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Ted Cruz: “CBP was instructed at the southern border be on guard for…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Senator Ted Cruz Addresses Border Security and Immigration Policies in Heated Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:08

Much more likely to be rapists. Much more likely to be child molesters. Much more likely to be gang members. Much more likely to be terrorists. Under the Biden administration, CBP was instructed at the southern border be on guard for Hamas and Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists. coming across the border. Why? Because they declared jihad. And because the Biden open border policies extended a red carpet for anyone that sought to do harm. (04:08–04:17)

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Asserts that CBP was instructed to be vigilant for specific terrorist groups at the southern border.

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