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Ted Cruz: “Remain in Mexico is how we'd gotten the lowest rate of…”

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

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Interview with Senator Ted Cruz on Bipartisanship, Immigration, and Economic Policies

Published | Video Starts at 16:10

So now that we apprehend people here illegally, they let them go. And number three, he pulled out of the unbelievably successful remain in Mexico agreement. Remain in Mexico is how we'd gotten the lowest rate of illegal immigration in 45 years. The result of that, the numbers exploded. And they didn't do so gradually. Over six months, they happened overnight. We went from the lowest rate in 45 years to. (16:10–16:16)

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Asserts that the remain in Mexico policy led to the lowest rate of illegal immigration in 45 years.

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