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Ted Cruz: “Federal immigration law is clear. Illegal immigrants who are…”

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

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FIERY Ted Cruz Angrily Rebuts Democratic Colleagues Over Their Concerns About DOJ Politicization

Published | Video Starts at 04:54

There is an unmistakable mandate to secure the border. Because for four years, Joe Biden and the Democrats defied the law. Federal immigration law is clear. Illegal immigrants who are apprehended shall be detained and shall be deported. Mr. Blanch, when the law uses the word shall, is that typically mandatory? It is. And what Joe Biden did is something no president in the history of our country has ever done. (04:54–05:03)

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Asserts that federal immigration law mandates the detention and deportation of apprehended illegal immigrants.

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