Trump Border Speech: Former president, Texas Gov. Abbott on immigration - FULL NEWS CONFERENCE

FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
29 Feb 202425:46

Summary

TLDRFormer President Trump visited the Texas-Mexico border and praised Governor Abbott's efforts to secure the border through measures like building border walls and deploying the National Guard. Trump criticized President Biden's border policies, stating they have allowed criminals to illegally enter the US and commit crimes. Trump and Abbott also discussed the need to enforce existing immigration laws. Abbott said Texas will continue busing migrants to sanctuary cities until Biden secures the border. Trump and Abbott were joined by Texas law enforcement officials and National Guard leadership who highlighted their border security operations.

Takeaways

  • 😡 Trump harshly criticizes Biden's border policies, calling it an "invasion" allowing criminals and problems into the US
  • 👮‍♂️ Trump praises Texas' strong border security efforts under Governor Abbott
  • 😠 Trump slams California and Arizona's governors for not securing their borders
  • ⚠️ Trump warns of dangers of criminals, diseases, and problems entering US through unsecured borders
  • 🔒 Trump touts his past border security policies like the border wall and Remain in Mexico
  • 👍 Trump commends Texas National Guard's efforts to secure the border under General Seltzer
  • 😤 Trump recounts tragic stories of Americans victimized by criminal illegal immigrants
  • 🤝 Trump thanks Governor Abbott, General Seltzer, and Brandon Judd for their border security work
  • 🚧 Trump contrasts his and Abbott's border visit with Biden's "obligatory" visit
  • 🌎 Trump briefly discusses foreign policy issues with Venezuela, Iran, etc.

Q & A

  • What policies did President Trump put in place to secure the border?

    -President Trump put in place four key policies - ending Catch and Release, implementing the Title 42 policy, introducing the Remain in Mexico policy, and building the border wall.

  • What is the Title 42 policy?

    -The Title 42 policy allowed border officials to immediately expel migrants entering illegally during the COVID-19 pandemic on public health grounds.

  • How many miles of border wall did President Trump build?

    -President Trump built 571 miles of border wall, much more than he had originally promised.

  • What agreement did President Trump make with Mexico regarding border security?

    -President Trump got Mexico to agree to deploy 28,000 soldiers to help secure the U.S. southern border.

  • What is President Biden accused of doing regarding border security?

    -President Biden is accused of eliminating the effective border security policies put in place by President Trump through executive orders.

  • What action has Texas taken in response to the border crisis?

    -Texas has invoked its constitutional authority to declare an 'invasion' in order to defend itself from border-related crimes.

  • What border security measures has Texas implemented?

    -Texas has built its own border wall, deployed buoys in the Rio Grande river to deter illegal crossings, deployed the National Guard, and launched a new military base to house Guard troops.

  • How many National Guard troops has Texas deployed?

    -Texas has deployed thousands of National Guard troops along its 1,254 mile border with Mexico.

  • What does Texas plan to do with detained migrants?

    -Texas plans to continue busing detained migrants to sanctuary cities across the United States.

  • What message did Governor Abbott deliver to President Biden regarding border security?

    -Governor Abbott handed President Biden a document outlining three strategies he could implement to secure the border using existing federal laws.

Outlines

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😟 Trump and Texas Officials Discuss Border Issues and Biden Policies

Trump praises Texas officials including Governor Abbott and General Thomas Seltzer for securing parts of the Texas border. He criticizes the Arizona and California governors for not securing their borders. Trump and Brandon Jud blame Biden for immigration issues, claiming his policies invite people to illegally cross. They say border agents are upset Biden went to Brownsville instead of Texas areas more affected by migration.

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😡 Trump Claims Migrants Bring Crime and Biden Policies Allow It

Trump provides statistics claiming thousands of assaults, robberies, and homicides were committed by criminal migrants last year after being released into the U.S. by Biden. He claims other nations are emptying jails and sending criminals, terrorists, and mentally ill people to the U.S. He criticizes Biden for allowing this.

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😢 Trump References Recent Migrant Crime Cases

Trump describes the recent murder of a young nursing student in Georgia by an illegal migrant. He also references other violent crimes committed by migrants released by Biden. He blames Biden for innocent victims and says his policies are destroying the country.

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😤 Abbot Criticizes Biden Border Policies and Praises Texas Efforts

Governor Abbot contrasts Biden's obligatory border visit with Trump actually visiting the border. He criticizes Biden for eliminating Trump's effective policies. Abbott claims Biden is not securing the border or following laws requiring denying entry, detaining migrants, and building barriers.

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👮 Abbot Details Texas Border Security Efforts

Abbott says Texas is the only state building its own border wall, using methods deployed by Trump. He says Texas National Guard has secured parks and areas used by the Biden administration to allow illegal entry. Abbott threatens to continue busing migrants to sanctuary cities.

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🤝 Trump and Abbott Express Mutual Support Over Border Security

Trump praises Abbott and the Texas officials for securing the border effectively. He contrasts it with inaction from Arizona and California governors. Abbott endorses Trump for resolving border issues when re-elected President.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡border

The border refers to the U.S.-Mexico border that is the main focus of the video. Trump and the other speakers talk about problems with illegal immigration across the border under Biden's presidency compared to stronger border security under Trump's policies. The border is central to the video's theme about immigration control.

💡invasion

Invasion refers to the large influx of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Speakers like Trump use very strong language, calling it an "invasion" to highlight the severity of the issue and Biden's failure to address it effectively. This builds on the video's theme of uncontrolled immigration under Biden.

💡crime

The speakers link the idea of an uncontrolled border invasion to increased crime from illegal immigrants entering the U.S. Descriptions of assaults, murders, and rapes aim to portray the immigrants as criminals and tie uncontrolled immigration to crime.

💡policies

The video contrasts Biden's and Trump's policies on border control and immigration. It presents Trump's policies like the Remain in Mexico program and border wall construction as effective for reducing illegal immigration and touts Abbott's efforts to emulate them.

💡secure

Speakers like Trump and Abbott use “secure” to describe the border under Trump's policies, conveying safety and control. They contrast this with Biden's failure to "secure" the border against threats like crime from illegal immigrants. This ties into the video's pro-Trump, anti-Biden theme.

💡patrol

Border patrol refers to agencies like U.S. Customs & Border Protection that police immigration at the border. Speakers imply neglect of enforcement duties under Biden compared to more aggressive border patrolling under Trump that aligns with the video's messaging.

💡defense

Rhetoric about defending the border signals an adversarial framing where illegal immigration is positioned as an attack or threat that must be defended against, using means like the National Guard deployment celebrated in the video.

💡operation

The usage of phrases like "military operation" and descriptions of initiatives like Abbott's border barrier evoke an operational response level approaching war, consistent with the video's themes around immigration as an invasion.

💡guard

The repeated references to the "Texas National Guard" highlight their border operations, like sealing areas with razor wire, as examples of strong enforcement efforts contrasted with supposed weakness under Biden.

💡wall

Speakers highlight border wall construction, like Trump's wall projects and Abbott's state border wall, as examples of effective immigration enforcement tied to themes of security and restricting illegal entry.

Highlights

Trump praises Texas leaders for border security efforts

Trump criticizes Arizona and California governors for lack of border security

Trump claims the US is being overrun by Biden migrant crime

Trump says criminals are being released from jails globally and sent to the US

Trump discusses the recent killing of a young woman in Georgia by an illegal immigrant

Abbott blames Biden for the border crisis and praises Trump's past border policies

Abbott says Biden could enforce existing laws to secure the border but isn't

Abbott discusses Texas' efforts to secure the border including the national guard

General Seltzer outlines the Texas national guard's border security tactics

Trump discusses how his past policies kept countries like Venezuela and Iran in check

Trump open to being House Speaker, praises potential candidates

Abbott handed Biden a document outlining how to secure the border when they met

Trump thanks Texas leaders for their border security work

Abbott declines endorsing anyone for House Speaker role

Trump says there are lots of good House Speaker choices

Transcripts

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if you look at Arizona they haven't done

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anything there Governor hasn't done a

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thing and the governor in California

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hasn't done a thing people are flowing

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through there like nothing but Texas is

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very secure and it's going to be even

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more secure by the time you finish which

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will be soon and I just want to thank

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some friends of mine Brandon Jud has

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been a friend from day one he knew what

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we were all about and uh knew what we

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were saying and doing and I think we

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were ahead of our time and general

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Thomas szer was uh somebody that was

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always right there and understands this

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Texas Military Department about as well

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as he could have I think he understands

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War because that's what you're in you're

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in a war and William Mike gorby you know

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who he is and he's been fantastic it's

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just an incredible group that you've put

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together

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fortunately uh I might ask Brandon to

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say a couple of words because right at

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the beginning we were uh we were into it

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we saw what was happening and the

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governor was there and then he really he

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really stepped it up it's been amazing I

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came when I was lucky enough to receive

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his endorsement I endorsed him also and

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very proudly endorsed him and a lot of

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things have happened in the last little

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while but this is an incredible

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operation Brandon would you like to say

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a couple of words absolutely thank you

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sir president thank you thank you sir I

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I want you to know your agents my agents

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they're mad as hell absolutely mad that

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President Biden went to Brownsville

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Texas

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rather than going to Arizona rather than

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going to San Diego California rather

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than coming to Eagle Pass Texas which

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has been the epicenter what president

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Trump has seen right here is he's seen

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how his policies have worked but he's

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also seen how he can expand upon those

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policies once he takes goes back into

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the White House he has seen how Governor

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Abbott has been able to use his policies

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to secure this specific area the

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epicenter of the last two years of the

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illegal border crisis that we have had

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to endure and your agents president they

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are pissed border patrol agents are

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upset that we cannot get the proper

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policy that is necessary to protect

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human life to protect American citizens

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to protect the people that are crossing

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the border illegally we want to protect

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them as well and we can't do that

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because President Biden's policies

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continue to invite people to cross here

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thank goodness we have Governor like

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Governor Abbott thank goodness we have

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somebody that's willing to run for

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president of the United States forgo

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everything else that he's been doing to

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serve the American people president

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thank you thank you very

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much the uh reports have come out and

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we've been covering them and everybody's

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been and I spoke to the parents of an

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incredible young lady and you you saw

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her the other day you saw what happened

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the other day in Georgia and the parents

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are devastated they're incredible people

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but this is a Joe Biden Invasion this is

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a Biden Invasion over the past three

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years I call him crooked Joe because

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he's crooked he's a terrible president

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the worst president our country's ever

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had probably the most incompetent

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president we've ever had but it's uh

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allowing thousands and thousands of

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people to come in from China Iran Yemen

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the Congo Syria and lot of other nations

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many nations are not very friendly to us

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he's transported the entire Columns of

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fighting aged men and they're all at a

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certain age and you look at them and say

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they they look like Warriors to me

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something's going on that's bad now the

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United States is being overrun by the

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Biden migrant crime it's a new form of

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uh vicious violation to our country it's

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migrant crime we call it Biden migrant

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crime but that's a little bit long so

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we'll just it but every time you hear

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the term migrant crime you know where

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that comes from allowing thousands and

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thousands and actually millions and

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millions of people to come could be 15

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million could be 18 million by the time

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he uh gets out of office because

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hopefully the biggest risk we have is

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nine months that's a long time a lot of

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bad things can happen I always say in

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speeches and rallies it's if you take

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the 10 worst Presidents in the history

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of our country and you added them all up

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all of the problems all of the y jobs

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they've done you can add them all up

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it's not as bad as this one man has done

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for our country what he's done to our

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country is he's destroying our country

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that we were just talking before we were

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the general was saying I can't believe

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he can't believe what's happening they

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can't believe it's so sad last year

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almost half of all ice arrests were

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criminal aliens charged for more than

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33,000 assaults 3,000 robberies 6,900

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burglaries 7 ,500 weapons crimes this is

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all migrant

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crime 4,300 sex crimes 1600 kidnappings

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and 1700 homicides and murders these are

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the people that are coming into our

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country and they're coming from jails

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and they're coming from prisons and

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they're coming from mental institutions

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and they're coming from insane asylums

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and they're terrorists they're being led

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into our our country and uh it's

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horrible it's horrible

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and you know I know many of the leaders

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of these other countries that are doing

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it and it's not just South America it's

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all over the world the Congo a very big

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population coming in from jails from the

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Congo you look at the jails now you take

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a look at the jails throughout the

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region but more importantly throughout

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the world they're emptying out because

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they're dumping them into the United

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States and these guys try and make like

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oh isn't it wonderful they don't have a

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clue I think they're looking for votes

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they're looking for something nobody's

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really been able to tell me how anybody

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could want it you know you're always in

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business you always want to understand

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the other side uh you want to figure it

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out so you can do something that's good

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or bad depending on what you're looking

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for but nobody can explain to

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me because everybody I speak to says how

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horrible it is nobody explained to me

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how allowing millions of people from

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places unknown from countries unknown

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who don't speak languages we have

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languages coming into our country we

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have nobody that even speaks those

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languages they're they're truly far

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forign languages nobody speaks them and

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they're pouring into our country and

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they're bringing with them tremendous

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problems including medical problems as

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you know we had title two and we had

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different things to solve that problem

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but they've terminated all of that even

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the judge couldn't believe it the judge

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said no no you can't do that it would be

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horrible to do that and he let it go and

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but he said in six months it expires and

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uh it expired and that's it so I just

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think you're doing an incredible uh job

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just one week ago a beautiful

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22-year-old nursing student from

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Georgia was barbarically attacked almost

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unrecognizable While She Was Out on her

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morning run she was a morning run she

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was doing a keep herself in shape she

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was a beautiful young woman she was a

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great person best nursing student there

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was I spoke to her parents yesterday

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they're incredible people they

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devastated beyond beyond belief but she

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was be just so beautiful in so many ways

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and brutally assaulted horrifically

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beaten kidnapped and savagely

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murdered the monster the charged

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charging the death is an illegal alien

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migrant who was led into our country and

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released into our communities by crooked

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Joe Biden he's crooked I took the name

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away from Hillary because she's no

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longer relevant I guess she was terrible

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but he is what he is doing is just

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unbelievable Joe Biden will never say

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leak and Riley's name but we will say it

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and we will remember it we're not going

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to forget her it's been just a horrible

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story that we've had to live with for

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the last few days it's hard to believe

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and their parents are just they can

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never be the same great people just four

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days ago an illegal alien in Louisiana

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was arrested for brutally raping a

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14-year-old girl while holding a knife

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to her throat and he then allegedly

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robbed a man who was getting out of his

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car in front of his home and repeatedly

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stabbed him in the face in the back in

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the face many many times before police

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found this person standing in the middle

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of a street all covered with blood

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standing over the blood of the man he

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was attacking last year a sadistic

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illegal alien Criminal Who was released

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into our country by Joe Biden was

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arrested for raping an 11-year-old girl

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and strangling her to death in Pasadena

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Texas and shortly before she she was

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murdered she texted her father that

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someone was knocking at the door he

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arrived home from work and found his

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daughter's body stuffed in a laundry

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basket underneath the

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bed horrible crooked Joe is the blood of

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countless innocent victims it's so many

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stories to tell so many horrible stories

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three years ago we had the most secure

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Border in history Brandon was saying it

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the general was saying it we had the

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most secure border and people weren't

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coming because they knew they weren't

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going to get in and we wer in promised

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free education free medical free

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everything I mean all the promises that

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are made no wonder they come I mean you

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look at what this Governor nusum from

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California isn't that his name nusum uh

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what he's done to California is

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unbelievable people are pouring in they

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think they're going to get Medical Aid

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and our soldiers our vets aren't being

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taken care of but people that come into

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our country illegally are we ended Catch

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and Release we built 571 miles of bord

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wall much more than I promised I'd been

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build and in addition we purchased

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another 200 miles and they sold that

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much of it for 5 cents on the dollar and

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it's the best wall the same wall that

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you're using because the governor is now

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building a lot of wall also and it works

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walls work walls and wheels I was said

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it's one thing never gets obsolete a

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wall and a wheel everything else is

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obsolete about two weeks after you come

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up with it we got Mexico to give us

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28,000 soldiers to take care of our

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border we had the safest Border in the

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history of our country and now outside

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of this area where Texas has done an

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amazing job and in a pretty short period

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of time they're going to have it all

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covered uh they have just been

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incredible what they the operation that

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they showed me is nothing less than

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incredible and I'll say this uh it's a

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military operation I mean we have a

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milit this is like a war it's a military

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operation so we had remain in Mexico

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remember that you can't come into our

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country and Mexico agreed to it and I

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tell you someday I'll tell you I safe

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safe third agreements Asylum banss title

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42 and Rapid removals but title 42 was

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so important rapid removal so important

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but the best was remain in Mexico you

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stay in Mexico we had catch and release

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in Mexico we had catch before that it

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was catch and release a criminal and

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they released him in the United States

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we had no more Catch and Release our

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Catch and Release was we released them

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in Mexico and if you broke the law we

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caught you we Deport you or we did

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something else but we were doing a great

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job and uh that's where it stood and

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then we had an election that uh we ended

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up getting many millions of more votes

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than we did we did much better in 2020

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than we ever even thought about doing in

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2016 and very bad things happened and

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from that moment on it was a whole

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different ball game in Texas and all

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over but the governor in Texas picked up

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the ball and they've done an incredible

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job and I'll tell you it's an honor to

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be here I brought some people here some

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Executives from from New York cuz

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they're they're marveling at it too and

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uh you're doing your job now we have to

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find out what's going on on the side

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each side because Arizona is not doing

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their job you have a

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Democrat liberal or more than that

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Governor that probably doesn't want to

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do anything so people are just pouring

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in through Arizona and they're pouring

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in through uh the uh the beautiful state

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the once beautiful state still beautiful

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I guess but they have a lot of crime and

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a lot of problems California because uh

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the governor is not doing his job in

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California he's doing a terrible job he

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talks a good game you know he talks

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about how wonderful things are but he's

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wrong and they have a big outflow of

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people people that pay taxes people that

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don't commit crime they're leaving a lot

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of them are leaving so I just want to

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thank the governor I want to thank this

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incredible group of talent behind me and

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we just went through a uh we just went

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through something very very special uh

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we we did a tour and we did it through

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all sorts of cameras they're all over

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the place I don't know they're in the

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sky they're in satellites they're on the

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top of those light PS they're all over

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the place and you really have it done

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and I'm very appreciative of a governor

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you did a great job and you're my friend

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and it's an honor to have your support

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and your endorsement and likewise me to

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you thank you very much great to be here

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thank

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you well first of all thank you uh

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president Trump for being back in Texas

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uh you know you being here shows that

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today is a day of an extraordinary

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contrast

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we have President Trump back in the

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state of Texas literally On the Border

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itself a place that he's been to many

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times uh talking about all the things

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that he's done to secure the border at

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the very same time we have President

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Biden down in Brownsville Texas which

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was an obligatory visit by him he'd

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never been to the Border in fact I don't

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think he's on the border right now he's

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in some sanitized location in the

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Brownsville area not saying the razor

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wire that Texas has put up around

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Brownsville and he announced that he was

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going to Brownsville after it was

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already known that President Trump was

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coming to the state of Texas it just

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goes to show that Biden does not care

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about either Texas or the border and

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what's going on as a result you see a

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disaster the United States of America is

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dealing with more deadly consequences

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than we have in my entire lifetime

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because of Joe Biden's policies on the

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border and it did not have to be this

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way as president Trump just talked there

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were four policies that he put in place

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that led to the lowest illegal border

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crossings in about four decades the end

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of Catch and Release the title 42 policy

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the remaining Mexico policy in building

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the border wall all Joe Biden had to do

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to secure the Border was to keep in

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place place what president Trump put in

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place in the first place but instead

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what Joe Biden did he signed executive

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orders eliminating all of the effective

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policies that President Trump put in

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place and then Joe B Joe Biden did

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something even

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worse Joe Biden lied to America when he

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told America that he needed Congress to

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pass laws for him to be able to do

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something about the Border because there

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are three laws that Congress has already

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passed that are on the books right now

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that Biden could and should enforce one

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is a law that requires the Biden

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Administration to deny illegal entry

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into the United States like what Texas

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is doing right here and like what

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president Trump did he's not denying

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illegal entry President Biden is aiding

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and edding illegal entry the second law

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is requires the president's

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Administration to detain any anybody who

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does get here illegally Biden is not

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detaining them he's releasing them

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across the the entire country the third

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law that Congress already has on the

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books is a law that requires the Biden

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Administration to build border barriers

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like what Texas has built like what

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president Trump has built and Biden not

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only is not building any borders Biden

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is using every tool that he can to tear

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down the borders that Texas is putting

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up in our state and because what Biden

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is doing has endangered our country as

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president Trump was telling you the

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stories not a week goes by without a an

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American either losing their life being

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raped or assaulted by somebody that

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Biden has allowed in our country

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illegally the fact of the matter is

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because of Joe Biden's policies and the

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more than 8 million people who have

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crossed the border the United States of

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America is being invaded and because Joe

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Biden is not doing his job to step up

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and secure the Border Texas has invoked

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the authority provided to us in Article

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1 Section 10 of the United States

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Constitution to declare an invasion and

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for Texas to defend ourselves from the

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crimes that are being caused by Joe

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Biden very quickly here's what Texas is

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doing Texas is the only state in the

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history of America to build our own

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border wall and we did not reinvent the

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wheel we're just building the very same

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wall that President Trump put up second

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we deployed those big orange buoys into

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the real grand that are effective at

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denying illegal entry and Joe Biden

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found a lawsuit to try to put a stop to

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it even though that lawsuit is typing in

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the courts right now those buoys remain

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in the real Grand River as we speak

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right now the third thing is we have

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tremendous members of the Texas National

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Guard led by General Seltzer and general

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thank you and also I want to take this

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time to thank uh Mart Freeman from uh

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the Texas Department of Public Safety

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and Mike Banks where we have our own

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borders are Mike Banks has spent more

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time as the Texas bordar in one day than

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the United States bordar has spent in

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our entire tenure and I want to thank

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Mike banks for his his job as a former

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border patrol agent and now is the Texas

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borders are

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but what our National Guard has done

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they have sealed off this entire park

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and taking it over because this area was

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being used by the Biden Administration

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to violate the laws of the United States

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of America and I said I will not allow

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this Texas land to be used by the Biden

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Administration to violate American laws

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and I asked the National Guard to take

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it over and they did in one day but this

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is the important fact since they took it

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over the number of people that used to

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come across the border before were 3,000

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4,000 sometimes 5,000 people today now

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since this park has been taken over and

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wired shut there is on average about six

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or seven people coming across a day most

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of them are in violation of state law

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for trespassing and they are arrested

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when they come into this park and so for

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all practical purposes this part of the

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border is sealed same goes for where Joe

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Biden is right now where Joe Biden is on

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on the the night that Joe Biden lifted

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title 42 Brownsville Texas was Ground

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Zero where people were crossing across

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the border illegally and immediately the

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Texas National Guard wired that shut so

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an area during the time of Joe Biden

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before title of 42 was uh or when title

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42 was lifted there were thousands of

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people coming across the the border now

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there is on average about 14 people

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crossing the border in that area and

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that's because the Texas National Guard

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has wired it shut because we are having

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to do so much to secure our border

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that's exactly why five miles south of

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here Texas has now launched its own

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Texas National Guard military base that

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will house 2300 Texas National Guard so

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they will be able to more swiftly and

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more effectively continue to secure a

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border and the last thing I'll say is

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this unless and until Joe Biden steps up

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and does his job that he has the power

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to do already to enforce the laws of the

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United States of America Texas will

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continue to bust those migrants to

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Sanctuary cities all across the United

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States of America but I am very thankful

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for the model set by president Trump

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president Trump showed that when he was

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in office he was able to secure the

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border and I know that when he is

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reelected as our president our border

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will once again be secured so thank you

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president

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Trump at this time I would like to

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introduce you uh to the person leading

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the the uh effort on behalf of the Texas

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National Guard general Selzer good

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afternoon everyone um your Texas

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National Guard remains decisively

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engaged across 1254 miles of Texas

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border from Al Paso down to Brownsville

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uh we are blocking illegal immigration

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drug smuggling weapon smuggling into

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this state we do this in depth we have

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boats on the river as you can see we

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have drones in the sky we have a radar

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truck right over there uh that contract

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300 targets at once and if they get to

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the shore as everyone has just said

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they're going to meet miles and miles of

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barrier and if they get through the

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barrier they're going to meet thousands

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of Texas soldiers and thousands of DPS

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Troopers who are going to arrest them so

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if you are around the world

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contemplating coming to do an illegal

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entry into the United States of America

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you need to think twice about that go

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somewhere else or don't even begin your

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journey CU if you get through that wire

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we're going to arrest

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you okay

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sure sure

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sure uh Governor I'll go and you uh go

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ahead listen I would if Biden were here

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I would tell him exactly what I told him

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when I met him on the tarmac in El Paso

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the last time he visited Texas uh and on

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the tarmac in El Paso I handed him a

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one-page document that listed all the

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items I talked about here about the laws

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that already exist that he can enforce

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to secure the border so I handed him

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that document and also hand it to

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secretary borcas who was there at the

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time and I I told them there are these

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three simple strategies that you can

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take right now to secure the border to

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stop all the madness that's taking place

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they said they would take a look at it

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I've not heard from them since that

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time in Venezuela it's a very terrible

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situation when I left they were in very

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bad shape we would have done something

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very easily with them H just like we had

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a lot of countries in very bad shape as

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you know uh just to go to a different

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part of the world Iran was broke and

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they weren't going to be attacking

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Israel they had no money they weren't

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giving it toas they weren't giving it to

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Hezbollah they weren't giving it to

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anybody they didn't have it now they're

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a rich country again they have $250

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billion dollar and rich as you can be

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and they're handing the money out all

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over the place so you know a lot of

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things change Venezuela was in bad shape

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now they're in good shape we actually

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buy their oil if you can believe it and

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we refine it in Houston it's the only

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place where you can refine it because

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it's really tar much more so than oil

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but uh we would not be playing games

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with Venezuela they would not be doing

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what they're doing now they're sending

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people and they just put out a statement

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last week we're not taking them back

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they're sending their people from jails

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and prisons and mental institutions and

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they say we're not taking them back that

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wouldn't happen with the Trump

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Administration that I can tell you uh I

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want to thank everybody I want to thank

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the governor and the entire group of

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people behind me and I would call them

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staff and I would call them

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representatives and Generals they are

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unbelievable aable people the job

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they've done so quickly and so

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effectively and uh congratulations

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congratulations to all of you guys

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fantastic job really General great job

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thank you all very much great honor

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thank

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you on the

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what well I hear he's going to be uh not

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going to be leader and he's taken that

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step and uh a lot of people are calling

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me to to politic for that particular job

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would you like to be the leader I think

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I have I might have to choose this guy

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I'd rather be governor of Texas I think

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you're doing well I want to keep you in

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Texas no it's uh people would surpris by

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it but it's going to be it's all going

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to work out we're going to end up with a

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great leader would you like to see well

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I can't say that uh a lot of good

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choices I but I can't say that thank you

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very much