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Derrick Van Orden: “We've had two months in a row where not a single person who…”

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 01:09

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. That's due to the Trump administration. We're able to lower the numbers of people crossing the border because of Pete Hegseth and deploying troops to the border. (01:09–01:17)

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Asserts that for two consecutive months, no unlawful entrants were returned or sent back.

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