… the border to stop the invasion of our southern border, which is truly what it was. Yes, we have had troops on our border for 25 years. You're correct, General. But in many ways, they were down there as window dressing. They were down there with binoculars and no authorities. They were down there as part of just the status quo of rotation of things, the way we did business. And it was often said, well, we need. (12:16–12:24)
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Asserts that troops at the border previously had limited authority and were largely symbolic.
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