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Donald Trump: “Starting on day one of my administration, we took the most…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Signs the Secure America Act

Published | Video Starts at 16:01

It's one of the greatest things that ever happened to a criminal. And they ought to end it in every city, they ought to end it. Chicago, New York, la. They ought to end it. Starting on day one of my administration, we took the most dangerous, unsafe, violent open border in the world. We had the most unsafe border, I believe anywhere in the world. And the numbers came out two days ago that for 11 months not one person came into our country illegally through the southern border. (16:01–16:08)

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Asserts that the U.S. border was the most dangerous and violent before his administration.

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