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Ted Cruz: “In President Trump's first year back in office, 2.5 million…”

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

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So now let's talk about what has been accomplished under President Trump's leadership. Under President Trump's leadership, we have had zero illegal aliens released for 10 straight months. Is that correct? That is correct. In President Trump's first year back in office, 2.5 million [illegal aliens] have left voluntarily. voluntarily. And we have arrested, detained and removed close to 700,000 now. And how many known or suspected terrorists have been removed? (06:09–06:17)

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