Ted Cruz: “Last year, again, according to the New York Times, the…”

“Here's a stat from the New York Times. In 2018, the Mexican drug cartels made roughly $500 million from human trafficking. 2018. Last year, again, according to the New York Times, the cartels made over $13 billion from drug trafficking. That is a 2,600% increase. And what Joe Biden and the Democrats did to Mexico was horrible. Mexico paid a very real price for that.” (08:56–09:05)

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