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Henry Cuellar: “The number one crossing right now is in Tucson.”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Ep. 16. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28): Congressman on the Border

Published | Video Starts at 05:48

And then once they put resources, they sent them to Eagle Pass and Dorillo, then they set them up to El Paso. Then The number one crossing right now is in Tucson. So the organizations will shift people around depending where our border patrol agents are at. So we're dealing with a very agile, very bad organizations that make so many crossing people, smuggling, trafficking people and drugs also. (05:48–05:52)

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Asserts that Tucson is currently the top location for border crossings.

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