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<v Speaker 1>My good friend Jose Santa Maria, a good friend, a

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<v Speaker 1>native of Spain, worked for the banks in Spain and

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<v Speaker 1>his home originally in Spain and lives in New York.

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<v Speaker 1>He's an investment banker. Well, Jose, how do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>about your country, your homeland being invaded?

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<v Speaker 2>John and devastated. The numbers we talked about yesterday forty

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<v Speaker 2>thousand keep on growing. We're talking sixty thousand people going

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<v Speaker 2>into the country. It's terrible. They got some dress yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>but today they need to eat, they need to get dressed.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're seeing already assaults into the supermarkets, into the shops.

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<v Speaker 2>It's terrible. It's thematic.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they're breaking into people's homes too. I heard that,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know they're stealing cars. What are they doing?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they meet housing, they need to sleep, some words,

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<v Speaker 2>sixty thousand people and they just need to get along

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<v Speaker 2>with their lives wherever they are in the country. So

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<v Speaker 2>there are now, obviously with no money and no support

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<v Speaker 2>from anyone, they're starting to commit crimes. It's a very

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<v Speaker 2>dramatic situation. Spain has handled immigration very well. There's millions

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<v Speaker 2>of Equatorials, Venezuela and Argentinians be to from everywhere, but

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<v Speaker 2>in these numbers and undocumented is a real crisis.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, is anybody protecting if I had a home in

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<v Speaker 1>Spain in that area, how do I protect my home?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there? Is there a police department, is there a military?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there anything?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? Remember the Socialist government allows for people that get

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<v Speaker 2>into an apartment or house to stay there, and the

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<v Speaker 2>additional process is very long. It's a year or maybe two.

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<v Speaker 2>So that is something that Spain needs to improve right now.

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<v Speaker 2>If you get someone to walk into your house and

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<v Speaker 2>you're not there, you're not going to get them out

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<v Speaker 2>external Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean this is a real problem.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>The New York Post Act actually just reported onto this

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<v Speaker 3>that not only are they overrunning the towns and so on,

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<v Speaker 3>but they're actually using the streets as open toilets and

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<v Speaker 3>they're bathing in the fountains. The beautiful fountains of Spain

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<v Speaker 3>are now being used as bath as baths and showers.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to remind you of the World Health Organization

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<v Speaker 2>when you look at the health conditions of these countries. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>Northern Africa is one or two, not just below, which

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<v Speaker 2>basically means people come on average with more HIV more

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<v Speaker 2>pure closes more hepatitis. That's a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, I mean, nobody has checked these people coming

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<v Speaker 1>in for if they have diseases. Nobody has checked them

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<v Speaker 1>for anything, if they're out of prison, et cetera. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States when we had Ellis Island, we

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<v Speaker 1>have checks and balances. You know, you have to pass

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<v Speaker 1>the Elis Island test to make sure you come in.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, ose, this is a mess.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a mess, and I want to emphasize how

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<v Speaker 2>important it is to prioritize the security agenda. To me,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a clear triangle of security which should have been

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<v Speaker 2>coordination between Spain, Israel and Morocco. That's a big triangle

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<v Speaker 2>that requires very professional security and that is not happening

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<v Speaker 2>unfortunately with this a Spanish government.

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<v Speaker 3>But you have a real big problem because it's actually

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<v Speaker 3>your government that created this problem. It's interesting that they're

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<v Speaker 3>now looking for say foreign countries or more foreign countries

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<v Speaker 3>are involved in trying to deal with this overrunning of

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<v Speaker 3>SUTA as opposed to your own government itself. What are

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<v Speaker 3>they waiting for?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, remember how these prime minister won the presidency of

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<v Speaker 2>the Socialist Party and he won also the presidency of

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<v Speaker 2>the country. It was not because the majority of people

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<v Speaker 2>voted him. It was because of all the minorities with

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<v Speaker 2>their conflicts of interest, I mean the Catalans on one side,

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<v Speaker 2>the beasts on the other, all the separaties, people that

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<v Speaker 2>have a vested interest in accomplishing their personal goals. They

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<v Speaker 2>voted for him to become prime minister. He never had

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<v Speaker 2>the majority of the Spaniers Spain, and most of these

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<v Speaker 2>countries are actually leaning towards the conservative side. It is

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<v Speaker 2>always in a conservative country. But this prime minister has

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<v Speaker 2>made decisions on his own that don't represent at all

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<v Speaker 2>the Spaniards.

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<v Speaker 3>And maybe it doesn't represent the Spaniards, but unfortunately the

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<v Speaker 3>Spaniards now have to live with this repercussion.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. Not only that he is trying to naturalize millions

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<v Speaker 2>of people on the on the promise and on the

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<v Speaker 2>on the commitment that they would't vote for him, because

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<v Speaker 2>he that have the votes from people in Spain, so

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<v Speaker 2>he's trying to get all these migrants to basically vote

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<v Speaker 2>for him as soon as possible. Europe has now finally

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<v Speaker 2>realized and they're even discussed in closing the Shanngen space

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<v Speaker 2>to Spain, so that at least they can limit and

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<v Speaker 2>strict this movement which is absolutely out of control.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, well, what a mess this is. Well, Jose, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much for keeping us informed. Anything else you

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<v Speaker 1>want to tell the American people.

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<v Speaker 2>Spain is a good country, that the politicians are terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's important to be what we were.

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<v Speaker 1>What percentage of Spain was a Christian country? What percentage

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<v Speaker 1>of Spain is now a Christian country? And what else

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<v Speaker 1>is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Spain is mostly Christian Catholic as a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 2>it's probably about the seventies seventy five percent. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>very open minded. But the problem is these young people

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<v Speaker 2>time with ideas and time with objectives, which are creating

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<v Speaker 2>an amount of tension similar to the one that you see,

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<v Speaker 2>for example in South France or in the du K

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<v Speaker 2>where they haven't been able to absorb this migration. They

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<v Speaker 2>never naturalize people by doing the right due diligence and

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<v Speaker 2>the investigations. They never did that. So right now Spain

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<v Speaker 2>has a massive amount of people which are going to

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<v Speaker 2>be very upset. Of course, they need to use toilets,

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<v Speaker 2>they need to eat, they need to drink. That's terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no way to handle this well.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Santa Maria, thank you for coming on, keep

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<v Speaker 1>us informed, keep on New York as all Americans informed,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll catch up with you again.

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<v Speaker 2>Wilson, I was talking to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>What the heck is going on here.