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Henry Cuellar: “The numbers [of migrants] actually started coming up in…”

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

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Rep. Cuellar on Anderson Cooper 360

Published | Video Starts at 00:50

No, I don't. Actually. I called the White House about a week after inauguration and said, hey, look, this is what we're seeing on the ground. If you look at The numbers [of migrants] actually started coming up in August of 2020. And of course, October, November, December, January were high numbers. Those are all under Trump times. And of course, February was a little bigger, over 100,000. (00:50–00:56)

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Asserts that the increase in migrant numbers began in August 2020.

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