Harris Answers Why Border Patrol Union Is Endorsing Trump: ‘I Think They’re Frustrated and I Get It’

BAIER: “You said repeatedly that the border was secure. When, in your mind, did it start becoming a crisis?”

Harris: “I think it — we’ve had a broken immigration system transcending, by the way, Donald Trump’s administration, even before. Let’s — let’s all be honest about that. I have no pride in saying that this is a perfect immigration system. I’ve been clear, I think we all are, that it needs to be fixed. We need more — I was just down at the border talking with border agents and they will tell you, and I’m sure you probably, I know you investigate and you are a serious journalist. They will tell you we need more judges. We need to — we need to process those cases faster. We need the support for those cases that should be prosecuted. They need more resources. And Congress ultimately is the only place that that’s going to get fixed, Bret.”

BAIER: “Well —“

Harris: “That’s how the system works.”

BAIER: “That’s — that’s the premise of this question.”

Harris: “But that’s how the system works.”

BAIER: “There were 90 plus executive orders that were rescinded in the first days. Many of those were Trump border policies. I’m not going to stay here because there’s other things to talk about. But you frequently, you talked to the Border Patrol union for support of that bipartisan bill and they did. They supported it. But they also just endorsed Donald Trump and said, you’ve been ‘a failure’ with border security. Why do you think they said that?”

Harris: “I think they’re frustrated, and I get it. They want support. They want support, and that’s what that border security bill would have done. These guys down at the border, these men and women, they’re working hard. They’re working around the clock.”