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Craig Goldman: “We have an open, porous border.”

Featuring: Craig Goldman, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 12

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Inside Texas Politics _ Full interview with state Rep. Craig Goldman

Published | Video Starts at 07:22

And when you say shut it down, I mean explain what that means because, well, right now the two largest trading partners. Yeah, but We have an open, porous border. I was down there a month ago, Jason, and literally, we were up in a helicopter. Within one minute, we watched 35 people crossing the border because again, the federal Border Patrol has been told, don't do your job. (07:22–07:24)

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Asserts that the U.S. border is open and porous.

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