Ted Cruz: “Under Obama, he would parole roughly 5000 illegal immigrants…”

“So, for example, there's an authority under federal immigration law called parole authority, which is you can release people in limited and special circumstances Under Obama, he would parole roughly 5000 illegal immigrants a year. Under Trump, it was a comparable number. So it took, they were extraordinary circumstances. You know how much Biden is doing? How much? About 800,000 a year. Wow. He took Obamas 5000 a year and blew it up to 800,000.” (20:00–20:08)

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