Ted Cruz: “We have had for four years a national security and a public…”

“I got to say, in that regard, I enthusiastically support what the President is doing. We have had for four years a national security and a public safety crisis at our border, 12 million illegal immigrants. And I support using every tool the president has to secure the border to keep our families safe and to stop the over 100,000Americans that are dying each year from drug overdoses.” (00:57–01:06)

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