A crisis at the border, a crisis within the borders, civil unrest all over the country,

and we are lucky enough to have taken a little bit of time out of the day of the man who has to deal with all of it.

The acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf.

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Thank you. bad wolf. This is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz. I am joined as always by Senator Ted Cruz. And

Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for taking the time out. I know you're very busy.

Certainly a pleasure. Thank you for having me.

So is there anything to talk about?

I think there are a few things, probably.

The world's on fire.

The world is on fire, and Mr. Secretary, you've got to deal with a lot of it.

Let's begin all the way on the West Coast in Portland.

There has been violence, civil unrest, and has fallen on you to deal with it.

Absolutely. What we see in Portland, as I've talked about, probably over the last several

weeks, is very different than what we see anywhere else in the country. We have a community

that has fostered an environment of violence in Portland. This goes back to 2018, where

we had an ICE facility, a DHS facility set siege to for about 28 days.

And for 28 days, the local law enforcement didn't do anything to help our employees.

So there's a history.

If I remember, right, the mayor Ted Wheeler, who's also the commissioner of police, he announced at the time when the ice facility was under assault that the police wouldn't protect it.

That's correct. That's correct.

And what did that mean?

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