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Ted Cruz: “We had an open border for four years, and 12 million, more…”

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

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Texas Republican U.S. Senator Cruz talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:33

So why do you say that? Well, because upwards of a million illegal immigrants were getting health care under Joe Biden. Joe Biden used every loophole he could. Look, We had an open border for four years, and 12 million, more than 12 million illegal immigrants came into this country. And pause for a second and ask yourself, if you're sitting at home, you know, it's not surprising Democrats and Republicans are disagreeing. So ask yourself, who's telling the truth? (04:33–04:40)

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Asserts that over 12 million illegal immigrants entered the U.S. over four years.

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