Silenced at the Border? What They Didn’t Want You to Know

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

There’s what you hear about the border—and then there’s what actually happens. Aaron Heitke, former Chief Patrol Agent, sits down with Dr. Phil to share firsthand accounts of orders to keep quiet, entire zones left unguarded, and arrests that raised serious national security concerns. Heitke talks about alleged cover-ups and shars details that the public wasn’t supposed to know. When threats escalate and enforcement is deliberately weakened, who’s responsible?

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0:00.0	You're there on the ground at the border.
0:04.0	Do we have dangerous criminals and terrorists coming across our borders into the United States,
0:12.5	or do we not?
0:13.5	That's a reality.
0:15.5	Either we do or we don't.
0:17.0	What is your opinion?
0:18.0	Yes, we absolutely do.
0:20.0	Both terrorists and serious criminal,
0:24.1	serious people with criminal intentions and criminal backgrounds coming into our border.
0:29.3	And we had one of the big, big issues that I had,
0:34.9	and one of the main reasons that I wanted to testify was that we had enormous
0:40.3	gaps during the last administration where we had entire zones that didn't have any coverage,
0:46.5	no agents on them at all, and we have no idea what entered the country at that time.
1:00.0	... entered the country at that time. Welcome back to the Dr. Phil podcast.
1:03.0	I have a very special guest today that I think you're going to be interested in hearing from
1:09.0	and are going to be kind of upset by what you hear, encouraged by
1:13.6	what you hear.
1:14.6	I'm talking to former Chief Patrol agent for the San Diego sector, Aaron Heidke.
1:19.6	Listen, this is a player.
1:21.6	This gentleman had a pivotal role in managing one of, if not probably the most challenging border regions in the
1:29.1	entire United States. And he speaks the truth. His leadership was really critical in some very
1:37.8	important times. And he has a really deep understanding of the complexities that surround border security, not just a headcount,
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