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James Lankford: “Under President Obama, they had about half a million people…”

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

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Senate border bill re-introduction just politics Sen. James Lankford The Hill

Published | Video Starts at 02:22

You can go back to President Obama. We have the exact same immigration laws under President Obama. President Trump and President Biden, if I go back to Under President Obama, they had about half a million people a year that were illegally crossing the border. under President Biden. Same exact laws, same exact executive authorities. We have two and a half million people that are illegally crossing the border. (02:22–02:31)

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Asserts that during President Obama's term, about 500,000 people illegally crossed the border annually.

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