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On the recordMarch 25, 2019
By failing to secure our border and fix legal loopholes, we are enriching the criminal cartels, making them more powerful in Central America and Mexico, and enabling them to exploit new victims.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins warns that inaction on border security empowers criminal cartels.

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