They knew he was going to take border enforcement seriously. And so they were already getting ahead of actually cutting down those illegal crossing numbers. We saw that from the Mexican government, of course, because we were threatening some economic sanctions against them. But we also saw it from the cartels themselves. And even today, because of course it doesn't, you know, it takes a little time to get from the deepest parts of Central America to the American southern border. (16:52–16:58)
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