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John Cornyn: “There were about 1.7 million gotaways.”

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

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Cornyn Previews President Trump’s Joint Address, Highlights Border Wins.

Published | Video Starts at 07:13

That's basically 10 million people showing up and saying, let me into your country and the Biden administration said, come on in. But on top of that, There were about 1.7 million gotaways. Now, gotaways are people who were evading law enforcement, who appear on some sensor, a camera or some other sensor and evade law enforcement. (07:13–07:17)

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Asserts that 1.7 million people evaded law enforcement at the border.

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