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Clay Higgins: “This past year we saw what some Democrats on this committee called a 'Fake Emergency' explode as over 977,000 people…”

On the recordNovember 18, 2019
This past year we saw what some Democrats on this committee called a 'Fake Emergency' explode as over 977,000 people attempted to illegally enter the United States.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Higgins criticizes Democrats for downplaying the surge in illegal border crossings.

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