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Derrick Van Orden: “We've had over 20 million people enter this country…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Van Orden Speaks on Strengthening Border Security in FY26 NDAA Markup

Published | Video Starts at 00:58

This amendment is an attempt to kneecap the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense from deploying troops to an area where they're needed. We've had over 20 million people enter this country unlawfully under the Biden administration. The number of fentanyl deaths have skyrocketed under the Biden administration. We've had two months in a row where not a single person who entered this country unlawfully was returned or sent back into the United States. (00:58–01:05)

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Asserts that over 20 million people have entered the U.S. unlawfully during the Biden administration.

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