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John Cornyn: “There are 291,141 criminal aliens in the United States today…”

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

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Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Border Security and Immigration with John Cornyn

Published | Video Starts at 02:52

But they neglected to show up. Another false narrative is that ICE is not targeting the worst of the worst criminals. But the fact of the matter is that as we speak, There are 291,141 criminal aliens in the United States today who have final orders of removal. Just this morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee, a comment was made that ICE is targeting gardeners. Well, 291,141 criminal aliens who are under final orders of removal are still in the United States. (02:52–03:05)

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