The former president has made it clear that he doesn't
want you guys to move forward on this.
And judging by his comments,
he clearly wants to campaign on this issue.
Have you spoken to him about the Senate proposal and
are you simply trying to kill this to help him
out in the campaign?
Manu, that's absurd. We have a responsibility here to do
our duty.
Our duty is to do right by the American people,
to protect the people. I have talked to to the
former President Trump about this issue at length and and
he understands that.
He understands that we have a responsibility to do here
the President,
of course, President Trump. Wants to secure the country.
President Trump is the one that talked about border security
before anyone else did.
He ran on, as you remember,
building the wall. Why? Because he saw this catastrophe coming.
He knew that if we did not get control of
it,
we would be in the situation.
And that's why President Trump took executive actions.
He used his executive authority.
Get that system under control.