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Ted Cruz: “Federal immigration law says they shall be deported.”

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 01:38

In his first 71 days in office, President Biden released 184,241 illegal immigrants. That was a decision, by the way. It was a lawless decision. Federal immigration law says they shall be deported. No president has ever done what this administration did, which is say, we don't care about the law, we are all about partisan politics and we're going to let them all go. (01:38–01:43)

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Asserts that federal immigration law mandates deportation of illegal immigrants.

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