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Ted Cruz: “We have over 12 million illegal aliens that were allowed to…”

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

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And we've seen immediate results. We've seen illegal border crossings drop more than 99%. The problem is we have four years of open borders that we have to unwind. We have over 12 million illegal aliens that were allowed to flood into this country. And so just this week, the story broke that a gas station clerk, a mom in Fort Myers, Florida, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer. (25:00–25:05)

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