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Pete Hegseth: “An invasion of over 20 million people from around the world…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Sec Hegseth on border, cartels & beards

Published | Video Starts at 17:18

The department looked feckless, and was. But under President Trump, deterrence back. After decades of securing other people's borders halfway across the world, we're finally securing our own border in our own hemisphere. An invasion of over 20 million people from around the world with no idea who they are is a serious and dramatic national security threat. That's why we're happy to support mass deportations as well of our, of our friends in federal law enforcement. But we've also surged our posture to the southern border from minute one to lock that border down. (17:18–17:30)

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Asserts that over 20 million people have crossed the border, posing a national security threat.

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