John Cornyn: “We've seen these cartels ship their poison into the United…”

“Do those individuals deserve their day in court, or should this continue with the US Military shooting these boats and the people inside them? Well, for many years now, We've seen these cartels ship their poison into the United States and take the lives of tens of thousands of innocent Texans and other Americans. And no one has been able to come up with an effective model for how to deal with that.” (12:05–12:15)

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