>> Ted: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR BYPASSING SENATE CONFIRMATION OF STATE AGENCY HEADS.

AND CONCERNS IN THREE ARIZONA COUNTIES OVER A SURGE IN ASSYLUM SEEKERS.

THAT'S NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

SNOW SHOWERS THIS >> WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

A HISTORY MOMENT.

HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY WAS REMOVED AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND THE FIRST TIME IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY A HOUSE SPEAKER HAS BEEN VOTED OUT OF OFFICE.

>> THE YAYS ARE 216 AND THE NAYS ARE 210 AND THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE.

THE OFFICE OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS HEREBY DECLARED VACANT.

>> Ted: THE VOTE CAME AFTER CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WERE ANGERED WITH MCCARTHY TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN AND THAT INCLUDES ANDY BIGGS AND ELI CRANE TO VOTE HUM OUT.

>> KEVIN MCCARTHY REDISTRIBUTES MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR FAVOR.

WE'RE BREAKING THE FEVER AND ELECT A SPEAKER WHO IS BETTER.

>> Ted: HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL TRY TO SELECT A NEW SPEAKER.

MCCARTHY CAN RUN AGAIN IF HE CHOOSES BUT NOT LIKELY CONSIDERING TODAY'S VOTE.

FOR NOW REPRESENTATIVE PATRICK MCHENRY OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN APPOINTED SUMMER INTERIM SPEAKER.

>>> THIS WAS DAY TWO OF THE TRIAL OF DONALD TRUMP.

HIS FAMILY AND THEIR COMPANIES.

TRUMP WAS AGAIN IN COURT TODAY WHERE HE WAS REBUKED BY THE JUDGE AND SLAPPED WITH A LIMITED GAG ORDER AFTER A SOCIAL MEDIA POST YESTERDAY CLAIMING THE CLERK WAS A, QUOTE, GIRLFRIEND "OF CHUCK SCHUMER.

THEY ORDER ALL PARTIES IN THE TRIAL NOT SPEAK PUBLICALLY ABOUT ANY MEMBERS OF THE COURT STAFF UNDER PENALTY OF, QUOTE, SEVERE SANCTIONS.

>>> KARI LAKE FILED HER STATEMENT TO RUN FOR U.S. SENATE.

SHESHE HAS BEEN RUMORED TO RUN.

LAKE JOINS SHERIFF FOR SINEMA'S SEAT AND GALLEGO IS RUNNING AND NO WORD IF SINEMA PLANS TO RUN FOR REELECTION.

>>> GOVERNOR KATIE HOBBS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THE STATE WAS ENDING A CONTROVERSIAL DEAL ALLOWING A SAB AREAALLOWING A SAB SAUDI ARABIA COMPANY TO GROW AND TRANSPORT ALFALFA.

THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT CUTTING THE CORD AND WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY?

>> WELL, THERE'S A BIG ALFALFA GROWING OPERATION AND THE OPERATION IS ON LEASED STATE LANDS AND THE STATE LAND'S DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED THE OPERATIONS THEY WERE TERMINATING THE LEASES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS DAIRY PUMPS GROUNDWATER TO WATER, THE ALFALFA GROWING AND IT'S BEEN ELEVATED INTO PEOPLE'S CONSCIOUSNESS LATELY.

>> Ted: WATERING ALPHAWATERING ALFALFA BACK TO THE MIDDLE EAST.

>> SHIPPING IT BACK FOR DAIRY CATTLE TO EAT IN SAUDI.

>> Ted: BUTLER VALLEY, WESTERN ARIZONA AND DESCRIBE THE AREA.

>> IT'S IN THE AQUAFIR AND THERE'S A LOT OF ALFALFA GROWING BETWEEN PHOENIX AND THE WESTERN BORDER.

IF YOU WENT OUT THERE, YOU WOULD THINK THIS IS A VERY DRY PLACE, AND IT GETS THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN A YEAR.

IT'S SOMEWHAT STARTLING TO DRIVE ALONG AND COME ACROSS A BIG GREEN FIELD.

BECAUSE WE TAKE THAT DRIVE IF WE'RE DRIVING TO L.A. OR DRIVING WEST.

>> Ted: AGAIN, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE LEASE?

WHAT KIND OF DEAL AND WHAT ARE THEY PAYING FOR THIS?

THIS IS PRECIOUS GROUNDWATER OUT THERE, IS IT NOT?

>> YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S A DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUES.

IT'S STATE LAND.

THE STATE LAND DEPARTMENT ENTERS INTO LEASES WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF LAND USERS AND THE ISSUE PROBABLY ISN'T SO MUCH, HOW MUCH ARE THEY PAYING FOR THE WATER.

PERHAPS THE ISSUE IS THAT ANYONE CAN -- IF THEY OWN THE LAND OR UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, IF THEY GET PERMISSION, THEY CAN DRILL A WELL AND USE ALL OF THE WATER THEY CAN PUMP OUT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE AGRICULTURAL OPERATION.

>> Ted: IS THERE ANY MONITORING OF THESE OPERATIONS?

>> NO.

IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, WE HAVE DESIGNATED AREAS AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IN THE MOST POPULOUS AREAS FROM PHOENIX TO TUCSON AND PRESCOTT, THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN.

THESE DESIGNATED AREAS ARE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREAS AND THERE ARE STRICT LIMITS ON THE DRILLING OF WELLS.

WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF OTHER AREAS CALLED IRRIGATION NON-EXPANSION AREAS WHERE NEW IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IS PROHIBITED.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY LIMITATIONS ON THE DRILLING OF WELLS AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE GROUNDWATER AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHALLOW WELLS ARE EXPERIENCING IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE, THEIR WELLS ARE GOING DRY BECAUSE OF THE ADVENT OF INDUSTRIAL SCALES THAT REPRESENT BIG NEW DEMAND.

WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SEEING, YOU KNOW, BIG NEW GROUNDWATER DEMAND AND WORRIED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE GROUNDWATER THEY RELY ON, TOO.

>> Ted: AS FAR AS IN LEASE IS CONCERNED, CAN THE GOVERNOR GO AHEAD AND SAY IT'S OVER AND DONE WITH?

NOT ONLY FOR WHAT'S GOING ON BUT RENEWING TWO OR THREE OTHER DEALS?

FEBRUARY IN.

>> THAT'SIN FEBRUARY?

>> THERE WILL LIKELY BE BACK AND FORTH TO TERMINATE THE LEASE.

THE REASON IT WAS GIVEN IN THE NEWS STORIES BECAUSE OF A FAILURE TO MEET THE TERMS OF THE LEASE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MUCH GROUNDWATER THAT PARTICULAR OPERATION WAS USING.

>> Ted: IT WAS NOT PROPERLY STORING FUEL AND OTHER LIQUIDS AND IF THEY HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS SEVEN YEARS AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS, THE GOVERNOR IS RIGHT.

>> YEAH, AND THEN WE'LL HEAR, I'M SURE, IN THE WEEKS TO COME FROM THE ENTITY THAT WAS LEASING THE LAND.

>> Ted: YOU'VE TOUCHED ON THIS IN THE PAST, FOR BUTLER VALLEY, THAT WATER IS DESIGNED AS A LAST RESORT, IS IT NOT, FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE PHOENIX THAT NEED THAT WATER?

I MEAN THAT'S LIKE OUR BANK, ISN'T IT?

>> WHEN ARIZONA PASSED THE GROUNDWATER CODE IN 1980, THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE THIS HAPPENING IN THE PHOENIX TO TUCSON AREAS, THE STATUTES SET ASIDE A HANDFUL OF BASINS FROM WHICH GROUNDWATER CAN BE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITIES.

AND SO, YES, THEORETICALLY, UNDER THE LAW, THAT WATER WAS SET ASIDE AND COULD BE TRANSPORTED FOR THE USE BY CITIES.

AND IN SOME CITIES HAD FOR SOME TIME LOOKED AT IT AS AN IMPORTANT BACKUP SUPPLY.

CITIES, THE BIGGER CITIES HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM INTEREST IN DEVELOPING THAT SUPPLY, BUT WE'RE SEEING THE GROWING AREAS, QUEEN CREEK AND BUCKEYE PARTICULARLY, NOT BUYING NEXT DOOR TO THE DAIRY, BUT LOOKING AT DEVELOPING GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES IN ONE OF THE OTHER BASINS.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE DONE?

IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT AND THINK IT'S GENERALLY WRONG AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CHANGE THIS?

>> I THINK AS A STATE, WE SHOULD FOCUS LESS ON THE PROBLEM AND NOT MAKING BEING VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF LARGE, NEW GROUNDWATER DEMANDS THAT MOVES IN.

FOR ME, I THINK IF MY WELL WENT DRY, I DON'T THINK I WOULD CARE AS MUCH WHERE THE ALFALFA WAS GOING BUT THAT THE WELL WENT DRY.

JUST AS A STATE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW VULNERABLE WE WANT RURAL AREAS TO BE.

IT MAY BE WE DECIDE, IT'S OK TO DEPLETE THE AQUAFIRS AND WE SHOULD THINK THERE'S SOME KIND OF WARNING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE.

AND AN IMPORTANT REALITY IN THE FARTHER FLUNG RURAL AREAS, IT'S MUCH HARDER TO DEVELOP NEW SUPPLIES OF WATER BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF FINANCING THAT'S REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS REALLY DIFFICULT IN THOSE RURAL AREAS.

SO ONCE THE GROUNDWATER IS GONE, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER WATER SUPPLY FOR THOSE PACES.

>> SARAH PORTER, ASU, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, FALLOUT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S MOVE TO BYPASS SENATE REPUBLICANS IN THE NAMING OF STATE AGENCY HEADS.

>> GOVERNOR KATIE HOBBS LAST WEEK WITHDREW HER NOMINEE AS A WAY TO GET AROUND A SENATE COMMITTEE CREATED BY THE REPUBLICANS THIS PAST SESSION TO VET THE GOVERNOR'S NOMINEES AND DESCRIBED THIS AS A, QUOTE, CIRCUS AND APPOINTED THEM TO NEWLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITIONS.

WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF HIGH GROUND TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS.

>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> Ted: YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE GOVERNOR'S ACTIONS?

>> THERE'S THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN THE DEMOCRATS CONTROLLED IN, I THINK, 1990 AND CHOSE TO MAKE THE DOA DIRECTOR A DEPUTY DIRECTOR BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T CONFIRMING HIM.

THERE'S A PATH AND SHE'S ENTITLED TO HER APPOINTEES AND THIS COMMITTEE IS NOT GIVING HER THAT BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON THAT.

>> Ted: AGAIN, THIS ALL BEGAN THEORETICALLY, WITH THE CREATION OF THIS -- THERE WAS NEVER A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS BEFORE.

>> HISTORICALLY WHAT HAPPENS, THE SUBJECT MATTER COMMITTEE, SO HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOES TO THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE SEES THE DOA DIRECTOR AND ON AND ON AND ON.

SO THEY EACH RECEIVE THE SUBJECT MATTERS AND SO SENATOR PETERSON CREATED A NOMINATION'S COMMITTEE TO SPECIFICALLY REVIEW THESE APPOINTMENTS AND APPOINTED JAKE HOFFMAN THE HEAD OF THE ARIZONA FREEDOM CAUCUS AND ADVOCATE AND OWNER AND ALL KINDS OF STORIES HERE.

BUT PARTISAN, DEEPLY PARTISAN OPPOSITION HAS PROCEEDED TO PUT EACH OF THOSE APPOINTEES THROUGH THE RHETORICAL RIGGERS.

>> Ted: THE DEEPLY PARTISAN ASPECT, HAVE WE SEEN IT?

USUALLY CONFIRMATION PROCESSES ARE A RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD UNTIL YOU GET A REAL LULU.

THIS SEEMS MORE PARTISAN THAN IN YEARS PAST.

>> OH, YEAH.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IN MY 30 YEARS OF DOING THIS ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

AND TYPICALLY SPEAKING, THE OTHERS HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS AND PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR IS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND HAVE HER APPOINTEES SERVE HER WITHOUT SOME QUALIFICATION PROBLEM.

THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT THE COMMITTEE OBJECTED TO AND I'LL GIVE THEM THAT.

BUT RECENTLY, LIKE THE HOUSING APPOINTEE.

LONG-TIME HOUSING ADVOCATE ACCUSED OF PLAGIARISM IN LOBBYING OTHER ENTITIES.

BECAUSE IN WHAT WE DO, WE COPY BODIES OF LANGUAGE AND USE THOSE BODIES OF LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO CREATE ADDITIONAL LETTERS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS FOR SUPPORT.

THIS IS FROM A GUY -- AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, WAS A FAKE ELECTOR.

SO IT'S HARD TO SWALLOW AND LOOK AT THIS AS A REAL SUBSTANTIVE CHALLENGE.

I THINK WHAT SHE DECIDED WAS I'M NOT GOING TO PUT MY PEOPLE THROUGH THIS ANYMORE.

I WON'T DO IT AND IT'S A CIRCUS.

IT'S DESIGNED TO EMBARRASS PEOPLE AND MAKING AN EMBARRASSMENT OF THE STATE.

I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THEM DEPUTY DIRECTORS.

>> Ted: WPARIS IT WRONG?

>> IF THEY WANT TO SUE, THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

MY INSTINCT IS THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BACKED THE GOVERNOR UP AND WHAT WILL YOU DO?

YOU GO TO COURT AND THESE PEOPLE SERVE.

AND SO IT'S BETTER TO TRY TO RETREAD THIS WHOLE THING.

>> Ted: THE SENATE PRESIDENT SAID ALSO EVERY DECISION THAT THESE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS MAKE, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T CONFIRMED BY THE PROCESS THAT WAS, HE SAYS, IN STATUTE, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T CONFIRMED, EVERY DECISION, QUOTE, IS DUBIOUS.

DOES HE HAVE A POINT?

>> THEY'RE ADMINISTERING THE OFFICER AND A MINISTERIAL FUNCTION.

THE OFFICE IS ENTITLED IN STATUTE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

YOU MAY GET DOWN TO A FINE POINT THERE.

>> Ted: WHAT DID YOU MAKE ABOUT THAT?

>> THERE'S A COMMITTEE, AN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE SIT ON AND SHE CLAIMS IF THEY'RE NOT THE DIRECTORS, THEY'RE NOT ENTITLED TO SIT.

I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION.

I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE IN INTERIM CAPACITIES FOR A LONG TIME AND AS THE PRESS POINTED OUT, MANY OF THOSE DECISIONS ARE UNANIMOUS DECISIONS ANYWAY.

>> Ted: THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE AND THE TREASURER BROKE THE LAW SAYING THE GOVERNOR BROKE THE LAW AND IS THIS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.

>> MUCH ADIEU AS WE'VE BECOME, UNFORTUNATELY, ACCUSTOMED MUCH TO DO WITH NOTHING AND THE STRUCTURAL OF GOVERNANCE.

>> Ted: LAST POINT AND DEALING WITH SENATE PRESIDENT PETERSEN SAID.

IF I'M SUING THE HOUSING SERVICE, DO I HAVE A LEG UP BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE WERE NOT CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE?

>> YOU KNOW, MAYBE A THREAD THROUGH A NEEDLE SOMEPLACE OR MAYBE SOMETHING TO STAND ON.

I WOULD ALLOW THE COURT, IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

THE STATE HAS DONE IT BEFORE, AND REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS HAVE DONE IT BEFORE AND IT HAS BEEN A PRACTICE IN THE PAST WHEN YOU GET OBSTRUCTIONS IN THIS PROCESS THAT PEOPLE WILL SERVE FOR A LONG TIME.

>> Ted: ANY OF THAT SURPRISE YOU CONCERNING THE NAME NAME OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CAPITOL?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, NO.

IT GETS TO THE POINT OF RIDICULOUSNESS BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA OF GOVERNMENT IS TO DO THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, EXECUTE ON GETTING THINGS DONE AND DOES IT SURPRISE ANYBODY NOW?

WE CAN'T BALANCE A BUDGET AND BORDER AND IMMIGRATION PROBLEM AT THE SAME TIME AND A FENTANYL CRISIS AND HOUSING CRISIS AND ALL OF THESE CRISES HAPPENING AND SEEMS LIKE GOVERNMENT IS INCAPABLE OF DEALING WITH IT AND POINTING FINGERS AT EACH OTHER.

>> Ted: ALWAYS A PLEASURE, SIR.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> Ted: GROWING CONCERNS IN THREE ARIZONA COUNTIES A SURGE IN ASSYLUM SEEKERS AND HOW THAT SURGE IS STRETCHING THE AID NETWORK TO CAPACITY.

SO MUCH SO, THAT MIGRANTS ARE RELEASED INTO THE STREETS.

FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PIMA COUNTY OFFICE OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING DOWN THERE AND HOW MANY ASSYLUM SEEKERS AND WHAT'S THE LAY OF THE LAN RIGHT LAND RIGHT NOW?

>> IT'S DYNAMIC AND CHANGES DAILY.

OUR BORDER PATROL IN THE TUCSON SECTOR ARE SEEING NUMBERS WITHIN THE SECTOR THAT ARE HIGHER THAN THEY'VE SEEN BEFORE.

AND THOSE THAT CROSS THE BORDER ARE APPREHENDED AND THEN WALK THROUGH THE ABILITY TO GAIN WHAT WE CALL LEGAL PROCESSED ASYLUM AND RELEASED INTO THE COMMUNITIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THESE ARE LEGALLY PROCESSED ASSYLUM SEEKERS THAT MET QUALIFICATIONS TO ENTER OUR COUNTRY LEGALLY AND THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BORDER PATROL AND CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION RELEASED THEM INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

RIGHT NOW, THAT IS OCCURRING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDERS.

SPECIFICALLY IN LOGALES, DOUGLAS AND HERE IN TUCSON AND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH.

>> Ted: WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED INTO THE COMMUNITIES, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS AFTER THEY'RE PLACED IN SHORT-TERM SHELTERS?

IS THIS TRUE OR BEFORE THEY'RE PLACED IN SHORT-TERM SHELTERS?

>> THEY'RE IN A HOLLYWOODING HOLDING STATUS AND ONCE THEY'RE RELEASED INTO THE COMMUNITIES, THEN THEY ARE TRUETRULY IN THAT COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN P ISSUINGPIMACOUNTY ELSEWHERE, THEY CAN SEE THINGS MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE FINAL DESTINATION.

MOST ASSYLUM SEEKERS DO NOT STAY IN THE ARIZONA AREA AND THEY SEEK TO LIVE ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> Ted: DO THEY HAVE SPONSORS?

DO THEY HAVE DESTINATIONS WHEN THEY CROSS AND COME OVER?

>> YES.

MANY OF THEM DO AS WELL AS CHALLENGES AND THE HUMANITARIANS AND START WORKING WITH WHETHER IT'S FAMILY MEMBERS OR SPONSORS TO TRY TO CONNECT THEM TO HELP THEM GET TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION.

>> Ted: WE'RE HEARING RESOURCES DOWN THIS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND AREAS, THAT THEY'RE STRETCHED PRETTY DOGGONE ANYONE?

AND B, HOW MUCH LONGER CAN THIS GO ON?

>> IT'S INCREDIBLY THIN ON THE FEDERAL PARTNER SIDE AND THIN ON OUR LOCAL SIDE.

WE'VE BUILT A NETWORK WHERE WE HAVE SURGED THE HUMANITARIAN PARTNERS TO TAKE THE AMOUNT OF RELEASES THAT ARE BOEING BEING INTRODUCED BY FEDERAL PARTNERS.

ALL POLICY ASIDE, THIS IS JUST WHERE THE RUBBER MEATS MEETS THE ROAD AND TRYING TO KEEP THIS AS FLUID AS POSSIBLE AND TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF OF THE STREETS OF COMMUNITY.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT POINT.

>> Ted: PLEASE CONTINUE.

>> SO WE LOOK AT THIS AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

FIRST WITH THE A LOT OF RELEASES THAT ARE INTRODUCED INTO OUR COMMUNITIES BY OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AND SEEING NEWSPAPERS SEEING NUMBERS THAN THEY'VE SEEN BEFORE.

IF YOU TALK TO LOCAL PARTNERS, THEY SAY IT A LOT THAT THEY'RE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDERS HIGHER THAN BEFORE.

THOSE THAT ARE LEGALLY PROCESS ADAM ABLE TO BE RELEASED, IT MEANS WE'RE SEEING MORE THAN WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

AND SO, WE ARE PROVIDING AS PIMA COUNTY, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO ONE, MAKE OUR HUMANITARIAN PARTNERS AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE AS MANY LEGALLY PROCESSED ASSYLUM SEEKERS AS POSSIBLE TO HELP GET THEM TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION.

WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE LEGALLY PROCESSED ASSYLUM SEEKERS FROM OUR MOST RURAL COMMUNITIES -- AND THIS IS WHERE WE'VE HAD THE MOST IMPACT, WHEN THE BORDER PATROL MADE THEIR POLICY, SENDING MORE TRANSPORTS THAN EVER BEFORE DOWN TO THOSE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND THEN BRINGING THEM BACK INTO OUR HUMANITARIAN PARTNERING NETWORK.

AND THEN THIRD, YOU KNOW, THEY PROVIDE -- ONCE THEY'RE IN THE SHELTER NETWORK, THEY PROVIDE A QUALITY OF LIFE.

THEY ALLOW THEM TO HAVE SHOWERS AND PROVIDE FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION TO GET THEM TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION.

WE ALSO DO OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITH LOCAL VENDORS, PROVIDING A MEDICAL SCREENING SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT ANYONE THAT IS SICK HAS THE TUBOPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ISOLATION SO WHEN THEY TRAVEL, THEY'RE TRAVELING HEALTHY.

THAT'S FOR OUR GENERAL POPULATION.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL POPULATION QUICKLY.

THE SMALLER TOWNS, THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS HAVING ON THOSE COMMUNITIES?

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?

>> THE NUMBERS RELEASED ARE OVERWHELMING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS TO TRY TO FIND THIS TRANSPORTATION BALANCE.

THIS IS A GOAL OF NOT ALLOWING THE LEGALLY PROCESSED ASSYLUM SEEKERS TO ENTER THOSE COMMUNITIES.

FOR THE MOST PART WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES.

THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF DAYS EARLY ON IN THIS TRANSFORMATION A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE THEY WERE RELEASING MORE.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVERT, RELEASES WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AND SPECIFICALLY IN OUR AREA OF TUCSON.

>> Ted: SHANE CLARK, HANG IN THERE.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK DOWN THERE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING INFORMATION WITH US.

THANK YOU, SIR.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!

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