1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Welcome back to a Numbers game with Ryan Gerduski. Thank 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: you for joining me again today, Happy Monday afternoon or 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: whatever time and day you're listening, because podcast go forever. 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: I guess so. President Trump has been getting a bit 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: of hot water among his base, especially after a recent 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: appearance in the Laura Ingram Show where she pressed him 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: about the number of foreign Chinese students being admitted to 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: the US and support for bringing in h one b 9 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: visa users even as the tech sector fires thousands of Americans. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: It's deflated part of his base who may feel like 11 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: he's backing away from his earlier promises. And I think 12 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: that it's important in this rhetoric to really break down 13 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: these issues and what's actually been happening in some numbers 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 1: behind it. So, first, on foreign student visas holders in America. 15 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: During the twenty twenty three twenty twenty four school year, 16 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:50,840 Speaker 1: America had one point one million foreign students in the country. Now, 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: despite Trump's rhetoric on wanting to admit hundreds of thousands 18 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: of Chinese students, President Trump's administration has tightened the rules 19 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: around visas for foreign students, namely that their visas are 20 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: only as good as long as they're enrolled in school. Currently, 21 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: the visas actually allow students to stay in the country 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: longer than their duration of their time in school, so 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: they can stay for an extra year or two even 24 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: after they're done with college. He's also required now vetting 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: procedures to look at students' social media posts. You know, 26 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: it'd be good if we found out if there's a 27 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: student who's out there and said, I, you know, I 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 1: love Hitler or I love you know, I love al Qaeda, 29 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: that they probably shouldn't come into the country. And the 30 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: administration is weighing in another rule to restrict the end 31 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: of optional practical training known as the OPT program, which 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: allows for international students to work to the US for 33 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: up to twelve months or thirty six months if you're 34 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: a STEM field after graduation. This tightening around our student 35 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: visa system has led to a seventeen percent drop in 36 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: the current academic year, the largest drop in more than 37 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: a decade, aside from the COVID nineteen pandemic. According to 38 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: the Institute for International Education, overseas students make up about 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: six percent of the overall college popular in the US. Now, 40 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: the overall number hasn't declined by a lot. The drop 41 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: is most among new student applications, but the overall drop 42 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: hasn't happened in equal number of because people have been 43 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: able to stay for over a year. They're still in 44 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: the programs. As the Trump administration continues, as long as 45 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: it holds true to these reforms that it's done, the 46 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: number of foreign student visas will, sorry, foreign students will 47 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: drop over time. That's a break and rhetoric from what 48 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: the President has said. What the President's done has been 49 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: much closer to what he promised round the campaign. Now 50 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: let's talk about H one BS visas. The Presiden's administration 51 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: is set to publish a new rule at the end 52 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: of this month, increasing the price of a new H 53 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: one B application to one hundred thousand dollars per applicant. 54 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: In Trump's proclamation, Trump is pushing the Department of Labor 55 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: to enforce immigration laws and most importantly, set the prevailing 56 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: wages for H one b's basically so they don't compete 57 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: with American workers. Now, this happens regionally and locally, so 58 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: a Deloitte consultant in Philadelphia will make about sixty thousand 59 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: dollars per year, which is thirty four percent less than 60 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: the going rate in the area. It's done by areas, 61 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: not nationally. This will hopefully tighten the rules and make 62 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: it less desirable to hire foreigners over Americans. So once 63 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: again there's a break from what he said in recent interviews, 64 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: especially the Laura Ingram one, from what he's done. And 65 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: I don't know who's advising him to say this. It's 66 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: not something that I would tell the president if I 67 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: was advising him. Immigration remains one of the most important 68 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: issues facing our country changes our in my opinion, the 69 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: most important issue. It changes our country's economy, our culture, 70 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: and most importantly, our politics. Conservatives need to remember every 71 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: day that we make a choice. Our country decided to 72 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: invite a radical socialist who would fundamentally alter our country 73 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: and believe that we should be governed by international law, 74 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: and that man Zora Mandani is set to become the 75 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: mayor of our nation's largest city. Conservers have been saying afterwards, 76 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: I don't know why people who hate this country move here. 77 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: The question I am posing to my mostly conservative audience 78 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: is why do we let them in? That's what you 79 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: need to think about. This is a policy choice that 80 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: every previous administration has made to let people who want 81 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: to change US in. President Trump, for the most part, 82 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: has been very successful, especially on the issue of mass deportations. 83 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: According to a report from DHS, from back to September, 84 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: about four hundred thousand illegal aliens have been deported. This 85 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: is a higher rate than any other previous administration. Do 86 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: not believe the narrative about President Obama. It is not 87 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: true he was counting people turned away the border as 88 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: self deportation. Obviously, President Trump has secured the border, so 89 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: there are not people being turned away to be counted 90 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: interi re enforcement, which is what President Trump has mostly done. 91 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: He is the most successful president, and it's important to 92 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: remember that it's also working as a deterrent not only 93 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: for illegal aliens currently living here, but also for people 94 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: who would seek to come here. They're not making the journey. 95 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: According to a reason study from the Kaiser Family Foundations 96 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: of the New York Times they founded, the number of 97 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: illegal immigrants currently living in the US who would still 98 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: choose to move here illegally if given the opportunity from 99 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: when they came has dropped from seventy two percent in 100 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three to fifty six percent in twenty twenty five. 101 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,479 Speaker 1: I personally do not like President Trump's comments on H 102 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: one b's and foreign students. I believe that, you know, 103 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: it's very important to remember sometimes Trump speaks rhetorically and 104 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: other things are happening in the administration, both good and 105 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: bad on the part of conservatives. I think it's also 106 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: important to parse through the rhetoric though it's not all 107 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: just the last SoundBite. And on illegal immigration, there is 108 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: no question President Trump is the most successful president in 109 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: our lifetime. On legal immigration, it's a little harder to 110 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: parse through what's happening because the administration hasn't published all 111 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: their data yet for twenty twenty five, so we're kind 112 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: of just guessing a little bit based upon non nonprofits 113 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: and research organizations. But they have done certain things like 114 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: limit the number of asylum seekers dramatically. They are bringing 115 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: up lawsuits on birthright citizenship for illegal aliens, which acts 116 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: as a major major source of why people come here. 117 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: They can have a child and they get their chocolm 118 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: citizen and then sponsor them for citizens themselves. It's called 119 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: anchor baby citizenship and chain migration. They have yet to do, though, 120 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: what polling and what conservatives pulling, especially among Republicans, have 121 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: been asking which is real reduction based on legal immigration. 122 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: A study by the libertarian organization CATO in twenty twenty 123 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: one found that nine percent of Americans want no immigration 124 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: at all, which is something I'm not personally in favor of. 125 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: Forty five percent want a ninety percent reduction, and sixty 126 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: two percent want at least a fifty percent reduction in 127 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: illegal immigration. Remember, during the last year President Trump's time 128 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: in office, two point eight million people enter the US 129 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: and eight hundred thousand became citizens the right to vote 130 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 1: just as much as you and I, roughly the same 131 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: number of new Americans as the city of San Francisco. 132 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: We added a city of San Francisco to our country 133 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,679 Speaker 1: as far as new citizens go in just one year 134 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: through immigration. To put a bow on this, yes, I'm 135 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: not fan of what President Trump said, And Christy Nome 136 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: said something which I also don't even believe is true 137 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: by what the administration is doing, but she said they're 138 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: granting citizenship to even more people than Biden did. The 139 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: numbers that I've seen so far don't add up to that. All. 140 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: We'll find out at the end of the year. And 141 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: If it is, I'll scorch them for it. But I 142 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: don't believe that to be true. But I think that 143 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: when you go past the rhetoric into the accomplishments that 144 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: were really so heavily involved in the first half of 145 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: the year, that peoples forget. President Trump's doing the most 146 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: to combat illegal immigration, and that's worth celebrating. He's making 147 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: reforms to protect American workers. That's worth celebrating. And it's 148 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: not time to sit there and lose our hair just 149 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: because he says one or two comments that we may 150 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: not like. Boligans on Capitol Hill who haven't always been 151 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: great on immigration. I mean, let's face it, before Trump, 152 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: they were pretty horrible, have kind of changed their tomb. 153 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: There's not a lot of conversations around amnesty. There's not 154 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: a lot of conversations around loosening immigration rules. There's a few, 155 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: but not many because they're taking their notes from President Trump, 156 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: and hopefully those rising stars in the party will be 157 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: able to carry this mansil not only for the rest 158 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: of Trump's term but into the future after Trump leaves 159 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: the White House in twenty twenty nine. One of those stars, 160 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: who is just an absolute rock star on the issue 161 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: immigration who fights every day to protect America's borders and 162 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: to reduce immigration is Congress from Brandon gil He'll be 163 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: up next. Congress from Brandon. Gill is a freshman congress 164 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: from from Texas's twenty sixth district, quickly becoming one of 165 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 1: the strongest fighters for the Republican Party in the House, 166 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 1: especially on issues related to immigration. Thank you for being here, Congressman. 167 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 2: Thanks for having me. 168 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 1: So you're one of the few Republicans in Congress of 169 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: an A plus rating from Numbers USA and other immigration groups. 170 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: A lot of people, especially not on conservatives, say that 171 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: you know, Trump's president, so what more could conservatives possibly 172 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 1: want out of the House on immigration? What are some 173 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: of your answers to that question. 174 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, and listen think I think that mass migration is 175 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 3: one of the biggest issues facing the United States and 176 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 3: Western civilization today. So one thing that the House should 177 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 3: be working on is codifying and making permanent some of 178 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 3: President Trump's policies towards illegal immigration. And we did some 179 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 3: of that in the big beautiful tax bill earlier this year. 180 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 3: You know, we provided funding for full completion of the 181 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 3: border wall, for full completion of river barriers on the 182 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 3: southern border. We provided billions of dollars to fund the 183 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 3: logistical infrastructure needed for mass deportations. More, we had funding 184 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 3: for ten thousand new ICE agents, more DHS agents. I mean, 185 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 3: that's the kind of stuff that we should be working on. 186 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 3: But you also have a variety of policies that the 187 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 3: Trump administration has implemented via executive order. One of them 188 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 3: is his Remain in Mexico policy. It was something that 189 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 3: he instituted first in his first administration. He brought it 190 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 3: back earlier this year. I have a bill that would 191 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,600 Speaker 3: codify that, make that permanent, and so that you don't 192 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 3: have a Democrat who gets elected president who unleashes the 193 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 3: same kind of chaos on the country that Joe Biden did. 194 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 3: I mean, all Remain in Mexico does is. It simply 195 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 3: says if you're an alien and you're a waiting adjudication 196 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 3: of an asylum claim, you need to wait in a 197 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 3: safe third country, not in the United States. In other words, 198 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 3: you can't cross our borders and wait for five or 199 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 3: seven or eight years or longer for your asylum claims 200 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 3: to be processed, because that you know, a weight period 201 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 3: of that duration basically legalizes a mass invasion of the country. 202 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 3: So I think that that's one tangible thing that we 203 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 3: could be doing. Yeah, you know that bill. I looked 204 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 3: it up right before you came on. It has one 205 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 3: hundred and nine co sponsors, and I just wonder, why 206 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 3: are some of these good bills waiting so long to 207 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 3: be voted for in the House at least in sub committees, 208 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 3: let alone like on the House floor. Yeah, you know, 209 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 3: I think that that's a it's a longer term solution. 210 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,599 Speaker 3: We had a hearing a bill mark up excuse me, 211 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 3: and Judiciary Committee just yesterday where we looked at a 212 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 3: variety of different bills, including one of my own, which 213 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 3: are sort of tangible things that we can do right 214 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 3: now that would change policy and give the administration more 215 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,959 Speaker 3: flexibility on illegal immigration and deportations. This is something that's 216 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 3: a longer term fixed because you know, right now it 217 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 3: remain in Mexico is policy. So I'm hoping it's something 218 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 3: that we can get on the docket and move. You know, 219 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 3: whenever you have over one hundred co sponsors, including a 220 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 3: couple of Democrats. By the way, that's a bill that 221 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 3: I think is likely to pass the House floor. And 222 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 3: whenever you've got some bipartisanship. Whenever Democrats in the Senate 223 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 3: recognized that illegal immigration is in fact a problem, you 224 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 3: might be able to get it out of the Senate 225 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 3: as well. It's tough to say, but I think this 226 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 3: is something we should be moving. I've certainly been pushing 227 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 3: really hard to get this. 228 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm the floor you brought up. So I mentioned 229 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,040 Speaker 1: there was a subcommittee hearing yesterday and you had a 230 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 1: well congressman's Eric Leewall, who's very well known for having 231 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: an affair with a Chinese spy. He attacked you for 232 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: when you or other bills, which is an expedia removal 233 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: of criminal aliens. This has got to be an issue. 234 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 1: I haven't pulled it, but it's probably up there in 235 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: the eighty percentile range, right, and of course slam personal attacks. 236 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: It was nothing based on the merit of the actual bill, 237 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: which is obvious. Can you tell my audience about the 238 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: bill itself. 239 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, So what it does is it expands the categories 240 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 3: under which illegal aliens are eligible for what's called administrative removal. 241 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 3: An administrative removal is basically a fast track process to 242 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 3: deport criminal illegal aliens out of the country. So we're 243 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 3: just talking about some of the long wait times as 244 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 3: asylum claims or others or other different claims that illegal 245 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 3: aliens make are being processed. There are certain categories of 246 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 3: illegal aliens, for instance, violent felons, aggravated felons right now 247 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 3: that can be deported after they've been apprehended within a 248 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 3: few weeks. It could be even a couple of days, 249 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 3: depending on how fast this process goes. And that's called 250 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 3: administrative removal. And it's similar to what you see along 251 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 3: the southern border or where an illegal alien is caught 252 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 3: and they're basically just sent right back to where they 253 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 3: came from. But this tends to happen more in the 254 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 3: interior of the country. That's one of the key distinctions. 255 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 3: So what this bill does is it says that if 256 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 3: you're an illegal alien and you're convicted of any sexual assault, 257 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 3: any sexual crime at all, crimes against certain categories of people, 258 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 3: for instance, children, somebody over sixty five, any vulnerable group, 259 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 3: if you've committed a variety of violent felony assaults, then 260 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 3: you're going to be deported via administrative removal, or you're 261 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 3: eligible to be deported via administrative removal. So it just 262 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 3: expands those categories. And again, like you said, this is 263 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,200 Speaker 3: something that eighty or ninety percent of the country would 264 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 3: agree with. I mean, if you're an illegal alien and 265 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 3: you're coming into our country and you're sex trafficking miners, 266 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 3: nobody wants you here. We want you out of our 267 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 3: country as soon as we possibly can. And that's what 268 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 3: this bill does. 269 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: And it's crazy that crimes against the miners you would 270 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: think would automatically be in that category. Alrighty, it's not 271 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: what's somethin you would that be in in the House. 272 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: That's through the Judiciary Committit just rey rather yep. Okay, 273 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: So how if you're because this audience is in all 274 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 1: fifty states, how would somebody says, oh my god, Brandon, 275 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: that's a great bill. I want to be I want 276 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: to support your bill. Which are the congressman or which 277 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: are the leaders they sit there and send an email 278 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: to and say, please bring Brandon's bill up to a vote. 279 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: This seems so obvious. 280 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 3: Well, this is one that I think has a pretty 281 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 3: high probability of getting to the House floor. The committee 282 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 3: process is the first step to getting something to the floor, 283 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 3: and that's where if anybody wants to add an amendment 284 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 3: to the bill, or they want to change something, they 285 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 3: can do that during this bill markup and committee. Now 286 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: that it's through that it's up to the Majority Leader 287 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 3: and the Speaker to bring it to the floor. But 288 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 3: anybody can ask your congressman to push for this bill. 289 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 3: We've got about a dozen co sponsors roughly on it 290 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 3: right now. I think we could get a lot more. 291 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 3: And this is a bill that should easily sail through 292 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 3: the House without any problem at all. 293 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,119 Speaker 2: But tell your local congressman. 294 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: Now, you know you're a freshman, so this is your 295 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: first term, but you've known you've been filling politics as 296 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: long as I have. And we've known each other a 297 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: long time. And there was always this idea that Congressional 298 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: Republicans were not really on board with Trump's agenda and 299 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: that they were kind of going along until then get 300 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: rid of them and move in your year. How much 301 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: do you think the Republicans have really gotten on his 302 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: side on immigration, because obviously we don't talk about amnesty 303 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: anymore like we used to. We don't talk about a 304 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: lot of things like we used to, so it's been 305 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: some change. But how much do you think Republicans are 306 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: really where Trump's campaign has been around mass deportation, about restrictionism, 307 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: about other things like that. Well, certainly on the illegal 308 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: immigration front, I think you see broad deference to what 309 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: the president is doing because you know, this term is 310 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: different than the first term, and the big difference is 311 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: the interregnum during which Biden I just drove our country 312 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: off of a cliff. You know, you're talking about ten 313 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: million plus illegal aliens that came into the country, murderers, rapist, 314 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: gang bangers, I mean, some. 315 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 2: Of the worst of the worst. 316 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 3: And you saw communities across the country just be absolutely ravaged, 317 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 3: not just from the crime, but from the strain on 318 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 3: our social services, housing, education, hospitals. I mean, you see 319 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 3: it across the board, and I think the American people 320 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 3: really saw that. They're the ones who bore the brun 321 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 3: of this. So right now, I think that it's you know, 322 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 3: if you're a Republican and you are opposed to deportations, 323 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 3: that's a very politically difficult place to be. And I 324 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 3: think most Republicans recognize this, and they recognize that there 325 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 3: was a problem, a serious problem with illegal immigration during 326 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 3: the Biden administration, and that's given the president, I think 327 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 3: a little bit more leeway to implement mass deportations, which, 328 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 3: by the way, as you know, is something that most 329 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 3: Americans support very much. So now there's some more work 330 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 3: we can do on the legal immigration front. I think 331 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 3: that that's going to be something we can get done. 332 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 3: It's you know, of course it's a more contentious issue, 333 00:16:58,240 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 3: but that's going to be the next step. 334 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think part of that, and you speak to 335 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: a lot, is the fact that immigration affects other things 336 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: like housing, right, we always bring this up. How do 337 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: you another prison population, all the rest of it. How 338 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: do you sit there and try to gauge immigration as 339 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: a more holistic issue, saying this is not just about 340 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: pure GDP or an extra Mexican food truck or whatever 341 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: in your district. How do you sit there and say 342 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: this is about your housing and your education and the 343 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: budgets and all and your local community. How do conservatives 344 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,360 Speaker 1: sit there and engage on those issues as a full thing. 345 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 3: Well, I think one thing is that congressmen hear from 346 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 3: their districts, and it's not just from the constituents, but 347 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 3: you hear from local hospitals who are saying we've got 348 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 3: longer wait times right now, because we've got to treat 349 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 3: illegal aliens who aren't paying us for medical services, which 350 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 3: of course means everybody else pays more. You hear from 351 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 3: your constituents that they're having to wait in hospitals for 352 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 3: much longer than they should be, and you go, you know, 353 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 3: you go to any public facility and half the people 354 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 3: don't speak English. Is a clear and obvious problem that 355 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 3: congressmen can see, that that their constituents can see and 356 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 3: let them know about. But you know, the reality is, 357 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 3: I mean, there's a huge economic burden of illegal immigration 358 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 3: in the country. We're thirty eight trillion dollars in debt 359 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 3: right now, we're running two trillion dollar annual deficits, and 360 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 3: whenever you have illegal immigration, that's estimated to cost about 361 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 3: one hundred and eighty billion dollars a year from the state, local, 362 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 3: and federal level. I mean, that's a huge drain on 363 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,959 Speaker 3: our resources. And it's just a fact. And you know 364 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 3: that that's not something that you can debate. It's just there. 365 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 3: We all know that that is true. And as we're 366 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 3: talking about impacting the debt, is we're talking about, you know, 367 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 3: creating a more cohesive society. 368 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 2: I think that's something that congressmen recognize. 369 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: And I think that a big part of for conservatives, 370 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: and this is mostly a conservative audience, but there we 371 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: were constantly said, you have to be compassionate, you have 372 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: to be compassion every compassion And then I think for 373 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: a lot of people their eyes opened up last earlier 374 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: this month, and a man who did not believe in 375 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: our constitution and not believe in our in our republic 376 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: the way it is, was elected the mayor of New 377 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: York City and he was legally immigrated here, and a 378 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: lot of Republicans say, why did he want to come 379 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: to it? Why did this kid want to come to 380 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: a place they hate? And I always say, why did 381 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: we let them in? 382 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 3: That's exactly right. I mean Zora and Mamdani's presence in 383 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 3: the United States, his parents' presence in the United States, 384 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 3: is a damning indictment of our legal immigration system. You know, 385 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 3: the purpose of legal immigration should be for us to 386 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 3: ask who who will benefit us by coming into our country. 387 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,879 Speaker 3: If you're going to come into our country, you need 388 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 3: to come in on our terms and you need to 389 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 3: benefit us. And historically, prior to prior to the nineteen sixties, 390 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 3: there were a few just kind of analytical criteria used 391 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 3: to determine that. One of them was that you can't 392 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 3: come into the United States and be a public burden. 393 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 3: So you we cannot open up our borders and allow 394 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: somebody to legally immigrate into the United States and immediately 395 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 3: get on the dole and be on food stare to 396 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 3: get free housing and everything else. That is for American citizens. 397 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 3: And you can debate the extent of those programs and 398 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 3: that's separate, but they're not for illegal aliens. But the 399 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 3: second criteria was cultural assimilation. Whenever somebody immigrates into the 400 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 3: United States, we expect them to adopt our culture and 401 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 3: our customs in the American way of life. And that's 402 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 3: just simply not happening. 403 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 2: You know. 404 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 3: You gave the example of New York. You know, New 405 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 3: York's the city that is, it's thirty eight percent roughly 406 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 3: for and born, and walk down any street in New 407 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 3: York and you find out really quickly that most of 408 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 3: those people are not assimilating. You know, you hear a 409 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 3: hundred different languages spoken, and Democrats like to brag about 410 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 3: that and say that this is a great thing. You know, 411 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 3: the reality is most Americans want to be able to 412 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 3: communicate with their neighbor. They want to be able to 413 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,400 Speaker 3: live in a community or a neighborhood where they can 414 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 3: walk their dog and not have to hear a hundred 415 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 3: different languages. They want to be able to say hi 416 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 3: to their neighborhood and to their neighbors and actually live 417 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 3: in a real community. I mean, you can't do that 418 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: with mass migration. 419 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: What you're getting at is that there's a linkage, and 420 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 1: this has been studied across many different cultures and countries, 421 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: is between social trust and mass immigration. Every math recreation, 422 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: immigration increases, social trust is depleted. And social trust is 423 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,360 Speaker 1: what societies are built on for little things of can 424 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,919 Speaker 1: I leave my car, my door unlocked, my car whatever 425 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: to all the way to can I trust them my 426 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: neighbors voting in my interests? Because when when you have 427 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: mass immigration, I want to expense for one second, is 428 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 1: that you don't only distrust people who look differently on you, 429 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: you distress people who look the same as you. Trust 430 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 1: decreases across the board. So yeah, it's super important. And 431 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: one thing that Europe does that I don't know why 432 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: we don't do, is when they look at the cost 433 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: of immigration, they look at nation of origin into both 434 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: the first and second generation. I just think it'd be 435 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 1: an interesting concept for Congress to take on as far 436 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: as a look at you know, immigration is not like 437 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: a bag of oranges. There's super successful ones, there's not 438 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: successful ones. You don't have to bring everybody in. And 439 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: I just think that that's a really important caveat to it. 440 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: But overall, I think Trump has done an amazing job 441 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: when it comes to illeg immigration, best in our lifetime, 442 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: and I just hope that Congress are willing to step 443 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: up and increase that and doesn't revert to Maria Salazar's 444 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: of the world when everything is all said and done, Congress, 445 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,439 Speaker 1: one last question for you, what when it comes to immigration, 446 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: do you think that you know, in this argument, in 447 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: this upcoming election, rather a lot of people, immigration has 448 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: declined as an importance of an issue because we solve 449 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 1: the border crisis. I mean, that's the problem with sometimes success. 450 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: What do you fear if Democrats get in control of 451 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: the House again, what they could do to kind of back, 452 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: you know, take a step back to what Trump's accomplished well. 453 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 3: On the immigration front. I think that it's going to be, 454 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 3: you know, the same kind of Hell we sell under 455 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 3: Joe Biden. You know, Democrats know that mass migration politically 456 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 3: benefits them at the expensive Republicans. And this is not 457 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 3: a right wing conspiracy theory. This is coming directly from 458 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 3: Democratic leaders who have talked about for decades that demographic 459 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 3: changes in the United States will benefit them. I mean 460 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 3: there's a book written about it. You know, in the 461 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 3: early two thousands. 462 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: It was up the permanent majority by a guy of 463 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: riot Mixed area, Yeah. 464 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 3: Exactly, and the Emerging Democratic Majority is another one. I mean, 465 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,159 Speaker 3: this is like their manual for you know, sort of 466 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 3: systematically rigging elections by importing voters. And it has to 467 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 3: do both with illegal aliens voting, but it also has 468 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,959 Speaker 3: to do with legal aliens who tend to vote Democrat. 469 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 3: But it also has to do with illegal aliens who 470 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 3: are impacting congressional apportionment. So whenever the census takes the 471 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,479 Speaker 3: poll of how many people live in each state, that 472 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 3: impacts congressional apportionment, and that's based on the number of 473 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 3: people in a state, not the number of American citizens. 474 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 3: So you see blue states like New York and California 475 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 3: get more congressional representation at the expense of red states. 476 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 3: I mean, it really is a cynical plan to systematically 477 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 3: rig elections for Democrats. That's what worries me long term, 478 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 3: and I think Democrats know that that's part of their playbook. 479 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 3: And all they have to do is we open the 480 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 3: borders under a new Democrat administration to continue playing that out. 481 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 3: Of course, you're going to see them stopping deportations, but 482 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 3: I think you could very easily see them just open 483 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 3: the gates up again. 484 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: They in a big, beautiful bill. I don't know this 485 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 1: did they How long do they do the ice funding for? 486 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: Is it just one year? 487 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 3: You know, we provided about two hundred billion dollars in 488 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 3: funding for border security, and that was the wall, river barriers, everything. 489 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 3: We were mentioning we're going to have to re up 490 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 3: that at some point for the ice. This will last us, 491 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 3: I believe for a couple of years. I mean it's 492 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 3: a substantial amount of money. No, I know, it just 493 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 3: they could pull their deportations. Need to last more than 494 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 3: just the next two years. 495 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, Well in Congressman, where I could people go 496 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: to follow what you put out there and your Twitter 497 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,199 Speaker 1: and on your website and stuff. 498 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 3: We're all over social media on Twitter at Rep brand 499 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 3: and Gil also on Instagram, you can see a lot 500 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 3: of the committee work that I'm that I'm doing. 501 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 2: You can keep up with me there as well. 502 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, Brandon's Brandon is one of the few congressmen and 503 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: to manage to go viral every almost every time he 504 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: gets into a committee with an MPR exec or somebody else. 505 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: So it's worth just checking out for entertainment purposes and 506 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: you learn a few things. So Congresson, thank you so 507 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 1: much for coming here. 508 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 2: Hey, thanks for having me. 509 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: Hey, we'll be right back after this. Now it's time 510 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: for Asking Me Anything. If you want to be part 511 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: of the Ask Me Anything segment. Emily Ryan at Numbers 512 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 1: Game podcast dot com. That's Ryan at numbers Plural Game 513 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: podcast dot com. Look forward to these emails. This one 514 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: comes from Joseph Pryor. He says, what are the real 515 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 1: tradeoffs of voter ID Could it be used to suppress 516 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,239 Speaker 1: certain voting blocks? In the current day, There have been 517 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: a number of from case of illegals registered to vote, 518 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 1: like in the Iowa superintendent and ID checking in some 519 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: states that are laxed enough that these seems obviously they 520 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: have voted. It seems more likely that lacks ID laws 521 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: facilitate fraud by insiders than by mass participations by illegal aliens. 522 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: The purported to low fraud numbers don't seem credible your thoughts, Okay, 523 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: usually in where it has taken place. In most places 524 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,959 Speaker 1: country where it's proven voter fraud, right, large voter frauds, 525 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't typically happen among illegal immigration. Now, not that 526 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: illegals never vote, they do, right, especially where it's been investigated, 527 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: there have been cases of illegal aliens voting. What the 528 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: what has been more likely happened Like there was a 529 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: race in Connecticut recently and I don't know the Iowa 530 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: superintendent race specifically, but traditionally, especially like in Chicago and 531 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: New York, places that were famous for voter fraud, what 532 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: would happen is they would wait till the end of 533 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 1: the day and they would probably get people in the 534 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,239 Speaker 1: projects places where in certain urban communities they would have 535 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: the voting booth inside the physical building that people lived 536 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: in and either have people vote for them or have 537 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: dead people vote. This is like the old Chicago math 538 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: that they would sit there and say but it was 539 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: specifically in urban centers because they could delay the release, 540 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: They could sit there and have the last place to reporting, 541 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: and it would happen in local elections. Illinois was very 542 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: famous for it. It's not typically illegal immigration in large numbers, 543 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: but it's not like it never happened. So stronger voting 544 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: laws are really welcome with that. I don't know the 545 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,239 Speaker 1: Iowa case. I'm going to look it up. Iowa does 546 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: has voter ID law, but it is not photographic vote 547 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 1: or ID law. It's non photo ID law. So I 548 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 1: don't love that. I know that people could say, what 549 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: if someone has an accident, whether it is figured or 550 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: plastic surgery. I'm not sure that argument would necessarily hold up. 551 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, there was a study from Berry College 552 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: that was published in the Atlantic Economic Journal, and I 553 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: found that between two thousand and four to twenty fourteen, 554 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: nine states pass voter ID laws, and they found no 555 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 1: connection to decrease voter turnout, especially among Black Americans. There 556 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: was slight decrease turnout among Latinos that may be illegal immigrants, 557 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: but who knows. So the idea that voter ID, you know, 558 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: deterrestable to voting, that is a nonsensic argument. It is 559 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 1: not true whatsoever. It has never been true. You need 560 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: ID to do everything from buy alcohol, to buy a 561 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,199 Speaker 1: lotto ticket to you know your everyday life. This is 562 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: completely a lie. Everyone knows it. In October twenty twenty four, 563 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,960 Speaker 1: Gallup asked Americans if they support voter ID issue laws. 564 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 1: Only fifteen percent said that they suppose that they oppose 565 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: both voter ID and proof of citizenship to go vote. 566 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: Eighty four percent and eighty three percent of Americans support 567 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: and measures both of them, respectively. When asked specifically on 568 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: the on party ID, I can tell you right now, 569 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: ninety six percent of Republicans, eighty four percent of Independence, 570 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 1: and sixty six percent of Democrats supported people proving that 571 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: they were citizens to go vote. Ninety eight percent of Republicans, 572 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: eighty four percent of Independence, and sixty seven percent of 573 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: Democrats supported voter ID laws. So it's just fifteen percent 574 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: either work for the media or politicians. I guess because 575 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: Americans overwhelmingly support voter ID laws and it's been proven 576 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: time and time again in poll after poll. So voter 577 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 1: idea is good, it works, people should support it, and 578 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: LAWSOE pass to enforce it. That's this episode. I appreciate 579 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: everyone listening. Please like and subscribe on the iHeartRadio app, 580 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts and you know, 581 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: check out OH or YouTube, you hit the subscribe button 582 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: and make sure you get all of our videos. So 583 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: I really appreciate you all. Thank you, and I will 584 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: see you guys on Thursday.