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André Jacque: “Congress failed at making sure [the border wall…”

Featuring: André Jacque, Republican | Wisconsin Senate, District 1

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8th Congressional District Republican primary debate

Published | Video Starts at 19:02

And I think when we have deportation, it leads to self deportation because people know that the rules of our country are going to be followed. We need to build the wall because that's obviously something that Congress failed at making sure [the border wall construction] occurred in an expeditious fashion when we had full control of government. Yes. Remain in Mexico. Absolutely. And giving tools for law enforcement. But the reality is we can't just rely on Trump as a backstop through executive orders. (19:02–19:12)

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Asserts that Congress failed to expedite border wall construction when Republicans controlled the government.

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