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Ted Cruz: “There's no state in the United States who felt the pain, the…”

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

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I represent the great state of Texas. The United States has a southern border that is 2,000 miles long. More than half of it, 1,200 miles of that is the state of Texas. There's no state in the United States who felt the pain, the harm, the consequences of illegal immigration more than the state of Texas over the last four years. And so we're seeing firsthand the results of a strong president following the law. And I will say here, the murder rate dropping 98% in El Salvador demonstrates that the … (16:40–16:53)

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Asserts that Texas has been most affected by illegal immigration in the past four years.

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