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Ted Cruz: “The government of Canada commit to putting billions of…”

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Senator Cruz says the White House allocated billions for Texas and others as part of its border security

Published | Video Starts at 09:51

So the President has already suspended the Mexico tariffs and the Canada tariffs. We saw the government of Mexico commit to putting 10,000 troops on the border to help secure the border. We saw The government of Canada commit to putting billions of dollars to fighting to stop terrorists coming across our northern border. fighting to stop the fentanyl that's been flooding into our country. And so they've had already a very significant effect in terms of leverage and getting Canada and Mexico to work with us as partners to secure the border. (09:51–09:59)

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Asserts that Canada committed funds to border security.

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