00:00Just now into our newsroom, we are getting a Homeland Security statement on the Border Patrol operations happening as we
00:09speak.
00:10This is according to Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Tricia McLaughlin.
00:16Alright, so this is the statement. I'm going to read it word for word.
00:20American families should be able to live without fear of violent, criminal, illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their
00:28neighbors.
00:28This is a quote, once again, from Homeland Security.
00:31We are urging DHS law enforcement, we are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and
00:40public safety threats are removed.
00:42The statement goes on to say, quote, there have been too many victims of criminal, illegal aliens,
00:47and President Trump and Secretary Noem will step up to protect Americans when sanctuary politicians won't.
00:53That is the end of the statement.
00:55So once again, that's a brand new statement we just got from Department of Homeland Security regarding Border Patrol operations
01:03here in Charlotte, North Carolina.
01:05Of note, and I'm going back through my mind here of all of our reporting in recent days,
01:11this is probably the first federal confirmation that we have on the record that this is happening.
01:20And, you know, as I was mentioning before, really, everything else has come from local authorities as far as confirmation
01:27that this could happen.
01:28And the actual, you know, visual confirmation of operations happening has thus far, up until this point,
01:36come from people on the ground, you know, reporting teams, witnesses who have seen this with their own eyes, they
01:43say.
01:43So this is really, to my knowledge, you know, going back in recent days,
01:48the first federal confirmation that Border Patrol is here and why.
01:53So this is really, to my knowledge, I'm going back in recent days,
01:53I'm going back in recent days, I'm going back in recent days,
01:53I'm going back in recent days, I'm going back in recent days,
01:53I'm going back in recent days, I'm going back in recent days,
01:53I'm going back in recent days, I'm going back in recent days,
01:53I'm going back in recent days, I'm going back in recent days,
01:53Gracias.
