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Cliff Bentz: “We've had an astoundingly successful change on our southern…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Bentz Telephone Town Hall: September 8, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 01:02

I just want to say a few words about what a difference seven or eight months makes and just draw people's attention to some of the many things that have happened over the past seven or eight months. First of all, We've had an astoundingly successful change on our southern border. We've gone from seeing a couple of hundred thousand, if not 250,000 people a month coming across the border about a year ago, and now we're down to 5 to 7 to 8 to 10,000 a day, if not fewer. And so it's an incredible change, which sadly, many folks have been ignoring, but it means a great deal to the United States. (01:02–01:26)

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