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Newt Gingrich: “The speed with which they turned around the southern border…”

Featuring: Newt Gingrich, Conservative | Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | National

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Gavin Newsom and Newt Gingrich Discuss Immigration, Trump's Policies, and Bipartisanship

Published | Video Starts at 07:19

And as opposed to just being so rigid and it may even happen starting in 26. I mean, I thought the speed. I don't know what your reaction was, but I thought The speed with which they turned around the southern border was almost unbelievable. Yeah. I mean, directionally, it significantly declined in terms of the total number of border crossings. But unquestionably. Yeah. The acuity to which, in essence, is shut down is rather remarkable considering where we were two years prior. (07:19–07:26)

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Asserts that the southern border situation was rapidly improved.

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