Thousands and thousands of illegal crossings every single day are happening in our country, and we have to put a stop to it. Our Border Patrol agents are exhausted. They cannot apprehend everyone that is coming in illegally into our country. We've already had over a million gotaways, and these could be the most dangerous individuals coming in into our country. Our top priority needs to be our southern border. I cannot stress that enough. Mark, when you see Speaker Johnson saying they need to negotiate responsibly, is that even possible now at this point? (00:40–00:48)
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Asserts that over a million individuals have evaded capture at the U.S. border.
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