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On the recordJanuary 6, 2019
We're looking at a national emergency because we have a national emergency. Just read the papers. We have a crisis at the border of drugs, of human beings being trafficked all over the world. They're coming through. And we have an absolute crisis and a criminals and gang members coming through. It is national security. It's a national emergency.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

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Trump describes the situation at the border as a national emergency involving drugs and human trafficking.

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