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Ted Cruz: “Illegal border crossings dropped more than 99%.”

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

A Historic Year of Victories

Published December 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:39

We came in, the border was wide open. The worst illegal immigration in history. We now have a president and an administration that will follow the law. Illegal border crossings dropped more than 99%. That is staggering. Incredible. Tom Holman at the White House this week was talking about, he's worked under, I think it's five, six presidents. Crazy. (01:39–01:44)

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“The ROTOR act is designed to mandate that all aircraft in the sky use what's called ADS B technology.”
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“The Army Black Hawk helicopter had ADS B technology installed. They had it turned off.”
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