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Donald Trump: “What they left us with, that they would have open borders…”

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

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President Trump participates in a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation

Published | Video Starts at 22:53

Well, thank you very much, everybody. It's an honor. This is a fantastic moment. I haven't done this before. And the job they've done on the border is unthinkable. What they left us with, that they would have open borders with millions of people, 25 million people, probably more than that, pouring into our border totally unchecked and unvetted. Now we have the opposite and we allow. We want people in our country, but they have to come in legally and they know that. And they know they're not getting through. (22:53–23:05)

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Asserts that the previous administration left the U.S. with open borders and millions entering unchecked.

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