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David McCormick: “200 [people] apprehended last year that were on the…”

Featuring: David McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Dave McCormick and Ben Shapiro in Pittsburgh

Published | Video Starts at 17:05

And what's happened as a consequence of that is huge problems for our national security. So embedded in those 10 million people are many hundreds, perhaps thousands, that are on the terrorist watch list. 200 [people] apprehended last year that were on the terrorist watch list. We had 28,000 that were identified by Department of Homeland Security in a recent memo that came out. This is what the government counted. (17:05–17:09)

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Claims 200 individuals on the terrorist watch list were apprehended at the border last year.

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