Ben Ray Lujan: ‘This Is Not the National Security Crisis’ on the Border; It’s a ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ Created By Trump

HEMMER Our next guest ░░░░░░░░ helped Democrats regain the ░░░░░░░░ in the House in ░░░░░░░░ 2018 midterms leading to ░░░░░░░░ investigative assault we are ░░░░░░░░ seeing against the president ░░░░░░░░ us now from Santa ░░░░░░░░ New Mexico Congressman Ben ░░░░░░░░ Lujan the number four ░░░░░░░░ in the House And ░░░░░░░░ Lujan welcome back to ░░░░░░░░ News Sunday REP Ben ░░░░░░░░ LUJAN D N M ░░░░░░░░ morning and good to ░░░░░░░░ with you today Bill ░░░░░░░░ I m going to ░░░░░░░░ with the border as ░░░░░░░░ did with Mick Mulvaney ░░░░░░░░ moment ago Six weeks ░░░░░░░░ you said this wasn ░░░░░░░░ a crisis Do you ░░░░░░░░ believe that LUJAN Look ░░░░░░░░ is not the national ░░░░░░░░ crisis that the president ░░░░░░░░ to describe There is ░░░░░░░░ humanitarian crisis but it ░░░░░░░░ created by President Donald ░░░░░░░░ When you go back ░░░░░░░░ the threats even during ░░░░░░░░ midterms the president was ░░░░░░░░ that there was an ░░░░░░░░ national security crisis and ░░░░░░░░ sent troops to the ░░░░░░░░ just to try to ░░░░░░░░ the American people with ░░░░░░░░ gains that we were ░░░░░░░░ to see in the ░░░░░░░░ Then we went into ░░░░░░░░ shutdown and the president ░░░░░░░░ the same deal after ░░░░░░░░ days of a shutdown ░░░░░░░░ he couldn t take ░░░░░░░░ day one to prevent ░░░░░░░░ government shutdown And here ░░░░░░░░ go again with the ░░░░░░░░ doubling down with threats ░░░░░░░░ shutdown the Mexican border ░░░░░░░░ would have devastated the ░░░░░░░░ S economy devastated the ░░░░░░░░ S auto manufacturers concerns ░░░░░░░░ many other areas including ░░░░░░░░ 000 workers in Mexico ░░░░░░░░ the Mueller report was ░░░░░░░░ out So again I ░░░░░░░░ the president continues to ░░░░░░░░ immigration as a distraction ░░░░░░░░ opposed to trying to ░░░░░░░░ together in a bipartisan ░░░░░░░░ whether it s immigration ░░░░░░░░ HEMMER OK LUJAN or ░░░░░░░░ important measures that we ░░░░░░░░ be talking about HEMMER ░░░░░░░░ re describing this as ░░░░░░░░ political charade but let ░░░░░░░░ look at the numbers ░░░░░░░░ the past month alone ░░░░░░░░ than 100 000 illegals ░░░░░░░░ been stopped at the ░░░░░░░░ How was that not ░░░░░░░░ crisis LUJAN There are ░░░░░░░░ number of people who ░░░░░░░░ been turning themselves in ░░░░░░░░ border patrol agents as ░░░░░░░░ law allows in the ░░░░░░░░ States for asylum seekers ░░░░░░░░ so when the Department ░░░░░░░░ Homeland Security is reporting ░░░░░░░░ numbers I don t ░░░░░░░░ that they are accurately ░░░░░░░░ the numbers with a ░░░░░░░░ of people that are ░░░░░░░░ themselves in the versus ░░░░░░░░ that are being apprehended.