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Kash Patel: “Over 300 known or suspected terrorists crossed into this…”

Featuring: Kash Patel, Republican | Former Chief of Staff to the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense | National

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Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Discuss FBI Reforms and Investigations on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 33:07

The facts speak for themselves. The border that's open. I'll give you a statistic that I gave to Congress that nobody was paying attention to. Over 300 known or suspected terrorists crossed into this country last year illegally. Known or suspected terrorists. Not illegals. Not just illegals. Known or suspected terrorists. 85% of them came in through the northern border. This year, 100 known or suspected terrorists have crossed into this country illegally. (33:07–33:11)

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Asserts that over 300 known or suspected terrorists entered the U.S. illegally last year.

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