The mess that we have here today has been self-created and self-inflicted, and with all of America's challenges, it amazes me that we would create this mess at the border and then require the men and women of CBP and others to make it right.
Val Demings: “The mess that we have here today has been self-created and self-inflicted, and with all of America's challenges, it…”
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Demings criticizes the self-inflicted border crisis and its impact on CBP personnel.
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