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Pete Hegseth: “Under Joe Biden's administration, the human smuggling…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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LIVE: Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller speak at Americas Counter Cartel Conference

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More than 1 million Americans were killed by fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs. Numbers greater than any casualties we've sustained in war. Millions of illegal aliens invaded our borders and destabilized nations across the hemisphere. Under Joe Biden's administration, the human smuggling industry exploded by more than 2000% from a $500 million so-called industry in 2018 to 13 billion by 2022. Cartels of terrorists across our hemisphere, enabled by adversaries, created and profited from chaos. What creates chaos? No leadership creates chaos in our nation. Narco terrorist groups like trende aragua prospered. (14:16–14:36)

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Asserts that the human smuggling industry increased by over 2000% under Joe Biden's administration.

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