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Tony Wied Touts Bill To Protect Trump's Border Policies From 'Future Radical Administrations

Published | Video Starts at 02:16

In just over two weeks since President Trump has taken office, he has done more to secure our border and protect Americans than President Biden did in four years. As you can see, Over the past two years, there was an average of more than 1500 illegal migrants encountered at our border every single day. President Trump's first days of office, that number had fallen to fewer than 50 encounters. Since then, we have continued to see a 63% drop in illegal encounters at the border, on average. (02:16–02:25)

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