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John Cornyn: “There are 291,000 criminal aliens in the United States who…”

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Senator John Cornyn Criticizes Biden's Immigration Policies at Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 06:03

Now, you would think, listening to some of my Democratic colleagues, that ICE is arresting gardeners, cooks, housekeepers, people who are basically just trying to earn a living. But the truth is There are 291,000 criminal aliens in the United States who are under final orders of removal. That means they've exhausted all potential legal remedies to be able to stay here. And they've been found not qualified to stay, and they've been ordered removed, but they've simply ignored that order by a court. (06:03–06:17)

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