[000:00:00;00] T ON FEDERAL 
[000:00:02;10] WORKERS.
[000:00:10;10] AND JERRY CONLEY WEIGHS IN. 
[000:00:12;14] THEN ANOTHER JOINS US TO TALK 
[000:00:15;17] ABOUT BORDER SECURITY.
[000:00:17;19] WATCH "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" AT 
[000:00:20;16] 7:00 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
[000:00:22;19] JOIN THE DISCUSSION.
[000:00:23;21] >> ON DAY 18 OF THE GOVERNMENT  
[000:00:25;22] SHUT-DOWN PRESIDENT SPOKE TO  
[000:00:27;16] THE NATION FROM THE OVAL OFFICE 
[000:00:28;24] ABOUT WHAT HE CALLS A 
[000:00:31;18] HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY 
[000:00:32;07] CRISIS ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
[000:00:33;22] THIS IS ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
[000:00:42;23] >> MY FELLOW AMERICANS TONIGHT  
[000:00:45;02] I AM SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE  
[000:00:45;27] THERE IS A GROWING HUMANITARIAN 
[000:00:48;00] AND SECURITY CRISIS AT OUR  
[000:00:50;26] SOUTHERN BORDER.
[000:00:51;25] EVERY DAY, CUSTOMS AND BORDER 
[000:00:54;26] PATROL AGENT ENCOUNTER  
[000:00:56;03] THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 
[000:00:57;28] TRYING TO TER OUR COUNTRY.
[000:00:59;27] WE ARE OUT OF SPACE TO HOLD 
[000:01:00;28] THEM, AND WE HAVE NO WAY TO 
[000:01:02;03] PROMPTLY RETURN THEM BACK HOME  
[000:01:03;29] TO THEIR COUNTRY. 
[000:01:05;07] AMERICA PROUDLY WELCOMES  
[000:01:07;01] MILLIONS OF LAWFUL IMMIGRANTS 
[000:01:10;02] WHO ENRICH OUR SOCIETY AND  
[000:01:11;04] CONTRIBUTE TO OUR NATION. 
[000:01:13;02] BUT ALL AMERICANS ARE HURT BY 
[000:01:17;05] UNCONTROLLED ILLEGAL MIGRATION. 
[000:01:19;11] IT STRAINS PUBLIC RESOURCES AND 
[000:01:21;14] DRIVES DOWN JOBS AND WAGES. 
[000:01:23;12] AMONG THOSE HARDEST HITTER  
[000:01:26;15] AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANIC  
[000:01:28;16] AMERICANS.
[000:01:29;12] OUR SOUTHERN BORDER IS A  
[000:01:31;13] PIPELINE FOR VAST QUANLTS OF  
[000:01:34;14] ILLEGAL DRUGS INCLUDING METH,  
[000:01:37;14] HEROIN COCAINE AND FENTANYL. 
[000:01:39;15] EVERY WEEK 300 OF OUR CITIZENS  
[000:01:40;25] ARE KILLED BY HEROIN ALONE. 
[000:01:44;16] 90% OF WHICH FLOODS ACROSS FROM 
[000:01:47;17] OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
[000:01:48;20] MORE AMERICANS WILL DIE FROM  
[000:01:50;18] DRUGS THIS YEAR THAN WERE 
[000:01:52;18] KILLED IN THE ENTIRE VIETNAM  
[000:01:54;26] WAR.
[000:01:55;18] IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ICE 
[000:01:58;19] OFFICERS MADE 266,000 ARRESTS 
[000:02:01;23] OF ALIENS WITH CRIMINAL 
[000:02:04;20] RECORDS, INCLUDING THOSE  
[000:02:06;20] CHARGED OR CONVICTED OF 100,000 
[000:02:10;24] ASSAULTS, 30,000 SEX CRIMES AND 
[000:02:14;23] 4,000 VIOLENT KILLINGS. 
[000:02:16;28] OVER THE YEARS THOUSANDS OF 
[000:02:18;25] AMERICANS HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY  
[000:02:20;26] KILLED BY THOSE WHO ILLEGALLY 
[000:02:22;26] ENTERED OUR COUNTRY AND  
[000:02:24;28] THOUSANDS MORE LIVES WILL BE  
[000:02:26;03] LOST IF WE DON'T ACT RIGHT NOW. 
[000:02:29;28] THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS,  
[000:02:33;06] A CRISIS OF THE HEART, AND A  
[000:02:36;02] CRISIS OF THE SOUL. 
[000:02:38;04] LAST MONTH 20,000 MY GRANT  
[000:02:41;07] CHILDREN WERE ILLEGALLY BROUGHT 
[000:02:43;05] INTO THE UNITED STATES, A 
[000:02:45;06] DRAMATIC INCREASE.
[000:02:46;09] THESE CHILDREN ARE USED AS  
[000:02:48;08] HUMAN PAWNS BY VICIOUS COYOTES  
[000:02:51;06] AND RUTHLESS GANGS. 
[000:02:53;06] ONE IN THREE WOMEN ARE SEXUALLY 
[000:02:55;13] ASSAULTED ON THE DANGEROUS TREK 
[000:02:57;16] UP THROUGH MEXICO.
[000:02:59;12] WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE THE  
[000:03:01;11] BIGGEST VICTIMS BY FAR OF OUR 
[000:03:04;15] BROKEN SYSTEM.
[000:03:05;12] THIS IS THE TRAGIC REALITY OF 
[000:03:08;14] ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ON OUR  
[000:03:09;18] SORENSTAM BORDER. 
[000:03:11;15] THIS IS THE CYCLE OF HUMAN  
[000:03:14;16] SUFFERING THAT I AM DETERMINED  
[000:03:16;22] TO END. 
[000:03:17;18] MY ADMINISTRATION HAS PRESENTED 
[000:03:19;24] CONGRESS WITH A DETAILED  
[000:03:21;24] PROPOSAL TO SECURE THE BORDER 
[000:03:23;25] AND STOP THE CRIMINAL GANGS,  
[000:03:26;25] DRUG SMUGGLERS AND HUMAN  
[000:03:30;22] TRAFFICKERS.
[000:03:31;04] IT'S A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM.
[000:03:32;28] OUR PROPOSAL WAS DEVELOPED LIE  
[000:03:36;03] LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS 
[000:03:37;04] AND BORDER AGENTS AT THE  
[000:03:40;26] DEPARMED OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
[000:03:42;05] THESE ARE THE RESOURCES THEY  
[000:03:43;04] HAVE REQUESTED TO PROPERLY  
[000:03:44;03] PERFORM THEIR MISSION AND KEEP  
[000:03:46;02] AMERICA SAFE. 
[000:03:48;01] IN FACT, SAVER THAN EVER BEFORE 
[000:03:51;01] . 
[000:03:52;01] THE PROPOSAL FROM HOIMENTS  
[000:03:55;03] INCLUDES CUTTING -- FROM  
[000:03:57;05] HOMELAND SECURITY INCLUDES  
[000:04:00;06] CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY FOR 
[000:04:01;08] DETECTING DRUGS CONTRABAND AND 
[000:04:03;15] MANY OTHER THINGS.
[000:04:04;14] WE HAVE REQUESTED MORE AGENTS,  
[000:04:06;12] IMMIGRATION JUDGES AND BED  
[000:04:08;11] SPACE TO PROCESS THE SHARP RISE 
[000:04:12;11] OF UNLAFELL MIGRATION FUELED BY 
[000:04:15;13] OUR VERY STRONG ECONOMY.
[000:04:17;13] OUR PLAN ALSO CONTAINS AN 
[000:04:19;15] URGENT REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN 
[000:04:21;16] ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL SUPPORT. 
[000:04:23;17] FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE ASKED  
[000:04:25;17] CONGRESS TO CLOSE BORDER  
[000:04:26;23] SECURITY LOOPHOLES SO THAT  
[000:04:28;22] ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN CAN  
[000:04:31;00] BE SAFELY AND ARE YOU MAINLY  
[000:04:33;20] RETURNED BACK HOME -- AND HAD 
[000:04:36;24] YOU MAIN LE RETURNED BACK HOME. 
[000:04:40;21] FINALLY, LAW ENFORCEMENT  
[000:04:42;22] PROFESSIONALS AFTER REQUESTED 
[000:04:43;23] $5.7 BILLION FOR A PHYSICAL 
[000:04:47;24] BARRIER.
[000:04:48;25] AT THE REQUEST OF DEMOCRATS IT 
[000:04:50;26] WILL BE A STEEL BARRIER RATHER  
[000:04:53;06] THAN A CONCRETE WALL. 
[000:04:54;25] THIS BARRIER IS ABSOLUTELY  
[000:04:56;02] CRITICAL TO BORDER SECURITY.
[000:04:57;26] IT IS ALSO WHAT OUR 
[000:04:58;29] PROFESSIONALS AT THE BORDER 
[000:05:00;27] WANT AND NEED.
[000:05:02;28] THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE.
[000:05:06;00] THE BORDER WALL WOULD VERY  
[000:05:08;02] QUICKLY PAY FOR ITSELF. 
[000:05:10;06] THE COST OF ILLEGAL DRUGS 
[000:05:12;05] EXCEEDS $500 BILLION A YEAR,  
[000:05:15;04] VASTLY MORE THAN THE $5.7 
[000:05:18;10] BILLION WE HAVE REQUESTED FROM  
[000:05:21;09] CONGRESS. 
[000:05:21;20] THE WALL WILL ALWAYS BE PAID  
[000:05:23;13] FOR INDIRECTLY BY THE GREAT NEW 
[000:05:26;09] TRADE DEAL WE HAVE MADE WITH  
[000:05:28;15] MEXICO. 
[000:05:30;10] SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER, WHO YOU  
[000:05:32;13] WILL BE HEARING FROM LATER  
[000:05:34;14] TONIGHT, HAS REPEATEDLY 
[000:05:36;12] SUPPORTED A PHYSICAL BARRIER IN 
[000:05:38;18] THE PAST, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER 
[000:05:41;16] DEMOCRATS.
[000:05:41;27] THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND ONLY  
[000:05:43;22] AFTER I WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT.
[000:05:47;18] DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS HAVE  
[000:05:49;18] REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE  
[000:05:51;20] CRISIS, AND THEY HAVE REFUSED 
[000:05:53;20] TO PROVIDE OUR BRAVE BORDER 
[000:05:56;21] AGENTS WITH THE TOOLS THEY  
[000:05:57;29] DESPERATELY NEED TO PROTECT OUR 
[000:06:00;00] FAMILIES AND OUR NATION.
[000:06:02;25] THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REMAINS  
[000:06:06;29] SHUT DOWN FOR ONE REASON AND  
[000:06:09;28] ONE REASON ONLY.
[000:06:10;25] BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WILL NOT FUND 
[000:06:12;28] BORDER SECURITY.
[000:06:14;01] MY ADMINISTRATION IS DOING  
[000:06:15;27] EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HELP 
[000:06:18;02] THOSE IMPACTED BY THE SITUATION 
[000:06:22;00] . 
[000:06:22;07] BUT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS FOR  
[000:06:25;01] DEMOCRATS TO PASS A SPENDING  
[000:06:27;08] BILL THAT DEFENDS OUR BORDER  
[000:06:30;04] AND REOPENS THE GOVERNMENT. 
[000:06:32;10] THIS SITUATION COULD BE SOLVED  
[000:06:34;09] IN A 45-MINUTE MEETING. 
[000:06:37;09] I HAVE INVITED CON  
[000:06:38;12] CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TO --  
[000:06:41;09] CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TO THE 
[000:06:43;06] WHITE HOUSE TOMORROW TO GET 
[000:06:44;09] THIS DONE.
[000:06:45;09] HOPEFULLY WE CAN RISE ABOVE 
[000:06:48;10] PARTISAN POLITICS IN ORDER TO 
[000:06:51;09] SUPPORT NATIONAL SECURITY.
[000:06:52;09] SOME HAVE SUGGESTED A BARRIER 
[000:06:54;15] IS IMMORAL. 
[000:06:56;16] THEN WHY DO WEALTHY POLITICIANS 
[000:06:59;13] BUILD WALLS, FENCES AND GATES 
[000:07:01;17] AROUND THEIR HOMES? 
[000:07:03;14] THEY DON'T BUILD WALLS BECAUSE  
[000:07:04;21] THEY HATE THE PEOPLE ON THE 
[000:07:06;15] OUTSIDE, BUT BECAUSE THEY LOVE  
[000:07:07;21] THE PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE. 
[000:07:10;18] THE ONLY THING THAT IS IMMORAL  
[000:07:13;20] IS THE POLITICIANS TO DO  
[000:07:16;22] NOTHING AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW 
[000:07:18;21] MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE TO BE SO 
[000:07:20;26] HORRIBLY VICTIMIZED.
[000:07:24;24] AMERICA'S HEART BROKE THE DAY 
[000:07:26;26] AFTER CHRISTMAS WHEN A YOUNG  
[000:07:28;25] POLICE OFFICER IN CALIFORNIA  
[000:07:30;04] WAS SAVAGELY MURDERED IN COLD 
[000:07:32;02] BLOOD BY AN ILLEGAL ALIEN WHO 
[000:07:37;09] JUST CAME ACROSS THE BORDER.
[000:07:39;04] THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN HERO  
[000:07:41;10] WAS STOLEN BY SOMEONE WHO HAD 
[000:07:43;02] NO RIGHT TO BE IN OUR COUNTRY.
[000:07:44;06] DAY AFTER DAY, PRECIOUS LIVES 
[000:07:46;05] ARE CUT SHORT BY THOSE WHO HAVE 
[000:07:48;02] VIOLATED OUR BORDERS. 
[000:07:51;03] IN CALIFORNIA AN AIR FORCE  
[000:07:54;11] VETERAN WAS RAPED MURDERED AND 
[000:07:57;07] BEATEN TO DEATH WITH A HAMMER 
[000:08:00;08] BY AN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH A LONG 
[000:08:03;10] CRIMINAL HISTORY. 
[000:08:04;09] IN GEORGIA AN ILLEGAL ALIEN  
[000:08:07;11] WAS RECENTLY CHARGED WITH 
[000:08:09;17] MURDER FOR KILLING BEHEADING 
[000:08:14;22] AND DISMEMBERING HIS NEIGHBOR.
[000:08:17;21] IN MARYLAND, MS-13 GANG MEMBERS 
[000:08:21;23] WHO ARRIVED IN THE UNITED 
[000:08:22;24] STATES AS UNACCOMPANIED MINORS  
[000:08:27;23] WERE CHARGED AFTER VICIOUSLY  
[000:08:29;21] STABBING AND BEATING A  
[000:08:30;22] 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL. 
[000:08:31;22] OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS I 
[000:08:33;24] HAVE MET WITH DOZENS OF 
[000:08:35;24] FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE  
[000:08:37;25] STOLEN BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
[000:08:40;26] I HAVE HELD THE HANDS OF THE  
[000:08:42;26] WEEPING MOTHERS AND EMBRACED  
[000:08:45;01] THE GRIEF STRICKEN FATHERS. 
[000:08:48;01] SO SAD, SO TERRIBLE.
[000:08:50;27] I WILL NEVER FORGET THE PAIN IN 
[000:08:53;01] THEIR EYES, THE TREMBLE IN  
[000:08:55;02] THEIR VOICES AND THE SADNESS  
[000:08:58;00] GRIPPING THEIR SOULS. 
[000:09:00;01] HOW MUCH MORE AMERICAN BLOOD  
[000:09:03;04] MUST WE SHED BEFORE CONGRESS  
[000:09:06;11] DOES ITS JOB? 
[000:09:07;11] TO THOSE WHO REFUSE TO  
[000:09:10;07] COMPROMISE IN THE NAME OF 
[000:09:11;09] BORDER SECURITY, I WOULD ASK, 
[000:09:14;08] IMAGINE IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD, 
[000:09:17;08] YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR WIFE WHOSE 
[000:09:21;11] LIFE WAS SO CRUELLY SHATTERED 
[000:09:24;14] AND TOTALLY BROKEN. 
[000:09:32;18] EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS PASS 
[000:09:35;26] THIS BILL TO END THIS CRISIS. 
[000:09:38;21] CITIZENS CALL THEM AND TELL 
[000:09:39;25] THEM TO FINALLY AFTER ALL THESE 
[000:09:42;22] DECADES SECURE OUR BORDER.
[000:09:43;21] THIS IS A CHOICE BETWEEN RIGHT  
[000:09:46;27] AND WRONG JUSTICE AND  
[000:09:49;25] INJUSTICE.
[000:09:50;06] THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER WE  
[000:09:51;26] FULFILL OUR SACRED DUTY TO THE  
[000:09:54;01] AMERICAN CITIZENS WE SERVE. 
[000:09:56;00] WHEN I TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE, 
[000:09:59;06] I SWORE TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY 
[000:10:03;02] AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL ALWAYS  
[000:10:05;09] DO, SO HELP ME GOD.
[000:10:09;05] THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
[000:10:14;06] >> DEMOCRATIC LEADERS NANCY 
[000:10:16;11] PELOSI AND CHUCK SCHUMER  
[000:10:18;06] RESPONDED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S  
[000:10:19;15] FIRST NATIONAL ADDRESS. 
[000:10:20;12] THEY CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT  
[000:10:23;14] AND CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS 
[000:10:25;15] TO RE-OPEN THE GOVERNMENT AND 
[000:10:27;12] SAVE THE BORDER SECURITY DEBATE 
[000:10:28;19] FOR LATER IN THE YEAR.
[000:10:31;12] >> GOOD EVENING.
[000:10:33;18] I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
[000:10:36;15] SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN  
[000:10:37;20] PEOPLE TONIGHT ABOUT HOW WE CAN 
[000:10:38;21] END THIS SHUT-DOWN AND MEET THE 
[000:10:41;17] NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
[000:10:43;18] SADLY, MUCH OF WHAT WE HEARD  
[000:10:46;19] FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP THROUGHOUT 
[000:10:47;20] THE SHUT-DOWN HAS BEEN FULL OF  
[000:10:50;22] MISINFORMATION AND EVEN MALICE. 
[000:10:51;28] THE PRESIDENT HAS CHOSEN FEAR