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John Cornyn: “He halted the construction of the border wall and instead…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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John Cornyn Details Texas' 'Financial Burden' From Biden's 'Abject Failure' To Secure Border

Published | Video Starts at 02:44

But President Biden didn't stop there. When he assumed office, he ended all the policies of the previous administration, very successful policies, like President Trump's remain in Mexico policy. He halted the construction of the border wall and instead spent federal dollars to store unused wall materials. And then toward the end of right before the election or right after the election, we found out they were actually selling these border wall materials for, essentially salvage for pennies on the dollar. (02:44–02:56)

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Asserts that Biden stopped border wall construction and used funds to store materials.

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