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John Thune: “We need physical barriers, we need technological barriers…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:07

They're going to be implementing a lot of the president's policies when it comes to the board to determine what that that resource allocation is going to need. They don't know yet. Well, I think that what we do know is We need physical barriers, we need technological barriers, we need more ICE agents, we need more Border patrol agents. And yes, we're going to need ways of deporting people that are on that list that you mentioned. (14:07–14:15)

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Asserts the need for increased border security measures including physical and technological barriers and more agents.

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