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Wesley Hunt: “Barack Obama deported far more people than President Trump…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Wesley Hunt, discusses his campaign against Cornyn and Paxton

Published January 27, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:39

… we should be thanking them every single day for what they do and getting involved and getting in the way of their operations is completely unacceptable. Keep in mind that Barack Obama deported far more people than President Trump did and used ICE to do it. What was the difference? He was a Democrat. So now Democrat sees we're cooperating with Barack Obama, but now all of a sudden, they don't want to cooperate with President Trump to do the exact same thing. (15:39–15:44)

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Asserts that former President Obama deported more people than President Trump using ICE.

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