I don't want to see the 1980s again where the U.S. wakes up and says, 'Oh my God, look what has happened in Nicaragua.'

I am also concerned what is happening in our own backyard. I am talking about not only Central America but South America.

the Biden administration, in his words, is doing all it can, that these numbers are overwhelming and that people need to pay attention.

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We are weeks, maybe even days, away from a crisis on the Southern Border. Inaction is simply not an option.

The only thing what makes this difficult is just the fact that we're in the middle of a pandemic. But if you look at the reality, the real numbers, this doesn't compare to what happened in May of 2019, which is of course under President…

Well, look without due respect of the message has to be clear in Central America. There's three messages down there. One is from the President saying don't come.

The way we're going I think it's going to become a crisis.

They seem to be on a commission without due respect, to start releasing and show that they're compassionate. I want to be compassionate. But I also think people should be compassionate to our communities on the border.

I want to follow up on whether we have enough people at the border to do the testing by FDA.