'It's Just Astounding': Brad Knott Calls Out Dem 'Narrative' On Illegal Immigration

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During a House Homeland Committee hearing before the Congressional recess, Rep. Brad Knott (R-NC) spoke about illegal immigration.

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00:00Time has expired. The chair will now recognize Mr. Knott for five minutes of questioning.

00:06Mr. Chairman, it's good to be here. Thank you for having this hearing. To the witnesses,

00:09I would say thank you. I think I owe you another thank you. This has been quite a long hearing,

00:15and unfortunately, the Democrats have obstructed, they've distracted, and they've refused to engage

00:20in this topic because it shows that their narrative that they have authored is false,

00:25that what happened at the border was just perfectly in line with the norm. It was

00:31beneficial to the country. There was nothing they could do about it. Whatever narrative they've

00:34written, it is false. This was a designed, intentional, and protected endeavor to bring

00:41millions of people into this country regardless of the consequences. It was designed by the Biden-Harris

00:47administration, and the Democrats on this committee are still defending it. It's just astounding. They

00:52will not say this hurts the American people. Unchecked illegal immigration hurts the American

01:00people. We could go on and on. I want to give you all some time to talk. Mr. Howell, starting with you,

01:06one of our esteemed colleagues on the other side declared that what happened at the Biden border was

01:11not politically motivated. It was all charity. Do you agree with that statement? Absolutely not. It was

01:17a highly coordinated plan executed by some of the most radical elements of this country for the sole

01:22purposes of ushering in a massive border crisis, which caused tremendous damage and is still being

01:27defended to this day. Does that affect the electoral count or congressional apportionment? Absolutely. It

01:33affects the census. Do you think that that is lost on Democratic governors, senators, and congressmen,

01:38and the Biden-Harris administration? It is absolutely not. Was there a plan to send them to politically

01:42sensitive states? I think they sent them everywhere, but the highest concentrations are the urban areas,

01:47which are clearly a benefit to the Democrats. Was there evidence that these individuals,

01:50here illegally, were coached on how to register to vote, where to go, what to say, how to evade capture

01:57from immigration officials? Correct. It's happening still today with these nonprofits coaching them on

02:01how to evade. As for the voting, as the country's voting system became a laughingstock with the mass

02:07mail-in ballots, we have evidence from the Biden White House of a listening session they held with

02:12these radical activists where they were encouraging the Biden White House not to even ask people if they

02:17were citizens before trying to register them to vote. It's worth noting that the Democratic Party

02:21is staunchly and uniformly against voter ID no matter what state has been proposed. Just a random thought.

02:28Ms. Hopper, what interest do international parties have in sending millions of people to this country

02:34illegally, including children? Particularly the countries that we have visited, a lot of the

02:42individuals that are leaving are criminals in their home countries. So their governments,

02:47their country's government, have no interest in retaining them. You are having the worst of the

02:52worst leave your country. You are having a decrease in crime because the worst of the worst are leaving

02:59your country. Is there also financial incentives? Are they not sending money out of this country back

03:03to their home countries? Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. They make money in this country.

03:08So they're getting rid of criminals and then they're taking home money. Exactly. You mentioned

03:12earlier, I'm sorry for being quick. There was one person at this call center for abused children.

03:1865,000 unanswered phone calls. Let's back up before they even got here. How many people were in charge

03:24of vetting the millions of people that came across the border? And vetting is being used as though it

03:30happened. Vetting did not happen, did it? Not in a meaningful way, no. It was a process. They were

03:36processed into the country. Supposedly and not in a consistent way. Right. Now, I've got one more

03:42question, Mr. Reza. I want to give you a chance to respond to Mr. Green. He looked right at you and

03:47said he didn't believe that you really thought that children were mistreated by a charity with the name

03:53Catholic in it. I want to make a distinction. It was not an extension of the Catholic Church. This was

03:58a uniformly named charity with the word Catholic in it. But I want to give you a chance to respond.

04:04Well, yeah, because the reason why that was just a weird thing to say is because the people at the

04:12border, they know how these things work, right? This isn't new. So these NGOs, not just Catholic

04:17charities, a whole bunch of them, they knew that the vetting wasn't done, that this was being done

04:23haphazardly because of the volume, right? The volume overwhelmed the system. And so there are shortcuts

04:28that need to be taken. By design.

04:29By design. Exactly. And so they still took the money to do that. They knew that these children

04:36were being abused. Before they arrived at the border, that was probably going to happen after

04:40they got to their final destination, whether it was a workplace or sexual abuse. And they still took

04:45the money because it was taxpayer dollars. And they increased their pockets. And so it's very

04:52frustrating because I've seen children as young as seven crossing by themselves. I saw a girl hold

04:57a two-year-old. It's just them. So, you know, he doesn't know me. A lot has been said about our

05:05credibility. But I've been there and I've seen it. And this was a big problem.

05:08Yep. Well, I'll close with this. Again, this was the biggest problem that I have seen in my

05:13lifetime. And it's going to take decades to fix. And it's astounding that the Democratic Party

05:18not only built it, not only implemented it, but they are still defending it. And the American people

05:24need to know that if they get back in power, those open border policies and the flood of

05:29mass migration will return. We cannot let that happen. Mr. Chairman, I yield back.

05:34Thank you, Mr. Knott. With consultation with the ranking member...

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