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Eli Crane: “We knew that this was going to be a part of what happened…”

Featuring: Eli Crane, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 2

'Catch And Release, Lose And Forget' Hearing Held By Oversight Committee Members Led By Clay Higgins

Published September 1, 2026 | Video Starts at 37:47

I'm not trying to give you a hard time, but you talked about you talked about the adversary. And I just want to make it really crystal clear for this entire, entire room and all the Americans watching, We knew that this was going to be a part of what happened when you opened the border. Not even talking about individuals on the terror watch list coming through the border, criminals coming through the border, excess fentanyl and drugs coming through the border. (37:47–37:52)

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Asserts that the consequences of opening the border were anticipated.

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