Raul Ortiz served as the U.S. Border Patrol under President Joe Biden until he retired in 2023.
Raul Ortiz: I’ve never had one conversation with the president. Or the vice president, for that matter. And so I was the chief of the border patrol. I commanded 21,000 people. That’s a problem.Cecilia Vega: I just saw 50 people today who had just crossed the border illegally. So something’s not working.Raul Ortiz: We need to make sure that Central America, South America, Mexico, that those regions understand that if you pay a smuggler and you cross in between the ports of entry and you do not have a legitimate claim to some sort of asylum benefit, you’re gonna be sent back.Cecilia Vega: Do you believe that the White House has sent mixed messages to migrants?Raul Ortiz: Yeah, most definitely.
Ortiz also wished Texas Gov. Greg Abbott would work with the border patrol more.
It seems like no one is working with the border patrol.
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