Sometimes you're not allowed to say it, unfortunately, but I think we'll be all better off if everybody says it. That includes Republicans saying the right things. So On day one, I declared a national emergency on our southern border to stop the invasion of our country because we're being invaded. Millions and millions of people. I figured 21 million people, and of that, 2 or 3 million were criminals. And many of them were people that countries didn't want. (26:48–26:58)
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Asserts that he declared a national emergency on the southern border to stop an invasion.
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