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Tom Barrett: “We had a wide open border, upwards of 10 or maybe even 15…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 02:18

Well, I think I've done what I told People I was going to do when I ran two years ago. You know, I pointed out really the shortcomings that our country was facing at the time. We had a wide open border, upwards of 10 or maybe even 15 million illegal immigrants that came into our country completely unchecked and unvalidated by the last administration. I said day one, we've got to secure our border and we've been able to do that. We've had record, low or almost no illegal immigration crossing into our country. (02:18–02:28)

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Asserts that 10 to 15 million illegal immigrants entered the U.S. unchecked by the last administration.

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