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On the recordJuly 25, 2023
Meanwhile, in 2019, there were 458,000 border encounters. Yet, under your policies, we're now up to 2.3 million encounters.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock points out the increase in border encounters under current policies.

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