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James Lankford: “I absolutely would not support a bill that led 5000 people…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

Lankford Joins Finnerty to Talk About the Southern Border Crisis [

Published October 15, 2024 | Video Starts at 04:51

So I'm glad you brought that up, because that is the most misunderstood part of the entire bill. I absolutely would not support a bill that led 5000 people in illegally a day. That's been a false rumor from literally before the bill was ever put out. Here's what the bill actually did. (04:51–04:56)

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Asserts that he would not support a bill allowing 5000 illegal entries daily.

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“The only person that would actually close the border is Donald Trump.”
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“The first person that crossed every single day would be arrested. We had a brand new screening process that was faster, and they would be…”
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“If we got to 5000 people a day and the cartels are overwhelming the system, then you're arrested and deported. There is no screening.”
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“The Biden administration is literally letting folks in.”
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“We had Russians coming across the border that they literally just checked them in and said, Russia has given us no criminal records about…”
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“Two individuals were picked up in my state that were arrested for partnering with ISIS.”
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“They confessed that they were trying to become martyrs on election day to murder as many Americans as possible.”
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