MS-13 gang members 'laugh' at how easily they can get in the US, says former head of Border Patrol

A former Border Patrol chief offered a disconcerting perspective on the border 

security debate Monday, telling Fox News' Tucker Carlson that MS-13 gang 

members "laugh" at how easily they can illegally enter the United States, according 

to The Daily Caller.

"Before I was the chief of border patrol I was with the FBI," former head of Customs 

and Border Protection Mark Morgan said. "And I actually supervised MS-13 gang 

force in southern California. We used to catch them on surveillance wires and they 

would laugh, MS-13 gang members would laugh [at] how easy it was to go back 

between Mexico and the U.S. border."

Morgan was on Carlson's show to discuss the dangers of having a "dysfunctional 

immigration policy." The former CBP chief referenced a court decision that requires 

the timed release of minor children apprehended at the border as an example.

"They only have a few—amount of days, and once they hit that, they've got to 

release [minor children] regardless if they've been properly vetted, regardless if they 

have a parent in the United States, they have to be released into the interior United

 States," Morgan said.

Two illegal immigrants who were recently arrested for beating up two New York 

high school students had been arrested before, but were released eventually because

 they were minors when they entered the U.S.

They entered the U.S. in 2016 as unaccompanied minors and were released into the

 U.S. after their capture to live with family as they waited for their immigration 

proceedings to move forward.

"One of the loopholes we are imploring Congress to close could have prevented this 

gruesome attack," Homeland Security spokeswoman Katie Waldman said according 

to The Washington Times.