>> NEW COVID-19 CASES ARE
STEADILY RISING AGAIN IN
WISCONSIN, AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THE NEW CLIMB HAS PROMPTED THE
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
REINSTATE ITS MASK REQUIREMENT.
THIS AS A FEDERAL JUDGE THIS
WEEK REMOVED THE NATIONWIDE MASK
MANDATE FOR ALL PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
NOW IT IS UP TO INDIVIDUAL
CITIES, COUNTIES, AND AIRLINES
TO DECIDE IF PASSENGERS SHOULD
BE REQUIRED TO MASK UP TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
AND ANOTHER PANDEMIC DISTRICTING
FEDERAL POLICY IS SET TO END:
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS THAT
EFFECTIVELY CLOSE THE U.S.
BORDER WITH MEXICO TO INCOMING
MIGRANTS.
THE POLICY, KNOWN AS TITLE 42
ALLOWS THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL TO SEVERELY LIMIT
IMMIGRATION, EVEN FOR THOSE
SEEKING ASYLUM TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD OF DISEASE.
PUT IN PLACE BY FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP, IT IS NOW SET TO
END UNDER JOE BIDEN.
OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT RECENTLY
VISITED THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND
WANTS THE RESTRICTION TO REMAIN
IN PLACE.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN TOM
TIFFANY FROM WISCONSIN'S 7TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT JOINS US
FROM WAUSAU.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> IT'S GOOD TO JOIN YOU,
FREDERICA.
>> SO YOU TRAVELED TO THE
SOUTHERN
U.S. BORDER WITH MEXICO THIS
MONTH.
ANDER YOU WANTED TO TALK TO IT
ABOUT US, WHY?
>> I WENT FOR THE YUMA SECTOR,
THE THING THAT WAS STRIKING, I
WAS THERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO
UNDER THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION.
WE SAW WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND
FEDERAL OFFICIALS THEY WERE
WORKING TOGETHER QUITE WELL AND
REALLY HAD MADE PROGRESS IN
CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY
ILLEGALLY.
NOW, AS YOU GO TO PLACES LIKE
YUMA, YOU SEE IT'S REALLY VERY
MUCH OUT OF CONTROL AT THIS
POINT.
AND PEOPLE COMING INTO THE
COUNTRY THAT JUST REALLY ALMOST
WILLY-NILLY WE SEE -- THAT
EXCEED IN THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS, AND IF TITLE 42 GOES
AWAY, IT'LL BE A TIDAL WAVE
BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
MIGRANTS JUST WAITING ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER, AND
THE CARTELS IN MEXICO ARE READY
TO DELIVER THEM TO THE UNITED
STATES.
>> WHY SHOULD THE COVID PUBLIC
HEALTH POLICE THAT CLOSED THE
BORDER TO ASYLUM SEEKERS THOUGH,
BE MAINTAINED WHEN EVERYTHING
ELSE HAS OPENED UP?
>> YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO
CONTEST THE MASK MANDATE BEING
STRUCK DOWN IN COURTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTEST IT.
YET, SO THEY WANT THE MASK
MANDATES ON AIRPLANES, WHY WOULD
THEY NOT WANT TO KEEP COVID
RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR THOSE
THAT ARE TRYING TO ENTER THE
COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
I THINK IT'S INCONSISTENT ON THE
MARKET OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
>> IT'S A KEY FOCUS OF
REPUBLICANS BUT IS THE PARTY
TRADING ON FEAR AND DISLIKE OF
PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES,
PARTICULARLY CENTRAL AMERICA OR
MEXICO?
>> NO.
I WOULD URGE PEOPLE TO GO DOWN
TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND SEE
REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AND TALK
TO THE BORDER PATROL, WHAT'S
GOING ON.
JUST THIS MORNING, A BORDER
PATROL AGENT DROWN IN THE RIO
GRANDE TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE
COMING ACROSS THE BORDER
ILLEGAL.
WE SEE THIS REGULARLY.
THIS HAS HUGE NATIONAL SECURITY
CONCERNS, BESIDES THE MANY
MILLIONS THAT CAME IN ILLEGALLY,
AND DO THEY HAVE TERROR
BACKGROUNDS, AND THAT'S A
CONCERN.
AND THE AMOUNT OF DRUGS, THE
AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE, AND
FENTANYL THAT INCREASED SINCE
2021 WHEN PRESIDENT O PRESIDENTK
OFF THE RESTRICTIONS.
IT'S KILLING PEOPLE A I CROSS
AMERICA.
AND YOU CAN TALK TO THE LOCAL
SHERIFFS IN WISCONSIN AND
THEY'LL TELL YOU ABOUT AT
FENTANYL, AND METHAMPHETAMINE
TOGETHERS.
>> IT'S NOT ALL MEMBERS OF
TRAFFICKERS AND CARTELS.
MANY SEEKING ASYLUM ARE COMING
FROM VERY DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES IN CENTRAL
AMERICA.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE
TRYING TO PROTECT YOURSELF OR
OUR FAMILY FROM POVERTY OR CRIME
IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY?
>> WELL, WHEN I WAS IN YUMA THIS
WEEK, I HAPPENED TO SEE SOME
PEOPLE JUST COMING ACROSS THE
COLORADO RIVER AND GIVING
THEMSELVES UP TO THE BORDER
PATROL TO BE PROCESSED.
TO BE SENT INTO AMERICA, VIA A
BUS AND THEN AIRPLANE TO VARIOUS
STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND I SAW A MAN FROM INDIA.
A MAN FROM COLUMBIA, AMONGST
OTHER AND THEY WERE DRESSED JUST
LIKE AMERICANS.
ERNOT -- AND YOU COULD TELL IT
WAS NOT LEGITIMATE ASYLUM
SEEKERS.
YOU JUST GO BACK TO REMAIN IN
MEXICO, WHICH WAS IN PLACE
BEFORE JANUARY 20, OF 2021.
I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 95% OF
THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO HAD TO
REMAIN IN MEXICO TO HAVE THEIR
HEARING HELD WERE DECLINED
BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT
LEGITIMATE.
WHEN I WAS DOWN IN PANAMA A
YEARS AGO, WE HEARD FROM
HAITIANS AND CUBANS THAT THEY
WERE LIVING IN COUNTRIES LIKE
ACADEMY LAY, AND BRAZIL FOR
YEARS -- AND CHILE.
BECAUSE THE BORDERS ARE OPEN.
THE LIVESES WERE OKAY AT THAT
POINT, AND THEY ARE NOT
LEGITIMATE ASYLUM SEEKERS.
WE SHOULD ONLY ALLOW THOSE IN
WITH LEGITIMATE CLAIM.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE UKRAINIANS
FLEEING THE WAR?
DO YOU WELCOME THEM?
>> IF YOU GO BACK TO ASKS, I WAS
CRITICAL OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
IN AFGHAN STAN.
I WOULD SAY THE SAME IN REGARDS
TO THE UKRAINIANS.
WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING PEOPLE
TO COME IN ON PATROL.
THAT'S WHAT THE SECRETARY IS
DOING, USING AUTHORITY CALLED
PAROLE.
IT'S MEANT TO BE USED ON
INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
HE IS TAKING MASSES OF PEOPLE,
LIKE FROM AFGHANISTAN AND
UKRAINE AND SAYING WE'RE GOING
TO PASS YOU INTO AMERICA VIA
PAROLE.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE USED THAT
WAY.
FURTHERMORE, IF YOU TAKE THE
PEOPLE AWAY FROM EUROPE, LIKE WE
TOOK THE PEOPLE OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN, MANY WOULD RESETTLE
BACK INTO THE HOME COUNTRIES
ONCE THINGS SETTLED DOWN.
THIS MAY BE THE BEST THING THAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN WANTS, IS FOR THE
UKRAINIANS TO ABANDON THEIR HOME
LAND AND GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY
HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD, AND
VERY LOW PROSPECT OF THEM COMING
BACK TO THE UKRAINE.
>> SO IS YOUR ANSWER TO THAT NO?
IS THAT YOU ARE NOT WELCOMING
UKRAINIANS?
>> IF THEY HAVE A LEGITIMATE
CLAIM, BUT THEY NEED TO BE DONE
ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
NO DIFFERENT THAN THE AFGHANS
AND OTHERS THAT REQUEST THIS.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE PAROLE,
IT'S IN THE LAW THAT IT'S DONE
ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, NOT A
MASS SETTLEMENTS LIKE THE
ADMINISTRATION IS USING.
THEY'RE DISTORTING THE LAW AT
THIS POINT.
>> WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.
OUR TIME IS UP.
CONGRESSMAN TIFFANY, THANKS VERY