But the chart that the American Immigration Council put together shows. And Mr. Reichland Melnick, I believe you got these numbers directly from the Department of Homeland Security. And it demonstrates that Not any of the deterrence measures that were put forth by the Trump administration actually deterred immigration. Covid did, but shortly after the border was reopened, those numbers started climbing right back up. That would tell us that we should be acting together in a bipartisan way on reasonable solutions. (02:28–02:38)
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Asserts that Trump administration's deterrence measures did not deter immigration.
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