Sheriff Mark Lamb

And I know we're gonna dive into the border a lot, but just give you the cliff notes of it.

I think national, when we talk national security, the greatest threat to national security, the greatest threat to the undermining of the rule of law is beginning right at the open border situation.

not holding people accountable, letting them come in here and break the law, then flooding our communities with unknown people.

The border patrol is vetting like 5% of those people.

And so now these people, once they come across the border, they don't just stay on the border.

They filter into communities like mine or in Arizona or across the country.

And it creates a real challenge for us as law enforcement because the federal government allowed people, unvetted people to come into my community.

And not only that, we're taking people from third worlds and expecting that we're not gonna turn into a third world when we bring them into our communities.

So the other piece to that is the fentanyl.

Not just the drugs, but I think the fentanyl has become probably, I mean, methamphetamine is still a big issue in Arizona, but the fentanyl poisonings that are going on in this country, and I know we're gonna dive into that deeper, but when we talk about the most pressing matters, I think they're all combined, national security, threats to American lives, threats to our communities, it's starting at the southern border.

They're over-embellished.

They're under-reporting.

And they're telling you the facts that they want you to want.

They're telling you things to spin it their way.

And look, I've been accused of that.

But today, I'll give you truth.

And then let people decide as to whether or not they, but I don't give you things that I, if I don't know it, I'm not going to give it to you.

I'm giving you things that I know because of being on the ground, the people I work with, the things that we see that we talk to, all these things.

So I think hopefully in the end, there's going to be a lot of people listening today that, you know, are maybe for it or against it, you know, and I hope to just give more information, truth about it.

And then people can make up their own mind as to the severity of the problem.