John Thune: “Over the next few years, we saw the number of illegal…”

“All of this, as I said, was just two months into the Biden administration. Now, Mr. President, I wish I could say that that's as bad as it got, but unfortunately, the situation continued to get worse. Over the next few years, we saw the number of illegal crossings climb to hundreds of thousands per month. The Biden administration's catch and release policies allowed millions of those individuals to take up residence in our country. Numerous cities, including many blue cities far from the border, like Denver, Chicago, Boston, were overwhelmed with the influx of migrants.” (02:11–02:18)

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