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Henry Cuellar: “We need to add more personnel, new technology, the…”

Name: Henry Cuellar
Uploaded: 2024-06-19T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 9 s
Description: Henry Cuellar

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

So they're going to take some of the men and women in blue to work on the immigration centers. I'm trying to stop that. So We need to add more personnel, new technology, the non-intrusive technology. We've added billions of dollars, I'm sorry, millions of dollars and billions of dollars over the years for non intrusive technology. (03:56–04:02)

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Asserts the need for increased personnel and technology at the border.

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