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John Cornyn: “There were more than 1.7 million known gotaways who evaded…”

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

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John Cornyn's Senate Speech on Texas Border Security and Operation Lone Star

Published | Video Starts at 06:35

10 million people from around the world showing up at the border only to be waved through by the Biden Harris administration. There were more than 1.7 million known gotaways who evaded Border Patrol entirely and are roaming freely somewhere in the interior of the country. up to who knows what. Fentanyl, which has taken far too many lives in this country, particularly our youngsters, is made with Chinese precursor chemicals that were smuggled through the open border and as I said, have taken far too many innocent lives. (06:35–06:48)

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Asserts that over 1.7 million known gotaways evaded Border Patrol during the Biden administration.

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