The following is the transcription of an interview with rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican Texas, who assisted on “makes nation with Margaret Brennan” on 2025.
Margaret Brennan: I am now joined by Republican Texas Republican Republican. Good morning, and good to have you here.
Rep. Tony Gonzales: Yes, thanks for me.
Margaret Brennan: are always fire on immigration because of your district, but when you see what faedological voice as the President has done?
Rep. Gonzales: Yes, first, happy birthday to my mother, that’s back in San Antonio. To your question, yes. I am comfortable with her. Is tragic to see what happens in la. I spent 20 years in the military. I fought in two wars. I bought to give the liberty to take off any wish, but, what we see in LA don’t see in the lЕ I don’t see it is not preempted. Let’s see the anarchists, and the US President have to be absolutely sitting in the mob as soon as possible. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Margaret Brennan: If you comfortable with active marines are placed in high alert for the possibility of implementation for quell a civil disturbance?
Rep. Gonzales: If we need. But you know, always want to climb –
Margaret Brennan: against the will of the governor?
Rep. Gonzales: – You still want to scal, for declarate. But first begins wherever you have to- have – to have local law information. But, if local law enforcement is deleted, and then you do not have the application of the state law, then it will take care of people? I want to see the safety. I want to see safety and security all places, to include la. But once, this is the tip of the iceberg. Let’s talk – talk, we know, 100,000 people that have been engaged – or who have been deported. The numbers are on going to go.
Margaret Brennan: We’ve reached the state. We have reached the mayor. The lapd, while you were reading here, the top fedal orgor in that city said lapd replied. The sheriff in paramount said there is not to make the application of the federal law, but have answered federal authority were in danger and ask for help. But, bring it to your districts, you have a big city, you have S San Antonio. You have a rural areas too. Is the destination turkey administration with blue rulers that don’t like? Or see the similar actions in Texas?
Rep. Gonzales: I think they are meant I am trying to deport people who have possible. What happened is that they go to be in the whole country. And once, this is the tip of the iceberg. Joe Biden took a hat–
Margaret Brennan: – What do you mean by that?
Rep. Gonzales: Joe Biden has taken a gun to – to the immigration system already broken. Next, there is more than 400,000 asylum researchers that under the last amount they had their cases without adudication. Were not given a yes. Have not been given a. They had only their closed cases. So one could support these 400,000 people are in this country illegal and should be deported. One one could also support these 400,000 people do not fit, know, opportunity to declare their case, and have not known. What I worry is this thing going to climb. It will not be alone to be their city all over the country, as we continue to deport people.
Margaret Brennan: You stated in November, the administration failing to fool if I start to go after non-violent migrants. You said, “If the message is, we are here to deport your abouelite, this will not be good work.” You heard our report. People are arrested gone to the court’s apparition, try to respect the law. We have these cases of, e.g., an alzal width of the 19 year old to ua their nightmares of the nightmaresetts, arranged because the students’ s) has been expired. A soldier Afghan in Houston used to used the US soldiers to the basic soldiers with eight children at her name, arrested even if this country with legal status. Are these people the worst of the worst?
Rep. Gonzales: I’m not. But when it is what Hor it is in-that 400,000 the nuls of the asylum, when I came to the USA what I would like to do is focus on illegal aliens of the criminal criminal. Last year, I asked the administration–
Margaret Brennan: – but has happened? Because now now it seems to see you running numbers frankly.
Rep. Gonzales: last year u- I asked the administration what was this number. Was 662,000. The past month I asked- July of last year. YOUR last you’ll be kissed secretary Noem, under the jatto, I asked, has the increased number or has that number diminished. She replies that the number of convicted criminal aliens increased, so means we have more than 600,000. We should absolutely focus on that population, the worst, and make sure they are those are the areas that are removed. Otherwise, there will be removing this path of constant civil conflict.
Margaret Brennan: The President Vice used what happened as an opportunity to say this massifle of massive the president the chairman. There are about $ 46 billion for the border wall, other money for the border patrol. The seatheval safety seat senately, Rand Paul, was on this program program of the program. He said, this is too much money. Inflated the cost of the wall eight. Should the Senate Claw returns a little of the money the household members has just been?
Rep. Gonzales: Well I don’t know if Rand Paul has done that a fact is ever enjoyed, and he is not wrong, because every fligration of it. But there is $ 168 billion in this fact for the border safety. It is important but it is also important as well we really lost the funds. You can’t write just a blank check to the administration and wait to go out and realize these. These are very complicated, difficult work. This is where the Congress is going to come and make sure of those fosts, that, you are courtyard, even of these people out of it that’s the area we should focus.
Margaret Brennan: Then you vote to this protection, the latest version of her that the senate has held to tweaking. It’s also a mung mung’s fan. You were on this program as, pays, I think it was inch in March, and I told you is like the first minister of the United States. Sorry, December I think. Musk said about this project, this massive, a chicken chicken bill know that was wrong. Go to reconsider your vote after voting after the senate ends its review?
Rep. Gonzales: Well, an elon made more for humanity and will continue to do more. That’s why I’m fan of his. Two is talking without filter. Is not wrong. You know, that the project had a lot of trouble. But I haven’t – you know, as a member, I’m coming to say yes or no. I get to make the best possible. We have to see what the senate. What I am really worried is, that is – you know, I’m going to touch medicaid, no? The President said, don’t touch medicaid. We went out a lot of times in many members on the house to make sure you have not convinced programs that work. And how do you give the resources where you need, as the border’s safety? So the Senate is going to do his part. I have to wait to see the final product before I am or no, but I think we have a lot of work to do.
Margaret Brennan: are you comfortable with what the medicaid is doing?
Rep. Gonzales: Now, I mean, where was it, you are. I go well with people who have to work in order to get benefits. I don’t want to see- what I don’t want to see is that I don’t want to see old people, you know, in the more sanity of our popolia, they think so much of it.
Margaret Brennan: Well, we look at the development event on this front. Thank, Control.
Rep. Gonzales: Thanks, Margaret.
Margaret Brennan: We’ll be right away.