They lost hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied minors in the system somewhere to traffickers. All of it they allowed, they turned the other way. They could have sealed that border any moment. The president had the authority, and I asked him personally on multiple occasions. I pleaded with him. I begged Joe Biden, use your authority. And he'd look down at the floor and shuffle his shoes and say, I can't do that. Well, the American people let him know how they felt about that. (15:35–15:43)
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Asserts that the president had the authority to act on border issues and was personally asked to do so.
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