And here's what former President Trump said on cracking down on Mexico, what he did and what he felt worked. Watch this. Okay? We built 571 miles of wall, and that wall worked. Then I got Mexico to give us soldiers, a lot of soldiers, 28,000 soldiers to protect us. I said, you have to protect us because you're letting all of these criminals come into our country. You have to protect us. They said, we're not going to do it. (03:23–03:30)
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Asserts that Mexico provided 28,000 soldiers to assist in border protection.
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