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John Thune: “About, if you can believe this, 12,000 or so people per day…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Discussion on Trump's First 100 Days and Border Security

Published | Video Starts at 00:37

The open borders policy that had been pursued by the Biden administration had led to all kinds of chaos at our southern border. Lots of dangerous elements coming into the United States and About, if you can believe this, 12,000 or so people per day coming across our southern border illegally. 12,000. Change of administration, President Trump takes office. That number plummets from 12,000 down to 230 a day. That's what we're looking at right now. (00:37–00:45)

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Asserts that approximately 12,000 people per day were crossing the southern border illegally.

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