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Ted Cruz: “The greatest human trafficking in the world has been over…”

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

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'I Found Sen. Booker's Questioning Really Bizarre': Ted Cruz Rips Dem Senator During Patel Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:30

Director Patel, are the Mexican cartels that are bringing people illegally into this country engaged in human trafficking? Yes, sir. What the hell does it mean to reassign someone from human trafficking to immigration? The greatest human trafficking in the world has been over the last four years at our southern border. It is modern day slavery that the Democrats still defend. They still defend those open borders. Mr. Patelli also said, did you reassign FBI agents from protecting children to immigration? (01:30–01:39)

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Claims that the southern U.S. border experienced the largest human trafficking incidents in the past four years.

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