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Tim Walz: “1500 new border agents, detection for drugs, DOJ money to…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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The border Patrol said, this is what we need in here. These are the experts and the chamber of Commerce and the Wall Street Journal said, pass this thing. Kamala Harris helped get there. 1500 new border agents, detection for drugs, DOJ money to speed up the adjudications on this. Just what America wants. But as soon as I was getting ready to pass and actually tackle this, Donald Trump said no, told them to vote against it because it gives him a campaign issue. (21:24–21:33)

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Asserts that the proposed legislation includes 1500 new border agents and resources for drug detection and DOJ adjudications.

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