,560
So the lack of control during the Biden administration
660
00:24:47,560 –> 00:24:51,160
was just a lack of willingness to act.
661
00:24:51,480 –> 00:24:51,960
I mean, you know,
662
00:24:51,960 –> 00:24:52,640
we talked to the,
663
00:24:52,640 –> 00:24:52,800
you know,
664
00:24:53,480 –> 00:24:53,840
the, yeah,
665
00:24:53,840 –> 00:24:58,400
Border Patrol in Border Patrol in terms of just a
666
00:24:58,400 –> 00:25:00,440
lack of process at the time.
667
00:25:00,440 –> 00:25:01,960
And so everybody was talking about there needs to be
668
00:25:01,960 –> 00:25:02,520
a process.
669
00:25:02,520 –> 00:25:04,600
There needs to be things in place that,
670
00:25:04,760 –> 00:25:05,080
you know,
671
00:25:05,080 –> 00:25:07,320
will allow these people to come through that can come
672
00:25:07,320 –> 00:25:07,560
through.
673
00:25:07,880 –> 00:25:09,400
But at the end of the day,
674
00:25:09,480 –> 00:25:11,600
now it’s just flicking the switch and nobody’s coming
675
00:25:11,600 –> 00:25:11,880
through.
676
00:25:12,120 –> 00:25:14,840
So that tool was already available.
677
00:25:15,480 –> 00:25:15,600
Yeah.
678
00:25:15,600 –> 00:25:16,000
And they’re like,
679
00:25:16,000 –> 00:25:17,320
oh, it’s been broken for decades.
680
00:25:17,360 –> 00:25:18,840
And they were talking about parole,
681
00:25:18,840 –> 00:25:19,160
right?
682
00:25:19,160 –> 00:25:19,720
Everybody’s be,
683
00:25:20,120 –> 00:25:21,360
here’s where parole comes from.
684
00:25:21,720 –> 00:25:24,840
It’s it was only for asylum seekers.
685
00:25:25,000 –> 00:25:25,560
You know what I mean?
686
00:25:25,720 –> 00:25:27,840
Like I’m I’m asked I’m A refugee.
687
00:25:27,840 –> 00:25:28,840
I’m asking for asylum.
688
00:25:29,000 –> 00:25:30,600
Okay, you’re being detained.
689
00:25:30,920 –> 00:25:33,400
You’re being held until you get in front of a judge.
690
00:25:33,560 –> 00:25:35,880
The parole was for individuals like
691
00:25:36,720 –> 00:25:38,000
I’m having heart palpitations.
692
00:25:38,000 –> 00:25:39,160
I got to go to the hospital.
693
00:25:39,160 –> 00:25:42,120
So they would parole you so you could be taken to a
694
00:25:42,120 –> 00:25:42,920
hospital.
695
00:25:43,080 –> 00:25:44,520
Once you’re done with the hospital,
696
00:25:44,680 –> 00:25:45,720
you come back.
697
00:25:45,720 –> 00:25:47,640
They came up with this novel,
698
00:25:48,040 –> 00:25:49,320
no matter who we encounter,
699
00:25:49,320 –> 00:25:50,120
parole, go.
700
00:25:50,680 –> 00:25:52,200
But just like the question around Bazzi,
701
00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:52,680
why?
702
00:25:52,840 –> 00:25:54,840
I mean, at some point you’d have to sit back and ask,
703
00:25:54,840 –> 00:25:55,240
why?
704
00:25:55,240 –> 00:25:59,080
Why wasn’t that or something else used to garner some
705
00:25:59,080 –> 00:26:01,840
type of control in terms of the flow of people coming
706
00:26:01,840 –> 00:26:02,200
over here?
707
00:26:02,200 –> 00:26:03,040
I mean, so the question.
708
00:26:03,040 –> 00:26:03,960
I have an answer for that.
709
00:26:04,360 –> 00:26:04,760
Great.
710
00:26:06,560 –> 00:26:08,200
Yeah, so first of all,
711
00:26:08,240 –> 00:26:10,520
I’ll just say chapter 4 of Overrun,
712
00:26:10,520 –> 00:26:12,000
it’s like 10,000 words.
713
00:26:12,000 –> 00:26:15,400
So if you ever have a couple of Sunday afternoons,
714
00:26:15,720 –> 00:26:20,120
but the short version of that is that this was not
715
00:26:20,760 –> 00:26:23,000
incompetence and it wasn’t,
716
00:26:23,880 –> 00:26:24,360
you know,
717
00:26:25,240 –> 00:26:28,720
that the Biden administration just curled up into
718
00:26:28,720 –> 00:26:32,280
a fetal position because they had no control over
719
00:26:32,280 –> 00:26:34,040
these waves of humanity.
720
00:26:34,480 –> 00:26:36,120
They did this on purpose,
721
00:26:36,280 –> 00:26:40,760
and it was incredibly well engineered and beautifully
722
00:26:41,960 –> 00:26:42,680
executed.
723
00:26:43,160 –> 00:26:44,160
If I do say so,
724
00:26:44,160 –> 00:26:45,400
I’m going to give them credit for that.
725
00:26:45,400 –> 00:26:48,360
It was like the best piece of government work I’ve
726
00:26:48,440 –> 00:26:49,080
ever seen.
727
00:26:49,080 –> 00:26:50,360
It was so well done.
728
00:26:50,840 –> 00:26:56,840
The way they systematically dismantled the using regulations
729
00:26:57,240 –> 00:27:02,520
and internal memoranda orders to the border agencies,
730
00:27:03,040 –> 00:27:08,120
to back off of the requirements to detain and deport.
731
00:27:09,000 –> 00:27:12,840
So, and to use parole and to use all these other ways
732
00:27:12,840 –> 00:27:15,880
to just catch and release millions and millions of
733
00:27:15,880 –> 00:27:17,240
people into the interior.
734
00:27:17,240 –> 00:27:19,160
Why would they do that on purpose?
735
00:27:20,040 –> 00:27:25,080
My explanation for that is that it was ideological
736
00:27:25,480 –> 00:27:28,040
and driven by profit motivation.
737
00:27:28,400 –> 00:27:30,680
Ideological in the sense that the people
738
00:27:31,040 –> 00:27:34,920
that Biden owed his presidency to were on the very
739
00:27:34,920 –> 00:27:39,000
far progressive left of the American political spectrum.
740
00:27:40,120 –> 00:27:42,520
They think the Bernie Sanders guys,
741
00:27:42,520 –> 00:27:43,720
the supporters,
742
00:27:43,720 –> 00:27:44,120
right?
743
00:27:44,920 –> 00:27:49,240
And they have an ideology that holds that borders are
744
00:27:49,240 –> 00:27:54,280
immoral and evil and akin to slavery.
745
00:27:54,560 –> 00:27:57,160
And they regard themselves as abolitionists,
746
00:27:57,800 –> 00:27:59,480
modern day abolitionists,
747
00:28:00,400 –> 00:28:00,920
but, you know,
748
00:28:00,920 –> 00:28:03,080
for economic migrants.
749
00:28:03,080 –> 00:28:06,760
And they have an ideology that says that we have to
750
00:28:06,760 –> 00:28:08,760
dismantle the Jim Crow laws.
751
00:28:09,080 –> 00:28:11,480
We have to dismantle the slavery laws.
752
00:28:11,480 –> 00:28:13,400
We have to dismantle all of this stuff.
753
00:28:13,960 –> 00:28:16,520
They all were put in as political appointees.
754
00:28:17,160 –> 00:28:19,240
in all of the key agencies,
755
00:28:19,480 –> 00:28:21,320
the Domestic Policy Council,
756
00:28:21,640 –> 00:28:24,200
DHS, all the component agencies,
757
00:28:24,560 –> 00:28:25,240
et cetera.
758
00:28:25,640 –> 00:28:28,360
And they are the ones that engineered this.
759
00:28:28,360 –> 00:28:30,920
They were given the immigration border portfolio,
760
00:28:31,240 –> 00:28:32,280
and they did this.
761
00:28:32,840 –> 00:28:35,720
Now, why would they do that beyond ideology?
762
00:28:36,120 –> 00:28:38,920
Because the vast majority of those political appointees
763
00:28:38,920 –> 00:28:42,200
came from non-governmental organizations,
764
00:28:42,280 –> 00:28:42,920
NGOs.
765
00:28:43,320 –> 00:28:46,200
Not think tanks like the one I work for,
766
00:28:46,560 –> 00:28:50,440
which is the typical source of political appointees,
767
00:28:50,440 –> 00:28:52,480
but from non-governmental,
768
00:28:52,480 –> 00:28:56,360
non-profit groups that are advocates for immigrants
769
00:28:56,360 –> 00:28:57,400
and refugees.
770
00:28:57,800 –> 00:29:01,160
So the more of those people that are brought in,
771
00:29:01,400 –> 00:29:04,600
the more money they’re given in grants,
772
00:29:04,920 –> 00:29:06,680
federal grants and contracts.
773
00:29:06,680 –> 00:29:07,480
USAID.
774
00:29:07,560 –> 00:29:08,280
That is exactly.
775
00:29:09,280 –> 00:29:13,560
USAID was a conduit for a lot of the State Department
776
00:29:13,560 –> 00:29:14,040
money.
777
00:29:14,360 –> 00:29:17,480
There was no daylight at all between State Department
778
00:29:17,480 –> 00:29:23,880
and USAID and billions of dollars in grant money that
779
00:29:23,880 –> 00:29:25,800
went to those NGOs abroad,
780
00:29:26,280 –> 00:29:27,160
but also
781
00:29:27,943 –> 00:29:33,223
State Department money and FEMA money going to NGOs
782
00:29:33,223 –> 00:29:34,823
on this side of the border too.
783
00:29:34,823 –> 00:29:36,583
So on both sides of the border,
784
00:29:36,983 –> 00:29:40,063
they were getting unprecedented billions and billions
785
00:29:40,063 –> 00:29:43,543
of dollars that have still not even been accounted
786
00:29:43,543 –> 00:29:43,783
for.
787
00:29:43,783 –> 00:29:45,463
The numbers are so vast,
788
00:29:45,863 –> 00:29:48,543
but billions of dollars.
789
00:29:48,543 –> 00:29:49,063
And so
790
00:29:49,623 –> 00:29:50,743
All of those people,
791
00:29:51,023 –> 00:29:51,783
I’m thinking,
792
00:29:51,943 –> 00:29:54,503
left government service at the end of the Biden term
793
00:29:54,743 –> 00:29:56,983
and went in for six and seven figures,
794
00:29:57,143 –> 00:29:59,823
salaries at these NGOs again.
795
00:29:59,823 –> 00:30:01,103
And we’re left with the red.
796
00:30:01,103 –> 00:30:01,783
And that’s what happened.
797
00:30:01,903 –> 00:30:02,823
And we’re left with the red.
798
00:30:02,863 –> 00:30:04,783
Go ahead, Tyler.
799
00:30:04,783 –> 00:30:06,743
Remember, Eisenhower,
800
00:30:06,743 –> 00:30:08,503
just I’ll put a final period on this,
801
00:30:08,503 –> 00:30:09,463
but Eisenhower,
802
00:30:09,863 –> 00:30:10,903
just before he left,
803
00:30:10,903 –> 00:30:14,743
warned about the military industrial complex.
804
00:30:15,143 –> 00:30:18,183
ever getting a hold of foreign policy because we would
805
00:30:18,183 –> 00:30:19,463
be forever at war.
806
00:30:19,783 –> 00:30:21,863
Those are the guys that are making all the bombs and
807
00:30:21,863 –> 00:30:25,143
bullets, aircraft carriers for war.
808
00:30:25,863 –> 00:30:29,063
Do not let them have access to our foreign policy.
809
00:30:29,383 –> 00:30:32,263
Well, that’s what happened in this case.
810
00:30:32,583 –> 00:30:36,423
The NGOs got access to our immigration policy
811
00:30:36,823 –> 00:30:40,023
and they did what Eisenhower warned us about.
812
00:30:40,023 –> 00:30:41,463
That’s what happened here.
813
00:30:41,463 –> 00:30:42,263
Yeah, you know,
814
00:30:42,263 –> 00:30:43,623
it just triggered something here.
815
00:30:43,623 –> 00:30:44,743
Bring it back to Bazzi.
816
00:30:46,023 –> 00:30:48,583
When military members were being dismissed,
817
00:30:48,583 –> 00:30:51,463
people were being fired because they wouldn’t get
818
00:30:51,463 –> 00:30:52,663
the vaccination.
819
00:30:54,663 –> 00:30:56,263
The illegals weren’t required to get one.
820
00:30:56,263 –> 00:30:58,063
Bazzi, they were afraid he’s going to get COVID.
821
00:30:58,063 –> 00:31:00,503
He was never required to get the vaccine.
822
00:31:00,503 –> 00:31:01,783
And, you know,
823
00:31:02,263 –> 00:31:05,783
Todd, it triggered it because a thought here,
824
00:31:06,543 –> 00:31:07,823
when he talked about the military,
825
00:31:07,823 –> 00:31:09,863
because no matter if you’re a citizen or not,
826
00:31:09,863 –> 00:31:11,463
if you’re a man,
827
00:31:11,943 –> 00:31:13,383
18 to 25,
828
00:31:13,783 –> 00:31:15,623
regardless of your status,
829
00:31:16,183 –> 00:31:18,343
you’re supposed to register for the draft.
830
00:31:19,143 –> 00:31:20,583
Are we requiring these fuckers,
831
00:31:21,063 –> 00:31:22,423
this MS-13 fucker,
832
00:31:24,023 –> 00:31:25,143
to enlist or,
833
00:31:25,143 –> 00:31:25,383
you know,
834
00:31:25,383 –> 00:31:27,143
go to selective services and register?
835
00:31:27,463 –> 00:31:27,943
Are we?
836
00:31:28,343 –> 00:31:29,543
It’s a joke.
837
00:31:30,903 –> 00:31:32,263
Who’s not for immigration?
838
00:31:32,423 –> 00:31:33,623
Controlled immigration,
839
00:31:33,863 –> 00:31:35,143
vetted immigration.
840
00:31:35,223 –> 00:31:36,783
That’s what we’re looking for.
841
00:31:36,783 –> 00:31:37,863
There’s no hate going on.
842
00:31:38,023 –> 00:31:39,983
You turn this shit upside down and you get terrorists
843
00:31:39,983 –> 00:31:40,663
on Medicaid.
844
00:31:41,063 –> 00:31:42,503
Billions, billions,
845
00:31:43,063 –> 00:31:46,103
10s, hundreds of billions missing.
846
00:31:47,023 –> 00:31:47,783
When we don’t have the deal,
847
00:31:47,783 –> 00:31:49,383
we live in Michigan,
848
00:31:49,383 –> 00:31:49,943
man, you know,
849
00:31:50,023 –> 00:31:50,863
it’s going like this,
850
00:31:50,863 –> 00:31:51,423
going down.
851
00:31:52,743 –> 00:31:53,943
Okay, so I’m hearing this,
852
00:31:53,943 –> 00:31:55,783
Todd, tell me what your source tell you.
853
00:31:59,463 –> 00:32:00,983
We got to work through the legal stuff,
854
00:32:00,983 –> 00:32:06,183
but there’s a huge bill right up on the hill.
855
00:32:06,183 –> 00:32:08,983
Maybe how much is going to be appropriated for border
856
00:32:08,983 –> 00:32:09,783
and immigration?
857
00:32:10,103 –> 00:32:10,903
100 billion,
858
00:32:10,903 –> 00:32:11,623
200 billion?
859
00:32:11,623 –> 00:32:15,543
A lot more than more than in history.
860
00:32:16,103 –> 00:32:16,583
Really.
861
00:32:16,583 –> 00:32:19,383
So we’re going to see a ramping up,
862
00:32:19,383 –> 00:32:20,743
not in your opinion,
863
00:32:20,743 –> 00:32:23,223
or is this shit going to slog through the courts?
864
00:32:25,063 –> 00:32:26,703
It’s going to slog through the courts,
865
00:32:26,703 –> 00:32:27,383
no doubt,
866
00:32:27,383 –> 00:32:32,263
but that was anticipated and planned for by the administration.
867
00:32:32,263 –> 00:32:33,543
I mean, they came out.
868
00:32:33,623 –> 00:32:36,423
I mean, they were in the New York Times,
869
00:32:36,583 –> 00:32:37,383
big front page,
870
00:32:37,543 –> 00:32:37,863
you know,
871
00:32:37,863 –> 00:32:40,423
they had battalions of lawyers already gearing up
872
00:32:40,823 –> 00:32:42,263
before inauguration day,
873
00:32:42,263 –> 00:32:43,463
ready to go to town.
874
00:32:44,023 –> 00:32:46,103
So no surprise there.
875
00:32:46,903 –> 00:32:50,903
But you have not seen the start of the deportations
876
00:32:50,903 –> 00:32:51,303
yet.
877
00:32:52,223 –> 00:32:55,303
What you’ve seen so far is a little bit dog and pony,
878
00:32:55,463 –> 00:32:59,463
and it’s good that they’ve gotten 150,000 criminal
879
00:32:59,463 –> 00:33:02,023
aliens either deported or in detention.
880
00:33:02,743 –> 00:33:07,583
But once that $170 billion is finally appropriated
881
00:33:07,583 –> 00:33:10,423
and starts showing up in the piggy bank,
882
00:33:11,223 –> 00:33:12,423
probably around July,
883
00:33:12,423 –> 00:33:16,743
August, then you’re going to start seeing detention
884
00:33:16,743 –> 00:33:19,303
facilities spring up all across the country.
885
00:33:19,783 –> 00:33:21,063
You’re going to start seeing
886
00:33:22,103 –> 00:33:24,503
more ICE officers,
887
00:33:24,503 –> 00:33:26,023
more police,
888
00:33:26,423 –> 00:33:31,463
regular police involved in task forces all across
889
00:33:31,463 –> 00:33:32,983
the country in the interior.
890
00:33:33,223 –> 00:33:33,823
Let me stop you there.
891
00:33:33,823 –> 00:33:34,343
Let me stop you.
892
00:33:34,343 –> 00:33:35,143
Forget about the border.
893
00:33:35,543 –> 00:33:38,343
Okay, so just real quickly,
894
00:33:38,703 –> 00:33:40,743
what is the rule,
895
00:33:40,983 –> 00:33:45,303
the law about being 100 miles from the international
896
00:33:45,303 –> 00:33:45,663
border?
897
00:33:45,663 –> 00:33:47,823
What does that give the federal authorities the right
898
00:33:47,823 –> 00:33:48,183
to do?
899
00:33:48,263 –> 00:33:50,103
If you’re within 100 miles of
900
00:33:51,183 –> 00:33:51,463
Go ahead.
901
00:33:51,543 –> 00:33:57,223
Yeah, when you’re within 100 miles and you’re at the
902
00:33:57,223 –> 00:33:58,103
border zone,
903
00:33:58,903 –> 00:34:01,543
we can put you through something called expedited
904
00:34:01,543 –> 00:34:03,943
removal, which is what it sounds like,
905
00:34:03,943 –> 00:34:06,343
fast, quick under Title VIII.
906
00:34:07,063 –> 00:34:09,183
We don’t have to give you asylum or anything else,
907
00:34:09,183 –> 00:34:11,863
but within the interior of the country,
908
00:34:12,223 –> 00:34:13,863
and the courts are all ruling this now,
909
00:34:13,943 –> 00:34:15,623
you’re seeing these rulings come out,
910
00:34:15,623 –> 00:34:17,303
just reinforcing other rulings,
911
00:34:17,783 –> 00:34:20,423
that they’re entitled to due processes.
912
00:34:20,903 –> 00:34:24,183
meaning they can do a defensive asylum claim.
913
00:34:24,183 –> 00:34:29,263
They can ask for protection under the Convention Against
914
00:34:29,263 –> 00:34:29,863
Torture.
915
00:34:30,663 –> 00:34:34,423
They can ask for withholding of removal.
916
00:34:35,063 –> 00:34:38,383
They can challenge their deportation orders and drag
917
00:34:38,383 –> 00:34:39,423
those out into court.
918
00:34:39,423 –> 00:34:41,063
So it’s not as fast.
919
00:34:42,423 –> 00:34:44,023
as it can be at the border.
920
00:34:44,423 –> 00:34:45,943
And that’s what we’re seeing now.
921
00:34:46,023 –> 00:34:47,903
You’re seeing the numbers start.
922
00:34:47,903 –> 00:34:48,463
Here’s the thing.
923
00:34:48,463 –> 00:34:50,343
Within 100 miles of the border,
924
00:34:50,423 –> 00:34:52,263
the federal authorities have the right to stop you
925
00:34:53,463 –> 00:34:56,783
for no reason and ask you for your identification,
926
00:34:56,983 –> 00:34:57,383
correct?
927
00:34:58,583 –> 00:35:01,023
Yeah, there’s the bar is a little bit lower down near
928
00:35:01,023 –> 00:35:01,783
the border because.
929
00:35:01,783 –> 00:35:02,503
Wait, wait here.
930
00:35:02,503 –> 00:35:03,383
Let me make the point.
931
00:35:03,383 –> 00:35:04,663
It’s it’s simple.
932
00:35:05,863 –> 00:35:09,823
Almost all of Michigan is within 100 miles of an international
933
00:35:09,823 –> 00:35:10,263
border.
934
00:35:10,823 –> 00:35:11,903
So if we’re going to start sweeping,
935
00:35:11,903 –> 00:35:13,423
we’ve got very bad dudes here.
936
00:35:13,423 –> 00:35:14,823
We’re getting Mara Salvatrucha,
937
00:35:15,463 –> 00:35:16,983
Cheng De Aragua.
938
00:35:17,063 –> 00:35:18,343
We’re getting them all here.
939
00:35:18,423 –> 00:35:19,303
Assassins.
940
00:35:19,543 –> 00:35:21,223
So if that’s the case,
941
00:35:21,223 –> 00:35:22,103
get ready for it.
942
00:35:23,143 –> 00:35:23,463
Right.
943
00:35:25,463 –> 00:35:27,383
Because it was weird to me being like in Texas the
944
00:35:27,383 –> 00:35:28,103
first time and going,
945
00:35:28,263 –> 00:35:29,063
the fuck is this?
946
00:35:29,223 –> 00:35:30,263
I’m going to show you shit.
947
00:35:30,903 –> 00:35:31,463
Yeah, you do,
948
00:35:31,463 –> 00:35:31,783
son.
949
00:35:33,463 –> 00:35:35,463
Let’s go back to the 160,
950
00:35:35,543 –> 00:35:37,303
you said billion dollars.
951
00:35:37,383 –> 00:35:38,023
That was.
952
00:35:38,423 –> 00:35:40,463
I think you said 170.
953
00:35:40,663 –> 00:35:41,383
Oh, I’m sorry,
954
00:35:41,503 –> 00:35:42,023
170.
955
00:35:42,583 –> 00:35:43,983
Who’s going to benefit from that?
956
00:35:43,983 –> 00:35:47,783
I mean, you talked about Biden’s political allies benefiting
957
00:35:47,783 –> 00:35:51,543
from the process or lack thereof during his tenure.
958
00:35:52,103 –> 00:35:55,063
Somebody’s going to be on the side of benefiting from
959
00:35:55,063 –> 00:35:55,863
that as well.
960
00:35:56,023 –> 00:35:56,863
Who is that?
961
00:35:56,863 –> 00:35:57,943
That’s a great question.
962
00:35:58,663 –> 00:35:59,263
Yeah, Karen,
963
00:35:59,263 –> 00:36:00,263
that’s a great question.
964
00:36:00,383 –> 00:36:01,783
That’s why she’s here.
965
00:36:02,343 –> 00:36:04,703
Yeah, there are going to be beneficiaries of that.
966
00:36:04,703 –> 00:36:08,423
They’re going to be the private prison industry.
967
00:36:09,223 –> 00:36:12,583
They’re going to be contracting with private detention
968
00:36:12,903 –> 00:36:13,703
centers.
969
00:36:14,343 –> 00:36:16,183
They’re going to make the money on this.
970
00:36:16,183 –> 00:36:17,063
Now, remember,
971
00:36:17,423 –> 00:36:18,183
under Biden,
972
00:36:18,183 –> 00:36:20,903
all those contracts were canceled one after another
973
00:36:21,143 –> 00:36:23,383
and the detention facilities closed.
974
00:36:24,183 –> 00:36:28,663
But you can’t do large scale deportations without bed
975
00:36:28,663 –> 00:36:29,223
space.
976
00:36:29,783 –> 00:36:32,783
And already they are popping at the seams with the
977
00:36:32,783 –> 00:36:34,423
existing infrastructure.
978
00:36:34,903 –> 00:36:36,023
So the quickest,
979
00:36:36,023 –> 00:36:39,303
easiest way is to flood that zone with money.
980
00:36:40,343 –> 00:36:42,343
And that’s who’s going to benefit,
981
00:36:42,343 –> 00:36:43,063
mainly them.
982
00:36:43,063 –> 00:36:44,263
And you’re going to have private,
983
00:36:45,063 –> 00:36:49,503
you’re going to have a lot of data management outsourcing
984
00:36:49,503 –> 00:36:50,103
as well.
985
00:36:51,063 –> 00:36:56,903
Companies that help DHS figure out how to track people’s
986
00:36:56,903 –> 00:36:57,783
cell phones.
987
00:36:58,583 –> 00:36:59,463
for example,
988
00:36:59,463 –> 00:37:04,183
and how to do patterns of life so that they can figure
989
00:37:04,183 –> 00:37:06,183
out how to interdict a wanted person.
990
00:37:08,023 –> 00:37:12,823
So there’s going to be data management industry money
991
00:37:12,823 –> 00:37:13,863
to be made as well.
992
00:37:14,183 –> 00:37:16,103
Okay, let me localize it for a second,
993
00:37:16,103 –> 00:37:16,663
you know,
994
00:37:16,663 –> 00:37:17,823
for Michigan people.
995
00:37:17,823 –> 00:37:20,983
They’re going to be a big sweep.
996
00:37:21,183 –> 00:37:21,783
It’s coming.
997
00:37:21,783 –> 00:37:22,583
You heard it.
998
00:37:22,583 –> 00:37:24,983
This guy knows the ground game.
999
00:37:26,703 –> 00:37:28,903
While we haven’t built those facilities yet,
1000
00:37:28,903 –> 00:37:30,743
we’re going to need temporary facilities.
1001
00:37:30,743 –> 00:37:32,783
And one idea being floated,
1002
00:37:32,783 –> 00:37:34,503
and it’s definitely being floated,
1003
00:37:35,143 –> 00:37:36,183
is in Michigan,
1004
00:37:36,183 –> 00:37:38,663
one of those detention areas temporarily would be
1005
00:37:38,663 –> 00:37:40,023
Selfridge Air Force Base.
1006
00:37:40,103 –> 00:37:40,703
Have you heard that,
1007
00:37:40,703 –> 00:37:40,983
Todd?
1008
00:37:40,983 –> 00:37:41,143
Yeah.
1009
00:37:41,783 –> 00:37:42,663
Oh, yes, I have.
1010
00:37:42,663 –> 00:37:43,143
So there you go,
1011
00:37:43,143 –> 00:37:43,583
McComb.
1012
00:37:43,583 –> 00:37:44,823
Just a little bit of news for you.
1013
00:37:44,983 –> 00:37:47,143
I would suggest the media get off their ass.
1014
00:37:47,463 –> 00:37:50,223
and start doing some work because I’m sure people in
1015
00:37:50,223 –> 00:37:52,503
Macomb County have some feelings about that.
1016
00:37:52,863 –> 00:37:54,103
And we’re all entitled to it.
1017
00:37:54,503 –> 00:37:55,063
Right, Mark?
1018
00:37:55,863 –> 00:37:56,023
Yeah.
1019
00:37:56,023 –> 00:37:57,223
Did that, all of a sudden,
1020
00:37:57,383 –> 00:37:58,823
your brow furrowed there like,
1021
00:37:58,823 –> 00:37:59,023
whoa.
1022
00:37:59,023 –> 00:38:00,103
Oh, that’s,
1023
00:38:00,223 –> 00:38:01,543
yeah, that’s pretty amazing.
1024
00:38:01,783 –> 00:38:03,063
It’s breaking news.
1025
00:38:03,663 –> 00:38:04,103
It is.
1026
00:38:04,183 –> 00:38:04,423
Okay.
1027
00:38:04,423 –> 00:38:05,063
And finally,
1028
00:38:05,063 –> 00:38:06,343
Todd, last one,
1029
00:38:07,143 –> 00:38:09,783
again, for people of Michigan,
1030
00:38:09,783 –> 00:38:11,463
actually people in any state,
1031
00:38:12,183 –> 00:38:13,223
there’s something called
1032
00:38:14,263 –> 00:38:18,903
is that part of the Immigration and Nationalization
1033
00:38:18,903 –> 00:38:20,343
Act, Todd?
1034
00:38:20,583 –> 00:38:21,463
287G?
1035
00:38:21,663 –> 00:38:22,183
Yes, it is.
1036
00:38:22,263 –> 00:38:28,743
287G allows law enforcement jurisdictions to be deputized
1037
00:38:28,823 –> 00:38:29,783
by ICE.
1038
00:38:30,183 –> 00:38:30,703
So, you know,
1039
00:38:30,703 –> 00:38:32,023
the sanctuary city thing.
1040
00:38:32,263 –> 00:38:34,343
Well, Jackson County just did it.
1041
00:38:34,343 –> 00:38:37,783
We’ve been deputized and we are going to work with
1042
00:38:37,863 –> 00:38:40,103
ICE, hand over people to ICE.
1043
00:38:40,983 –> 00:38:43,943
This now becomes a question for the states,
1044
00:38:43,943 –> 00:38:44,263
right?
1045
00:38:44,263 –> 00:38:45,623
There’s Florida’s done it.
1046
00:38:45,783 –> 00:38:47,383
Texas is discussing it.
1047
00:38:47,783 –> 00:38:51,143
Now you’re going to have sanctuary states versus non-sanctuary
1048
00:38:51,143 –> 00:38:51,543
states.
1049
00:38:51,703 –> 00:38:53,623
And if they’re non-sanctuary states,
1050
00:38:54,823 –> 00:38:55,143
right?
1051
00:38:55,143 –> 00:38:56,343
Like tough,
1052
00:38:56,343 –> 00:38:56,983
tough on this.
1053
00:38:57,343 –> 00:38:58,663
Where do you think everybody’s going to go?
1054
00:38:59,863 –> 00:39:01,383
To the place where they’re not going to get picked
1055
00:39:01,383 –> 00:39:01,503
up.
1056
00:39:01,703 –> 00:39:05,623
So Michigan’s got to decide if that’s what we want.
1057
00:39:06,103 –> 00:39:06,663
Right, Todd?
1058
00:39:08,663 –> 00:39:08,983
Right.
1059
00:39:08,983 –> 00:39:17,223
Remember, so 287G is an affiliated authority.
1060
00:39:17,223 –> 00:39:18,343
So it’s not strictly,
1061
00:39:18,343 –> 00:39:21,303
287G is often just about,
1062
00:39:21,303 –> 00:39:21,623
you know,
1063
00:39:21,623 –> 00:39:27,863
jailers and prisons and sheriffs and police holding
1064
00:39:27,863 –> 00:39:29,463
facilities and that sort of thing.
1065
00:39:30,023 –> 00:39:34,583
But there’s a spinoff to it that allows the federal
1066
00:39:34,583 –> 00:39:36,503
government to deputize
1067
00:39:37,463 –> 00:39:40,263
and certify county constables,
1068
00:39:41,383 –> 00:39:42,503
regular police,
1069
00:39:42,503 –> 00:39:43,303
just cops,
1070
00:39:43,303 –> 00:39:47,543
patrolmen to arrest immigrants,
1071
00:39:48,583 –> 00:39:51,543
illegal immigrants and turn them over to ICE.
1072
00:39:52,023 –> 00:39:54,183
So if you want to do mass deportations,
1073
00:39:54,183 –> 00:39:57,383
remember there’s only 5 or 6,000 ICE agents.
1074
00:39:57,663 –> 00:39:58,343
available.
1075
00:39:58,343 –> 00:39:59,063
Right now,
1076
00:39:59,383 –> 00:40:00,503
just to do what they’re doing,
1077
00:40:00,503 –> 00:40:03,943
they’re gang pressing DEA agents into that.
1078
00:40:03,943 –> 00:40:08,023
And IRS agents and anybody who’s got a badge and a
1079
00:40:08,023 –> 00:40:12,023
gun are getting gang pressed into this in blue states,
1080
00:40:12,263 –> 00:40:13,703
especially in red states,
1081
00:40:13,703 –> 00:40:15,703
they’re using state police.
1082
00:40:16,983 –> 00:40:18,503
But in blue states,
1083
00:40:19,383 –> 00:40:22,423
they’re going to have a problem because the politics
1084
00:40:22,423 –> 00:40:24,503
are to leave them alone.
1085
00:40:25,263 –> 00:40:25,623
of, you know,
1086
00:40:25,623 –> 00:40:26,823
they’re they’re fine.
1087
00:40:26,983 –> 00:40:27,783
We want them.
1088
00:40:27,783 –> 00:40:28,663
We’re welcoming.
1089
00:40:28,663 –> 00:40:29,623
We’re sanctuary.
1090
00:40:30,503 –> 00:40:33,423
So they’re not probably going to get cooperation from
1091
00:40:33,423 –> 00:40:39,543
most police agencies to certify to be to and then
1092
00:40:39,543 –> 00:40:43,303
to actually use their resources to arrest illegal
1093
00:40:43,303 –> 00:40:43,863
aliens.
1094
00:40:44,423 –> 00:40:45,863
But if you want to do,
1095
00:40:45,863 –> 00:40:48,063
if you want to do so you.
1096
00:40:48,583 –> 00:40:49,823
I’m just gaming this out here,
1097
00:40:49,823 –> 00:40:50,023
dude.
1098
00:40:50,023 –> 00:40:52,383
I’m just gaming this out there and.
1099
00:40:53,583 –> 00:40:55,463
We’re going to bring in after the break here,
1100
00:40:55,623 –> 00:40:57,943
Representative Brian Posthumus.
1101
00:40:59,783 –> 00:41:01,383
I smell something brewing here,
1102
00:41:01,383 –> 00:41:03,023
like at the state Capitol,
1103
00:41:03,023 –> 00:41:06,343
like somebody going to induce legislation that all
1104
00:41:06,383 –> 00:41:10,583
of our law enforcement agencies must be sanctuary.
1105
00:41:10,983 –> 00:41:11,543
You know what I mean?
1106
00:41:11,543 –> 00:41:13,023
I smell that coming.
1107
00:41:13,463 –> 00:41:14,183
I really do.
1108
00:41:14,743 –> 00:41:14,903
Todd.
1109
00:41:14,903 –> 00:41:18,343
I mean, you’re seeing you’re seeing state laws passed
1110
00:41:18,343 –> 00:41:19,223
like Florida.
1111
00:41:19,703 –> 00:41:24,583
just passed a statewide law requiring every single
1112
00:41:24,583 –> 00:41:28,423
man Jack who’s got a badge and a gun and is a commissioned
1113
00:41:28,423 –> 00:41:32,983
officer to certify for this program and start arresting
1114
00:41:32,983 –> 00:41:34,023
illegal aliens.
1115
00:41:34,423 –> 00:41:37,463
And you’ve got laws like that being contemplated in
1116
00:41:37,463 –> 00:41:38,583
Texas right now,
1117
00:41:39,223 –> 00:41:40,063
here in Austin,
1118
00:41:40,063 –> 00:41:40,543
where I am,
1119
00:41:40,543 –> 00:41:42,463
and in a lot of different states.
1120
00:41:42,463 –> 00:41:45,063
And the Trump administration is going to be trying
1121
00:41:45,063 –> 00:41:48,183
to leverage all the states to do this in the coming
1122
00:41:48,183 –> 00:41:48,823
year or so.
1123
00:41:49,623 –> 00:41:50,103
All right.
1124
00:41:50,303 –> 00:41:50,903
Hey, Todd,
1125
00:41:50,903 –> 00:41:51,943
that was really illuminating.
1126
00:41:52,343 –> 00:41:53,423
We’re really illuminating,
1127
00:41:53,423 –> 00:41:53,943
dude.
1128
00:41:53,943 –> 00:41:55,303
Thanks for being on and,
1129
00:41:56,023 –> 00:41:56,423
you know,
1130
00:41:56,503 –> 00:41:57,863
hipping everybody to what’s happening.
1131
00:42:00,063 –> 00:42:01,143
Yeah, thanks for having me.
1132
00:42:01,303 –> 00:42:02,423
And don’t forget what you’re doing.
1133
00:42:02,823 –> 00:42:03,143
Thank you.
1134
00:42:03,463 –> 00:42:03,983
Don’t forget,
1135
00:42:04,103 –> 00:42:04,343
you know,
1136
00:42:04,343 –> 00:42:04,823
call me up.
1137
00:42:04,823 –> 00:42:07,543
I’ll give you the bossy stuff if you need it.
1138
00:42:08,463 –> 00:42:09,063
Because, you know,
1139
00:42:09,783 –> 00:42:11,223
your megaphone’s a little bit bigger.
1140
00:42:12,423 –> 00:42:12,983
I think it’s time.
1141
00:42:12,983 –> 00:42:14,103
Oh, I don’t know about that.
1142
00:42:14,503 –> 00:42:15,463
But yeah.
1143
00:42:16,183 –> 00:42:16,863
Okay, thanks,
1144
00:42:16,863 –> 00:42:16,983
man.
1145
00:42:17,143 –> 00:42:20,183
Okay, so let me tell you about Archangel Senior Management.
1146
00:42:20,383 –> 00:42:22,503
Are you a caregiver with a true heart and character,
1147
00:42:22,503 –> 00:42:24,983
but feel underappreciated in a dead-end job?
1148
00:42:25,303 –> 00:42:28,503
Then consider contacting Archangel Senior Management.
1149
00:42:28,823 –> 00:42:31,343
They offer a solution and a vision to working in cold
1150
00:42:31,343 –> 00:42:33,223
corporate senior living facilities.
1151
00:42:33,543 –> 00:42:36,423
Archangel offers a career in small communal homes with
1152
00:42:36,423 –> 00:42:38,103
a pathway to ownership.
1153
00:42:38,503 –> 00:42:40,823
Partner with the PES School of Nursing and Majestic
1154
00:42:40,823 –> 00:42:41,543
Residences,
1155
00:42:41,783 –> 00:42:44,743
Archangel will train and develop dedicated caregivers
1156
00:42:44,983 –> 00:42:46,063
into fully qualified
1157
00:42:46,143 –> 00:42:49,783
home directors whose first priority is always our seniors.
1158
00:42:50,343 –> 00:42:51,943
When a new graduate earns their wings,
1159
00:42:51,943 –> 00:42:55,703
they’re partnered with principled investors who prioritize
1160
00:42:55,703 –> 00:42:56,663
people over profits.
1161
00:42:56,903 –> 00:43:00,103
The collaboration between caregiver and investor makes
1162
00:43:00,103 –> 00:43:02,023
both common sense and business sense.
1163
00:43:02,583 –> 00:43:05,383
Archangel creates intimate senior households in our
1164
00:43:05,383 –> 00:43:06,503
own neighborhoods.
1165
00:43:06,743 –> 00:43:08,423
Families know the care is genuine,
1166
00:43:08,583 –> 00:43:09,623
the owners are local,
1167
00:43:09,783 –> 00:43:11,983
and if you’re interested in a career instead of a
1168
00:43:11,983 –> 00:43:12,503
job,
1169
00:43:13,183 –> 00:43:19,063
contact Archangel at 989-614-0416.
1170
00:43:19,303 –> 00:43:20,743
And I would just quickly say,
1171
00:43:21,143 –> 00:43:23,823
I am the maintenance man at American Coney Island.
1172
00:43:23,983 –> 00:43:27,703
That is the geographic and cultural center of Detroit,
1173
00:43:27,703 –> 00:43:28,263
is it not?
1174
00:43:28,263 –> 00:43:28,823
Yes, it is.
1175
00:43:28,823 –> 00:43:29,303
It really,
1176
00:43:29,423 –> 00:43:32,383
I’m writing a little magazine story about being the
1177
00:43:32,983 –> 00:43:33,783
maintenance guy here.
1178
00:43:33,783 –> 00:43:35,263
But it all comes together,
1179
00:43:35,263 –> 00:43:37,863
I mean, right in the heart of the city of Detroit,
1180
00:43:37,863 –> 00:43:39,023
right in the heart of downtown.
1181
00:43:39,023 –> 00:43:42,263
I mean, you can sit in that window and see everything
1182
00:43:42,263 –> 00:43:43,103
across sections.
1183
00:43:45,783 –> 00:43:47,303
Clean, delicious,
1184
00:43:47,303 –> 00:43:48,023
nutritious.
1185
00:43:48,023 –> 00:43:49,463
And the bathroom is clean.
1186
00:43:49,463 –> 00:43:50,543
I eat there and look at that.
1187
00:43:50,543 –> 00:43:51,583
Look at that.
1188
00:43:51,583 –> 00:43:54,543
And the napkin dispensers and the condiment dispensers.
1189
00:43:54,543 –> 00:43:56,583
Now, when you go to a restaurant like a Coney or,
1190
00:43:56,583 –> 00:43:56,943
you know,
1191
00:43:56,943 –> 00:43:59,463
a casual restaurant and those things are clean,
1192
00:43:59,863 –> 00:44:01,183
then you know the restaurant is clean.
1193
00:44:01,183 –> 00:44:01,703
Now, you know,
1194
00:44:01,703 –> 00:44:03,543
you don’t make friends with salads.
1195
00:44:04,023 –> 00:44:06,183
But they don’t get enough credit for the salad here.
1196
00:44:06,183 –> 00:44:08,263
Like the tomatoes are ripe,
1197
00:44:08,263 –> 00:44:08,903
they’re delicious.
1198
00:44:09,063 –> 00:44:10,983
The lettuce is crisp.
1199
00:44:11,303 –> 00:44:13,063
The olives still have pits.
1200
00:44:13,223 –> 00:44:16,983
I mean, it’s you put a little gyro meat on that thing.
1201
00:44:16,983 –> 00:44:17,063
Ooh.
1202
00:44:17,823 –> 00:44:18,943
I’m a fan of the French fries.
1203
00:44:18,943 –> 00:44:20,263
Now everybody talks about McDonald’s.
1204
00:44:20,403 –> 00:44:21,163
McDonald’s fries.
1205
00:44:21,563 –> 00:44:22,843
They fry them just a little.
1206
00:44:23,443 –> 00:44:24,523
I’m a fan of the fries.
1207
00:44:24,603 –> 00:44:25,083
Oh, there’s a,
1208
00:44:25,083 –> 00:44:25,283
you know,
1209
00:44:25,283 –> 00:44:26,443
there’s a secret menu?
1210
00:44:26,763 –> 00:44:27,243
Is there?
1211
00:44:27,243 –> 00:44:27,963
And what is that?
1212
00:44:27,963 –> 00:44:29,403
I can’t tell you it’s secret.
1213
00:44:30,843 –> 00:44:32,403
Well, you can get the Five Hondo.
1214
00:44:32,403 –> 00:44:33,563
And what is that?
1215
00:44:33,643 –> 00:44:34,443
The Five Hondo,
1216
00:44:34,523 –> 00:44:37,163
it was a bunch of big rollers in Vegas because they
1217
00:44:37,163 –> 00:44:37,963
got a store in Vegas.
1218
00:44:38,363 –> 00:44:41,563
And the big rollers wanted a double Coney,
1219
00:44:41,803 –> 00:44:42,683
two dogs,
1220
00:44:42,963 –> 00:44:44,043
That’s too much for me to eat.
1221
00:44:44,123 –> 00:44:45,723
I can’t do that.
1222
00:44:45,723 –> 00:44:49,163
I know, but you’re not a baller,
1223
00:44:49,163 –> 00:44:49,723
you know what I’m saying?
1224
00:44:52,123 –> 00:44:54,003
I guess not if I have to eat 2 hot dogs.
1225
00:44:54,843 –> 00:44:55,563
Okay, now,
1226
00:44:58,043 –> 00:44:58,603
hey, we forgot,
1227
00:44:58,923 –> 00:45:00,843
we forgot Bernie.
1228
00:45:02,203 –> 00:45:02,563
Well, you know,
1229
00:45:02,563 –> 00:45:03,243
when it rains,
1230
00:45:03,243 –> 00:45:04,083
the power goes out.
1231
00:45:04,083 –> 00:45:05,403
And when the power goes out,
1232
00:45:05,403 –> 00:45:06,323
the internet goes out.
1233
00:45:06,323 –> 00:45:07,403
When the internet goes out,
1234
00:45:07,403 –> 00:45:10,603
I call my friend Matt and Bernie at XG Service Group.
1235
00:45:10,763 –> 00:45:12,603
Look at Bernie here on his hands and knees,
1236
00:45:12,763 –> 00:45:14,123
giving it everything he’s got.
1237
00:45:14,683 –> 00:45:15,883
Look at that man crack.
1238
00:45:16,123 –> 00:45:17,083
So busy.
1239
00:45:17,723 –> 00:45:18,763
He forgot to wear a belt.
1240
00:45:18,763 –> 00:45:20,843
There’s Matt right there getting the board together.
1241
00:45:20,843 –> 00:45:23,563
That’s 734-245-4100.
1242
00:45:23,563 –> 00:45:26,523
If you need Matt and Bernie to come take care of your
1243
00:45:26,523 –> 00:45:27,323
voice over internet,
1244
00:45:27,563 –> 00:45:28,683
your security cameras,
1245
00:45:28,923 –> 00:45:30,523
off-campus access control,
1246
00:45:30,763 –> 00:45:33,163
Wi-Fi and cameras for homes and business,
1247
00:45:33,163 –> 00:45:34,283
they’ll design it for you.
1248
00:45:34,523 –> 00:45:35,363
You got restaurants,
1249
00:45:35,363 –> 00:45:36,563
they do drive-through systems,
1250
00:45:36,563 –> 00:45:38,363
railroad cameras for public safety.
1251
00:45:38,523 –> 00:45:41,803
Total wireless camera systems for your home and business.
1252
00:45:42,043 –> 00:45:42,523
Yeah, that’s right.
1253
00:45:42,523 –> 00:45:46,243
Call XG Services at 734-245-4100.
1254
00:45:48,523 –> 00:45:49,003
Oh, really?
1255
00:45:49,003 –> 00:45:51,483
Somebody’s political gossip in the corner over there.
1256
00:45:51,483 –> 00:45:52,123
Save it.
1257
00:45:52,203 –> 00:45:53,083
We’ll get a beer.
1258
00:45:53,483 –> 00:45:54,123
We’ll get a beer.
1259
00:45:54,123 –> 00:45:54,843
I won’t say it,
1260
00:45:54,923 –> 00:45:57,563
but I want to welcome in Representative Brian Posthumus.
1261
00:45:57,803 –> 00:45:58,563
Brian, I’m sorry.
1262
00:45:58,563 –> 00:45:59,083
I always said,
1263
00:45:59,883 –> 00:46:00,483
pronounce it,
1264
00:46:00,483 –> 00:46:00,843
dude.
1265
00:46:01,323 –> 00:46:02,203
Posthumus.
1266
00:46:02,203 –> 00:46:03,003
Posthumus.
1267
00:46:03,403 –> 00:46:04,043
There you go.
1268
00:46:04,203 –> 00:46:05,163
Because his dad was.
1269
00:46:05,483 –> 00:46:06,123
Like Tumus.
1270
00:46:06,123 –> 00:46:07,323
Always said posthumus.
1271
00:46:07,723 –> 00:46:08,683
Posthumus.
1272
00:46:09,443 –> 00:46:10,123
That’s what he said.
1273
00:46:10,723 –> 00:46:11,803
I’m going to call you a Posi.
1274
00:46:11,803 –> 00:46:12,603
You need a nickname,
1275
00:46:12,603 –> 00:46:13,163
Posi.
1276
00:46:13,803 –> 00:46:14,203
You know what,
1277
00:46:14,243 –> 00:46:15,483
call me whatever you want.
1278
00:46:15,883 –> 00:46:16,683
Okay, Posi.
1279
00:46:18,843 –> 00:46:19,403
You’ve got,
1280
00:46:19,923 –> 00:46:21,363
what’d you make of Todd?
1281
00:46:21,363 –> 00:46:22,243
Isn’t that guy just,
1282
00:46:22,243 –> 00:46:22,843
he’s brilliant,
1283
00:46:22,843 –> 00:46:23,243
isn’t he?
1284
00:46:23,963 –> 00:46:24,923
He knows his stuff,
1285
00:46:24,923 –> 00:46:25,163
man.
1286
00:46:25,243 –> 00:46:26,683
That’s really impressive.
1287
00:46:26,843 –> 00:46:27,123
Yeah.
1288
00:46:27,723 –> 00:46:29,243
There’s a lot of shit happening.
1289
00:46:29,243 –> 00:46:30,763
And I was just,
1290
00:46:31,003 –> 00:46:33,963
I called him on a holy Saturday because I was like,
1291
00:46:33,963 –> 00:46:35,563
oh, now, now,
1292
00:46:35,803 –> 00:46:39,043
because Brian’s introduced legislation probably won’t
1293
00:46:39,043 –> 00:46:40,123
get through the Senate.
1294
00:46:40,603 –> 00:46:45,523
but he’s the face of a referendum now with the committee
1295
00:46:45,563 –> 00:46:46,923
to protect voters.
1296
00:46:47,243 –> 00:46:50,603
And it’s a citizenship amendment to the state constitution.
1297
00:46:50,923 –> 00:46:52,523
Tell us what it is,
1298
00:46:52,843 –> 00:46:53,323
Brian.
1299
00:46:54,443 –> 00:46:54,803
Absolutely.
1300
00:46:54,803 –> 00:46:55,163
First of all,
1301
00:46:55,163 –> 00:46:57,003
thank you very much for having me on your show.
1302
00:46:57,403 –> 00:46:58,923
I’ve been watching you for a long time,
1303
00:46:58,923 –> 00:47:01,243
so I really appreciate the opportunity to talk with
1304
00:47:01,243 –> 00:47:02,923
you and talk with your listeners.
1305
00:47:03,243 –> 00:47:04,203
So first of all,
1306
00:47:04,683 –> 00:47:05,323
Like you said,
1307
00:47:05,323 –> 00:47:08,923
we introduced a constitutional amendment into the
1308
00:47:08,923 –> 00:47:09,723
legislature,
1309
00:47:09,723 –> 00:47:11,643
House Joint Resolution B,
1310
00:47:12,003 –> 00:47:13,403
which would require a few things.
1311
00:47:13,403 –> 00:47:16,443
One, proof of citizenship when registering to vote,
1312
00:47:16,843 –> 00:47:20,683
and two, an ID when you cast your ballot,
1313
00:47:20,683 –> 00:47:23,723
whether that’s absentee ballot or voting in person.
1314
00:47:24,603 –> 00:47:25,003
Okay.
1315
00:47:25,403 –> 00:47:25,963
And
1316
00:47:26,803 –> 00:47:28,043
That’s not going to make it through.
1317
00:47:28,203 –> 00:47:29,763
So now there’s a referendum.
1318
00:47:29,763 –> 00:47:30,443
You guys need what,
1319
00:47:30,603 –> 00:47:32,763
450,000 valid signatures.
1320
00:47:32,763 –> 00:47:35,163
So you need to collect 600,000 signatures.
1321
00:47:35,963 –> 00:47:38,283
Do not do not hire one finger Freddy.
1322
00:47:38,923 –> 00:47:39,523
This dude.
1323
00:47:41,243 –> 00:47:42,363
No, I’m sorry.
1324
00:47:43,803 –> 00:47:44,123
Go ahead.
1325
00:47:44,203 –> 00:47:44,523
No, no.
1326
00:47:44,523 –> 00:47:45,283
So to your point,
1327
00:47:45,483 –> 00:47:48,043
in order to amend the Constitution legislatively,
1328
00:47:48,203 –> 00:47:51,283
it requires 2/3 of the House and then 2/3 of the Senate,
1329
00:47:51,283 –> 00:47:53,323
and then it goes to the ballot for a referendum.
1330
00:47:54,043 –> 00:47:57,363
Now, my hope is that the Democrats will join us in
1331
00:47:57,363 –> 00:47:59,963
the House and in the Senate to help secure our election.
1332
00:48:00,363 –> 00:48:02,803
But I’m not naive enough to think that the Democrats
1333
00:48:02,803 –> 00:48:04,523
are actually going to help secure our elections,
1334
00:48:04,523 –> 00:48:04,843
right?
1335
00:48:04,843 –> 00:48:05,963
So, you know,
1336
00:48:05,963 –> 00:48:07,963
I’m committed to making sure that this is on the ballot
1337
00:48:07,963 –> 00:48:09,163
one way or another.
1338
00:48:09,483 –> 00:48:13,243
So we took the steps to do a petition drive as well.
1339
00:48:13,963 –> 00:48:15,963
We got approval from the board of canvassers.
1340
00:48:15,963 –> 00:48:19,083
So we are gearing up to start collecting signatures.
1341
00:48:19,083 –> 00:48:19,643
We need
1342
00:48:20,043 –> 00:48:22,203
450,000 valid signatures.
1343
00:48:22,283 –> 00:48:27,203
Our goal is about 650,000 signatures in a six-month
1344
00:48:27,203 –> 00:48:27,723
period of time.
1345
00:48:27,963 –> 00:48:29,003
So when’s it due?
1346
00:48:31,003 –> 00:48:32,043
It depends on when we start,
1347
00:48:32,043 –> 00:48:32,363
right?
1348
00:48:32,363 –> 00:48:34,923
So you have 6 total months.
1349
00:48:34,923 –> 00:48:40,243
It’s a rolling window in order to collect the 450,000
1350
00:48:40,243 –> 00:48:41,003
valid signatures.
1351
00:48:41,043 –> 00:48:45,643
Unless your Nestle’s wife,
1352
00:48:45,643 –> 00:48:48,843
then you get all kinds of rakes.
1353
00:48:50,643 –> 00:48:52,683
90% of the people agree with this,
1354
00:48:52,843 –> 00:48:53,163
right?
1355
00:48:53,163 –> 00:48:56,043
Some ID at the polls.
1356
00:48:56,683 –> 00:48:57,443
10% don’t.
1357
00:48:57,563 –> 00:48:58,203
So I mean,
1358
00:48:58,203 –> 00:48:59,083
it’s a no-brainer.
1359
00:48:59,083 –> 00:49:04,203
But I do have an issue.
1360
00:49:04,283 –> 00:49:04,843
I do.
1361
00:49:04,843 –> 00:49:06,083
Let’s work this out.
1362
00:49:06,523 –> 00:49:09,003
So my mom,
1363
00:49:09,803 –> 00:49:11,483
my mom is 80 years old,
1364
00:49:11,963 –> 00:49:12,363
right?
1365
00:49:12,603 –> 00:49:13,323
She’s ill.
1366
00:49:13,883 –> 00:49:15,403
She’d been married three times.
1367
00:49:15,403 –> 00:49:17,403
I don’t think she has a marriage license,
1368
00:49:17,563 –> 00:49:19,163
much less her birth certificate still.
1369
00:49:19,243 –> 00:49:20,603
She doesn’t text message,
1370
00:49:20,683 –> 00:49:21,963
doesn’t have a computer,
1371
00:49:22,123 –> 00:49:23,163
doesn’t have the internet.
1372
00:49:25,163 –> 00:49:26,043
How’s my mom,
1373
00:49:26,483 –> 00:49:28,763
her passport’s expired?
1374
00:49:29,883 –> 00:49:31,323
What do you expect my mom to do?
1375
00:49:32,203 –> 00:49:33,723
Why can’t you make it easy on my mom?
1376
00:49:34,363 –> 00:49:36,603
It’s a huge concern.
1377
00:49:37,643 –> 00:49:38,363
It’s my mom.
1378
00:49:38,523 –> 00:49:38,763
Yeah.
1379
00:49:38,763 –> 00:49:39,563
So first of all,
1380
00:49:39,563 –> 00:49:40,803
has your mom voted already?
1381
00:49:40,803 –> 00:49:42,283
Is your mom already registered to vote?
1382
00:49:42,283 –> 00:49:42,883
Yes, she’s a voter.
1383
00:49:42,923 –> 00:49:44,363
So it does not impact her at all.
1384
00:49:44,523 –> 00:49:44,763
Why?
1385
00:49:44,843 –> 00:49:45,683
Stop right there.
1386
00:49:45,723 –> 00:49:46,283
Why?
1387
00:49:46,283 –> 00:49:46,723
Wait, whoa,
1388
00:49:46,723 –> 00:49:47,243
whoa, whoa.
1389
00:49:47,803 –> 00:49:50,683
So you’re saying if you’re already registered to vote,
1390
00:49:51,163 –> 00:49:53,243
you don’t have to go in and re-up.
1391
00:49:53,483 –> 00:49:54,043
We’re good.
1392
00:49:54,323 –> 00:49:56,523
And the state will check in on us,
1393
00:49:56,523 –> 00:49:56,763
right?
1394
00:49:56,763 –> 00:49:57,883
A random sampling,
1395
00:49:58,203 –> 00:49:58,603
right?
1396
00:49:58,763 –> 00:49:59,083
Yeah.
1397
00:49:59,403 –> 00:50:00,083
Okay, so wait,
1398
00:50:00,363 –> 00:50:01,083
this is huge.
1399
00:50:01,803 –> 00:50:03,243
Everybody currently,
1400
00:50:03,243 –> 00:50:04,083
18 and older,
1401
00:50:04,083 –> 00:50:07,603
who’s registered to vote remains registered to vote.
1402
00:50:07,723 –> 00:50:08,363
Is that correct?
1403
00:50:08,523 –> 00:50:08,763
Right.
1404
00:50:09,003 –> 00:50:09,763
OK, big deal.
1405
00:50:09,763 –> 00:50:11,963
And the onus now on the government,
1406
00:50:11,963 –> 00:50:12,283
right?
1407
00:50:12,283 –> 00:50:16,123
So the constitutional amendment also requires that
1408
00:50:16,123 –> 00:50:20,283
the Secretary of State validate the citizenship of
1409
00:50:20,283 –> 00:50:21,483
the qualified voter file.
1410
00:50:21,723 –> 00:50:23,563
And it provides a process by which,
1411
00:50:23,563 –> 00:50:25,563
if that citizenship cannot be verified,
1412
00:50:25,803 –> 00:50:29,683
the Secretary of State removes that individual from
1413
00:50:29,683 –> 00:50:30,603
the qualified voter file.
1414
00:50:30,603 –> 00:50:31,603
So it’s prospective.
1415
00:50:31,723 –> 00:50:32,283
effective only,
1416
00:50:32,283 –> 00:50:33,723
and it’s a one-time thing.
1417
00:50:33,963 –> 00:50:34,923
You register to vote,
1418
00:50:34,923 –> 00:50:36,123
you show your citizenship,
1419
00:50:36,123 –> 00:50:36,483
that’s it,
1420
00:50:36,483 –> 00:50:36,843
you’re done.
1421
00:50:36,843 –> 00:50:38,683
You never have to prove your citizenship again.
1422
00:50:39,003 –> 00:50:39,563
And remember,
1423
00:50:39,803 –> 00:50:41,603
70, I think it’s around 78%
1424
00:50:42,123 –> 00:50:45,323
of the population in Michigan have enhanced driver’s
1425
00:50:45,323 –> 00:50:45,963
licenses,
1426
00:50:46,203 –> 00:50:48,563
which is proof of citizenship.
1427
00:50:48,843 –> 00:50:49,563
And so if you are,
1428
00:50:49,563 –> 00:50:50,123
so right there,
1429
00:50:50,123 –> 00:50:53,243
78% of the population is already approved.
1430
00:50:53,683 –> 00:50:54,763
And you’re going to need,
1431
00:50:54,763 –> 00:50:58,723
I mean, Jocelyn Benson is advocating that for the
1432
00:50:58,963 –> 00:51:00,203
enhanced driver’s license anyway.
1433
00:51:00,603 –> 00:51:01,483
She thinks it’s
1434
00:51:01,683 –> 00:51:02,603
It’s easy to get that,
1435
00:51:02,923 –> 00:51:03,963
even it, but not,
1436
00:51:04,363 –> 00:51:06,123
but won’t support the constitutional amendment.
1437
00:51:06,243 –> 00:51:07,243
Okay, so again,
1438
00:51:07,803 –> 00:51:08,683
I don’t have to,
1439
00:51:08,683 –> 00:51:10,603
my mom doesn’t have to prove their citizenship.
1440
00:51:10,603 –> 00:51:12,443
You’re going to look in to see if I’m a citizen.
1441
00:51:12,603 –> 00:51:14,843
And if we get flagged there’s an issue,
1442
00:51:14,843 –> 00:51:18,123
I will be contacted by an intermediary and ombudsman,
1443
00:51:18,203 –> 00:51:18,923
something like this,
1444
00:51:18,923 –> 00:51:19,883
to clear it up,
1445
00:51:20,043 –> 00:51:20,363
right?
1446
00:51:20,923 –> 00:51:23,643
Yeah, so the way that it would work is the Secretary
1447
00:51:23,643 –> 00:51:27,003
of State would be required to utilize all of the databases
1448
00:51:27,483 –> 00:51:29,163
that she has access to.
1449
00:51:29,723 –> 00:51:32,123
through the Department of Homeland Security,
1450
00:51:32,603 –> 00:51:33,603
or not Homeland Security,
1451
00:51:33,603 –> 00:51:33,963
I’m sorry,
1452
00:51:34,523 –> 00:51:36,603
DHHS, Health and Human Services,
1453
00:51:36,683 –> 00:51:38,003
that has birth certificates,
1454
00:51:38,003 –> 00:51:39,323
that has marriage certificates,
1455
00:51:39,723 –> 00:51:40,883
everything that you need.
1456
00:51:41,483 –> 00:51:44,523
If they can’t validate it that way,
1457
00:51:45,243 –> 00:51:48,923
And then then they are required to reach out to the
1458
00:51:48,923 –> 00:51:51,603
federal government and utilize it utilize the federal
1459
00:51:51,603 –> 00:51:53,163
government to help demonstrate that.
1460
00:51:53,483 –> 00:51:54,603
As you probably know,
1461
00:51:54,603 –> 00:51:57,883
President Trump issued an executive order requiring
1462
00:51:57,883 –> 00:52:00,683
that the federal government work with the state governments
1463
00:52:00,843 –> 00:52:01,963
for this purpose.
1464
00:52:02,443 –> 00:52:06,283
And if it gets to that point where the state can’t
1465
00:52:06,283 –> 00:52:06,923
validate it,
1466
00:52:07,003 –> 00:52:08,843
the federal government can’t validate it,
1467
00:52:09,003 –> 00:52:10,763
frankly, you’re probably not a citizen,
1468
00:52:10,923 –> 00:52:12,763
but in the off chance that you are,
1469
00:52:13,083 –> 00:52:16,123
the Secretary of State is required to notify you that,
1470
00:52:16,123 –> 00:52:18,763
hey, we can’t validate your citizenship.
1471
00:52:19,003 –> 00:52:21,563
Now you have to validate your citizenship.
1472
00:52:22,123 –> 00:52:22,603
Okay, okay,
1473
00:52:22,843 –> 00:52:23,483
go ahead.
1474
00:52:23,723 –> 00:52:28,323
But are we asking something of an entity in terms of
1475
00:52:28,323 –> 00:52:29,163
accountability,
1476
00:52:29,163 –> 00:52:30,483
in terms of transparency,
1477
00:52:30,483 –> 00:52:32,243
in terms of efficiency that
1478
00:52:33,163 –> 00:52:37,283
You mean Jocelyn Benson and the shitty way she’s been
1479
00:52:37,323 –> 00:52:37,723
handling this.
1480
00:52:37,723 –> 00:52:38,043
Well, I mean,
1481
00:52:38,043 –> 00:52:38,363
you know,
1482
00:52:38,363 –> 00:52:40,043
you think about the voters’
1483
00:52:40,123 –> 00:52:42,443
registration card that you continue to receive in
1484
00:52:42,443 –> 00:52:42,763
the mail.
1485
00:52:42,803 –> 00:52:43,243
There she is,
1486
00:52:43,243 –> 00:52:43,963
Janet.
1487
00:52:43,963 –> 00:52:45,003
That hasn’t been,
1488
00:52:45,003 –> 00:52:45,483
we talked about.
1489
00:52:45,483 –> 00:52:45,883
Early voting,
1490
00:52:45,883 –> 00:52:46,363
Janet.
1491
00:52:46,523 –> 00:52:49,163
You just call me up and I’ll cast it for you.
1492
00:52:49,163 –> 00:52:51,483
We talk about purging of the voter rolls.
1493
00:52:51,483 –> 00:52:52,363
I mean, we’ve been,
1494
00:52:52,843 –> 00:52:54,683
this is all nothing new.
1495
00:52:54,683 –> 00:52:59,003
Do we really expect another layer of process to actually
1496
00:52:59,243 –> 00:53:01,163
either make a difference or be
1497
00:53:01,843 –> 00:53:02,443
enforced?
1498
00:53:03,763 –> 00:53:04,763
So that’s a great question.
1499
00:53:04,803 –> 00:53:06,123
I’ll give you 2 points on that.
1500
00:53:06,123 –> 00:53:09,643
Point #1, that really goes down to making sure that
1501
00:53:09,723 –> 00:53:12,603
our citizenry is electing qualified,
1502
00:53:12,603 –> 00:53:15,003
competent individuals that we trust with the role
1503
00:53:15,003 –> 00:53:15,443
of the job,
1504
00:53:15,803 –> 00:53:16,043
right?
1505
00:53:16,043 –> 00:53:18,443
Like a little bit of that is on the citizenry.
1506
00:53:18,443 –> 00:53:22,523
Now, the other piece of that is we are putting in the
1507
00:53:22,523 –> 00:53:24,923
Constitution these requirements.
1508
00:53:25,083 –> 00:53:26,283
When it’s in the Constitution,
1509
00:53:26,283 –> 00:53:28,723
it’s a lot more difficult for the Secretary of State
1510
00:53:28,723 –> 00:53:30,843
or any other individual to skirt that.
1511
00:53:31,163 –> 00:53:31,763
I don’t know if you know
1512
00:53:31,843 –> 00:53:32,123
I noticed,
1513
00:53:32,123 –> 00:53:32,923
I don’t know if you saw it,
1514
00:53:32,923 –> 00:53:35,083
but I think about two months ago,
1515
00:53:35,723 –> 00:53:38,403
Jocelyn Benson finally removed,
1516
00:53:38,403 –> 00:53:42,763
I think it was 319,000 people from the qualified voter
1517
00:53:42,763 –> 00:53:42,963
file.
1518
00:53:42,963 –> 00:53:46,203
And it was because she couldn’t skirt the law anymore.
1519
00:53:46,203 –> 00:53:47,803
She had been putting it off for years.
1520
00:53:48,043 –> 00:53:51,403
She finally got slapped down by the Supreme Court again.
1521
00:53:51,643 –> 00:53:53,003
And so as a result,
1522
00:53:53,003 –> 00:53:55,803
we were putting pressure on her with this ballot initiative.
1523
00:53:56,163 –> 00:53:59,003
And now 319,000 people have been removed.
1524
00:53:59,323 –> 00:54:01,323
So it’s a matter of continuing to put pressure on.
1525
00:54:01,843 –> 00:54:04,683
Yeah, you know what’s funny too is Michigan and George,
1526
00:54:04,683 –> 00:54:07,003
for which I write and work,
1527
00:54:07,003 –> 00:54:09,723
and James Dixon,
1528
00:54:11,723 –> 00:54:12,523
they found out,
1529
00:54:12,523 –> 00:54:13,323
they foyed it,
1530
00:54:13,403 –> 00:54:15,403
that when Benson was out there saying,
1531
00:54:15,563 –> 00:54:17,723
hey, it’s really rare that,
1532
00:54:17,963 –> 00:54:18,443
you know,
1533
00:54:18,443 –> 00:54:19,643
non-citizens vote,
1534
00:54:20,443 –> 00:54:21,323
they found 15.
1535
00:54:21,323 –> 00:54:23,883
It was actually 16 because the Chinese kid that goes
1536
00:54:23,883 –> 00:54:24,523
to Michigan.
1537
00:54:25,843 –> 00:54:27,563
The internal documents showed they have,
1538
00:54:27,723 –> 00:54:29,003
like, they couldn’t figure,
1539
00:54:29,003 –> 00:54:30,203
they couldn’t get a database.
1540
00:54:30,443 –> 00:54:31,323
They have the database.
1541
00:54:31,323 –> 00:54:32,123
They couldn’t run it.
1542
00:54:32,483 –> 00:54:33,563
Where, okay,
1543
00:54:34,123 –> 00:54:36,203
who’s registered to vote that never showed ID?
1544
00:54:36,763 –> 00:54:37,163
Okay.
1545
00:54:37,523 –> 00:54:39,163
And then another subset,
1546
00:54:39,563 –> 00:54:41,963
who’s registered to vote that never showed ID that
1547
00:54:41,963 –> 00:54:43,483
actually voted and they couldn’t do it.
1548
00:54:43,483 –> 00:54:45,723
And she’s out there holding press conferences telling
1549
00:54:45,723 –> 00:54:47,403
us nothing to see here.
1550
00:54:47,723 –> 00:54:50,523
It’s complete and utter bullshit.
1551
00:54:50,683 –> 00:54:51,883
Now, I will say this.
1552
00:54:53,083 –> 00:54:53,603
Basically,
1553
00:54:53,603 –> 00:54:56,043
it’s the 18-year-olds are going to now have to go
1554
00:54:57,083 –> 00:54:57,963
show their citizenship.
1555
00:54:58,123 –> 00:55:01,883
In fact, when you get a driver’s license now at 16,
1556
00:55:01,883 –> 00:55:03,483
you’ll probably do it,
1557
00:55:03,483 –> 00:55:03,803
right?
1558
00:55:04,123 –> 00:55:05,443
But it’s much easier.
1559
00:55:05,443 –> 00:55:06,443
We have computers now.
1560
00:55:06,843 –> 00:55:10,603
Everybody that’s born gets a social security number.
1561
00:55:10,763 –> 00:55:13,403
So security number means you’re a citizen.
1562
00:55:13,723 –> 00:55:16,843
And I know we gave illegals
1563
00:55:17,763 –> 00:55:18,763
social security numbers,
1564
00:55:18,843 –> 00:55:21,403
but those are easily tracked as you saw those do.
1565
00:55:21,563 –> 00:55:25,203
So Brian, why not just social security numbers and
1566
00:55:25,203 –> 00:55:26,043
your PIN numbers,
1567
00:55:26,043 –> 00:55:27,523
the last four digits of your social?
1568
00:55:27,643 –> 00:55:29,163
Why not something that easy,
1569
00:55:29,323 –> 00:55:32,203
you guys do it and send it to me in the mail?
1570
00:55:32,443 –> 00:55:34,443
Why do I got to do any extra work?
1571
00:55:35,283 –> 00:55:36,763
That’s a great point.
1572
00:55:37,083 –> 00:55:37,803
Ultimately,
1573
00:55:37,803 –> 00:55:39,243
that’s where I want to go.
1574
00:55:39,243 –> 00:55:40,843
The reality is right now,
1575
00:55:41,003 –> 00:55:41,803
the state government,
1576
00:55:41,803 –> 00:55:42,763
the federal government,
1577
00:55:43,003 –> 00:55:46,443
we don’t have a consolidated database accurate enough
1578
00:55:46,523 –> 00:55:47,003
to do that.
1579
00:55:47,403 –> 00:55:50,683
You have to work within individual databases to splice
1580
00:55:50,683 –> 00:55:51,203
it all together.
1581
00:55:51,963 –> 00:55:53,483
My hope is to work with you.
1582
00:55:54,363 –> 00:55:55,163
Frankly, yeah,
1583
00:55:55,243 –> 00:55:57,083
that was one of the biggest surprises to me,
1584
00:55:57,083 –> 00:55:57,403
right?
1585
00:55:57,403 –> 00:56:00,083
It’s like we are a country and yet we do not have a
1586
00:56:00,203 –> 00:56:02,523
unified database that determines whether somebody
1587
00:56:02,523 –> 00:56:04,283
is or is not a citizen.
1588
00:56:04,603 –> 00:56:04,843
It’s
1589
00:56:05,403 –> 00:56:05,803
nuts.
1590
00:56:06,283 –> 00:56:10,483
My hope is that I’ll be able to work with with immigrations
1591
00:56:10,563 –> 00:56:13,083
or customs and immigration services to create this
1592
00:56:13,123 –> 00:56:16,643
database that then the onus can be entirely on the
1593
00:56:16,643 –> 00:56:17,083
government.
1594
00:56:17,083 –> 00:56:17,963
That’s the goal.
1595
00:56:17,963 –> 00:56:18,603
And frankly,
1596
00:56:18,843 –> 00:56:20,683
I think that’s where the onus should lie.
1597
00:56:21,003 –> 00:56:21,963
But in the meantime,
1598
00:56:22,043 –> 00:56:24,523
we still need to ensure that only US citizens are
1599
00:56:24,523 –> 00:56:25,723
voting in our elections.
1600
00:56:25,963 –> 00:56:27,883
OK, so we’re going to wrap it up here,
1601
00:56:27,883 –> 00:56:28,123
man.
1602
00:56:28,523 –> 00:56:29,163
Thanks, by the way.
1603
00:56:29,283 –> 00:56:31,923
What’s the name of this ballot initiative?
1604
00:56:31,923 –> 00:56:32,763
You guys got one yet?
1605
00:56:34,003 –> 00:56:37,323
Prove it Michigan is spelled out.
1606
00:56:37,643 –> 00:56:37,803
Yeah.
1607
00:56:38,283 –> 00:56:38,603
Okay.
1608
00:56:38,603 –> 00:56:40,283
So like I said,
1609
00:56:40,283 –> 00:56:41,803
9 out of 10 people are for this.
1610
00:56:41,803 –> 00:56:43,603
France does this for fuck’s sake.
1611
00:56:43,603 –> 00:56:43,843
Okay.
1612
00:56:44,203 –> 00:56:46,763
So if you’re already registered to vote,
1613
00:56:46,763 –> 00:56:48,043
you’re registered to vote.
1614
00:56:48,603 –> 00:56:49,723
They will look.
1615
00:56:49,963 –> 00:56:51,403
I don’t know if you guys are going to look into all
1616
00:56:51,403 –> 00:56:52,843
of us or it’s a random sample.
1617
00:56:52,843 –> 00:56:54,523
I think it’s probably going to be a random sample.
1618
00:56:54,963 –> 00:56:57,243
judging by what Benson was or was not able to do.
1619
00:56:57,323 –> 00:56:59,123
So you won’t be taken off the ballot.
1620
00:56:59,243 –> 00:57:00,123
If you’re flagged,
1621
00:57:00,283 –> 00:57:02,763
they’ll give you a call and we get it taken care of.
1622
00:57:02,923 –> 00:57:04,843
The kids now have to prove it,
1623
00:57:05,003 –> 00:57:07,643
but the kids now have to get an enhanced driver’s
1624
00:57:07,643 –> 00:57:08,003
license.
1625
00:57:08,003 –> 00:57:10,683
Now you go in with your birth certificate anyway.
1626
00:57:12,043 –> 00:57:14,043
You’re born with a social security number.
1627
00:57:15,123 –> 00:57:16,203
When they write the law,
1628
00:57:17,083 –> 00:57:19,883
they will try to build all of this stuff to make it
1629
00:57:19,883 –> 00:57:21,683
easy going into the next century.
1630
00:57:21,683 –> 00:57:22,243
Is that right,
1631
00:57:22,243 –> 00:57:22,523
Bry?
1632
00:57:24,123 –> 00:57:24,163
100%.
1633
00:57:24,283 –> 00:57:27,723
Look, the constitutional amendment also has a provision
1634
00:57:27,963 –> 00:57:30,523
that, like a financial hardship provision,
1635
00:57:30,523 –> 00:57:30,803
right?
1636
00:57:30,803 –> 00:57:33,803
So if you can’t afford the documentation necessary,
1637
00:57:34,123 –> 00:57:36,923
then state law will have to create that,
1638
00:57:37,323 –> 00:57:37,683
an Ave.
1639
00:57:37,803 –> 00:57:41,563
for you to get that citizenship documentation or driver’s
1640
00:57:41,563 –> 00:57:44,483
license at no cost to you as an individual.
1641
00:57:44,763 –> 00:57:45,563
Okay, that’s it.
1642
00:57:46,803 –> 00:57:47,483
I’m getting on an hour.
1643
00:57:47,483 –> 00:57:49,363
I don’t like to go to an hour because when people look
1644
00:57:49,363 –> 00:57:50,243
on the internet,
1645
00:57:50,243 –> 00:57:50,923
they’re scrolling,
1646
00:57:50,923 –> 00:57:51,523
like on Twitter.
1647
00:57:51,523 –> 00:57:52,603
Oh, it’s too long.
1648
00:57:52,683 –> 00:57:53,563
It’s an hour.
1649
00:57:54,123 –> 00:57:54,763
So see you,
1650
00:57:54,763 –> 00:57:54,963
Bri.
1651
00:57:54,963 –> 00:57:55,563
Good luck,
1652
00:57:55,563 –> 00:57:55,883
man.
1653
00:57:56,603 –> 00:57:57,403
Thank you very much.
1654
00:57:57,563 –> 00:57:58,483
God bless America.
1655
00:57:58,843 –> 00:57:59,683
See you next week.
1656
00:58:00,363 –> 00:58:01,923
We’re getting ready for that mayoral debate.
1657
00:58:01,923 –> 00:58:02,763
Yes, we are.
1658
00:58:03,563 –> 00:58:06,763
Woo! Man, we are rocking Tucker Carlson next Wednesday.
1659
00:58:42,403 –> 00:58:42,483
The.
