James Lankford: “October, November, December, were the highest number of…”

“The reason we had to have a bill at all on immigration was because Kamala Harris and Joe Biden had opened the border wide open. We were at a time, you remember October, November, December, were the highest number of crossings in the history of the country, including the highest single day of illegal crossings in December. That's where we were. We were trying to get them to do their job. And the bill didn't solve everything. By the way, I disagree with some of the things that you listed there.” (02:46–02:54)

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