Yes, that's the top priority of government, is to protect Americans, you know, to defend our border, defend our nation. So unfortunately, the Democrats opened up the border, millions of people fled into this country, some of them violent criminals, violent gang members, members of transnational criminal organizations, human drug and sex traffickers. That's what President Trump's having to deal with. That's what Democrats left for us. So again, that takes money. And unfortunately they also pretty well mortgaged our children's future with massive deficits. (00:55–01:08)
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