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Published | Video Starts at 1:09:50

Where there was legislation passed in 2020 that required the Department of Homeland Security to submit a report to Congress how to achieve 100% screening on our southern border. And they did a report. It was due in 2021, but it came back and It ultimately resulted in a little more than a billion dollars for something called Recon 2.0 and $1.1 billion investment. $1.1 billion. I mean, they might be able to design a, an ad campaign with that much money. (1:09:50–1:09:54)

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