Rep. Tony Gonzales on Border Crossings: Things Are Getting Worse

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GONZALES: “Nancy, it’s great to be here. You know, I represent nearly half of the overall southern border. I literally was on the border on Friday. What I can tell you is, things are getting worse. And let me give you an example. So, in the — in the New Mexico area, to date, there’s been 100 illegal immigrants that have perished, OK. Every part of the border is different. Parts of my district, it takes you three days humping through the desert in order to make it to the border. In the New Mexico area, it takes you one hour. So, how is 100 people dying in one hour? The reason is, these criminal organizations are holding these migrants in these stash houses for sometimes over a month, feeding them one meal and one bottle of water a day. So, when it is time for them to finally make that trek, they give them caffeine pills and they try to rush them over. So, in many time — many cases, the humanitarian crisis along the border is getting worse.”