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Ted Cruz: “They were arrested plotting a terrorist attack in New York…”

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 20:44

Go to our southern border and Joe Biden and the Democrats will let you into this country. They came into this country, they were apprehended, and Joe Biden and the Democrats let them go, and They were arrested plotting a terrorist attack in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. What is happening at our border, it is cruel, it is inhumane, and people are dying because of it. And. And what is infuriating is the Democrats aren't willing to do anything about it to stop it. (20:44–20:50)

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