… to enter because of criminal records, because they were transporting drugs or engaged in some other illegal activity, yet they made their way into the interior of the United States. Fentanyl, which I mentioned a moment ago, was manufactured from Chinese precursor chemicals, smuggled through the open border. which has taken tens of thousands of lives. And the people of Texas, the 31 million people that I'm honored to represent, have felt the burden of President Biden's disastrous border policies most acutely because we are closest to. (08:03–08:12)
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Asserts that fentanyl is smuggled through the U.S. border using Chinese precursor chemicals.
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