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Thom Tillis: “Nearly 700,000 got aways that clearly had criminal record.”

Featuring: Thom Tillis, Republican | U.S. Senate North Carolina

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Published | Video Starts at 15:58

We're not, we're not reminding people of the caravans of thousands of people saying we're coming to the United States and Joe Biden saying come on in. We're not counting the 700. The Nearly 700,000 got aways that clearly had criminal record. They paid a premium to avoid border patrol. You go to the border, you walk across the border, say I'm claiming asylum. That's how it works. Rinse and repeat. (15:58–16:04)

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Asserts that nearly 700,000 individuals evaded border patrol and had criminal records.

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