John Thune: “Border patrol apprehended more illegal immigrants than it…”

“Almost exactly five years ago, I was at the southern border with a number of my republican colleagues. And at the same time, just two months into the Biden administration, the signs of crisis were already present. That March, Border patrol apprehended more illegal immigrants than it had in a single month in 15 years [in March 2021]. Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children crossed the southern border that month. And under the Biden administration, thousands of children were placed with unvetted sponsors or turned up missing or unaccounted for or worse.” (01:13–01:21)

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