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Ted Cruz: “We saw for four years under Joe Biden and the Democrats…”

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

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Ted Cruz Discusses Immigration Policies, National Guard Deployment, and Economic Legislation on Ion Politics

Published | Video Starts at 01:46

I've long said when it comes to immigration, my view can be summed up in four legal, good, illegal, bad. I think most Texans agree with that. We saw for four years under Joe Biden and the Democrats, wide open borders. We saw 12 million people come into this country illegally. It was the worst illegal immigration in our nation's history. History. And we saw Joe Biden and the Democrats releasing murderers, rapists, gang members. And we have seen Texans murdered. (01:46–01:55)

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