Fox Business: Annual Cost of Migrant Crisis Reaches $451B a Year

BARTOROMO Welcome back A ░░░░░░░░ House report revealing how ░░░░░░░░ S taxpayers were on ░░░░░░░░ hook for billions of ░░░░░░░░ in yearly care for ░░░░░░░░ migrants Fox Business Madison ░░░░░░░░ joins us live now ░░░░░░░░ Eagle Pass Texas with ░░░░░░░░ Madison we re learning ░░░░░░░░ about how much all ░░░░░░░░ this is costing taxpayers ░░░░░░░░ Yes Maria we are ░░░░░░░░ know the physical toll ░░░░░░░░ physical cost is evident ░░░░░░░░ in Eagle Pass where ░░░░░░░░ see the barbed wire ░░░░░░░░ me The financial toll ░░░░░░░░ is becoming clear now ░░░░░░░░ well A new report ░░░░░░░░ the U S House ░░░░░░░░ Security majority shows that ░░░░░░░░ annual cost of migrant ░░░░░░░░ 451 billion a year ░░░░░░░░ that s the cost ░░░░░░░░ both the care and ░░░░░░░░ for asylum seeker migrants ░░░░░░░░ well as known gotaways ░░░░░░░░ in Texas Eagle Pass ░░░░░░░░ re trying to crack ░░░░░░░░ on those would be ░░░░░░░░ The Texas DPS rush ░░░░░░░░ took us along for ░░░░░░░░ ride along last night ░░░░░░░░ they patrolled 30 minutes ░░░░░░░░ our night the helicopter ░░░░░░░░ up heat images on ░░░░░░░░ ranch and we were ░░░░░░░░ to four Hondurans that ░░░░░░░░ all arrested for criminal ░░░░░░░░ That is a state ░░░░░░░░ One was armed with ░░░░░░░░ knife Not long after ░░░░░░░░ arrests cameras pinged another ░░░░░░░░ and the heat seeking ░░░░░░░░ was sent up to ░░░░░░░░ more illegal crossers This ░░░░░░░░ in particular scaled a ░░░░░░░░ to get further into ░░░░░░░░ ranch I followed along ░░░░░░░░ Texas DPS climbing over ░░░░░░░░ fence there as you ░░░░░░░░ and then running further ░░░░░░░░ the ranch where we ░░░░░░░░ able to eventually locate ░░░░░░░░ individuals Those were also ░░░░░░░░ Both groups trying to ░░░░░░░░ into the country undetected ░░░░░░░░ claiming asylum These were ░░░░░░░░ top of the roughly ░░░░░░░░ 000 migrants that entered ░░░░░░░░ Eagle Pass Rio Grande ░░░░░░░░ asylum and winding up ░░░░░░░░ the hands of Border ░░░░░░░░ yesterday Our cameras were ░░░░░░░░ to capture about 300 ░░░░░░░░ of those migrants crossing ░░░░░░░░ river I want to ░░░░░░░░ in Lt Chris Olivarez ░░░░░░░░ was so helpful with ░░░░░░░░ of our ride alongs ░░░░░░░░ We re out here ░░░░░░░░ morning It is cold ░░░░░░░░ it s still dark ░░░░░░░░ ve already seen 50 ░░░░░░░░ trying to get across ░░░░░░░░ river How has the ░░░░░░░░ had an impact on ░░░░░░░░ OLIVAREZ It has not ░░░░░░░░ historically around this time ░░░░░░░░ the cold temperatures we ░░░░░░░░ a drop in illegal ░░░░░░░░ crossings but with this ░░░░░░░░ border crisis it has ░░░░░░░░ been the case We ░░░░░░░░ continue to see a ░░░░░░░░ flow of illegal immigrants ░░░░░░░░ between ports of entry ░░░░░░░░ now the temperatures are ░░░░░░░░ cold so you can ░░░░░░░░ imagine the rivers are ░░░░░░░░ cold Women and children ░░░░░░░░ crossing the river And ░░░░░░░░ long as the federal ░░░░░░░░ continues to incentivize illegal ░░░░░░░░ it s creating more ░░░░░░░░ conditions for these illegal ░░░░░░░░ and they ll continue ░░░░░░░░ cross because at the ░░░░░░░░ of it there s ░░░░░░░░ reward for them by ░░░░░░░░ it into the country ░░░░░░░░ Lieutenant thank you so ░░░░░░░░ You know we talk ░░░░░░░░ this year crossings Maria ░░░░░░░░ the first two fiscal ░░░░░░░░ of 2024 DPS tells ░░░░░░░░ there s 350 000 ░░░░░░░░ in just two months ░░░░░░░░ ll send it back ░░░░░░░░ you.”
BARTIROMO: “Unbelievable.”