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John Thune: “Change of administration, President Trump takes office. That…”

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

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Discussion on Trump's First 100 Days and Border Security

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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. And if you look at a year ago, where we were, January, February, March, April, and those numbers, it's just as I described … (00:45–00:55)

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Asserts that illegal crossings at the southern border decreased from 12,000 to 230 per day after Trump took office.

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