John Thune: “Ten and a half million people [have come] across the border…”

“… are after the last four years of what I think is a very failed Biden Harris border policy. And I think there isn't anybody who objectively wouldn't agree with that. Ten and a half million people [have come] across the border illegally, including a lot of very unsavory folks, members of terrorist organizations and criminal elements and cartels. etc. Do you know they're members of terrorist organizations? Sure. Well, I was saying they've been apprehended. We know that there are almost 300 that have been apprehended that are on the terrorist watch list.” (13:10–13:21)

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