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On the recordJanuary 13, 2020
The crisis that unfolded along our Southwest Border last year was not a fake emergency, it is not the fault of the men and women of CBP, and it is not the fault of the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins defends CBP and the President regarding the border crisis.

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