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On the recordJune 5, 2024
the President of the United States is, today, using clips of my speech on the floor of the Senate in his campaign ads talking about border security and immigration. Well, I would encourage him to use clips of this speech today instead, because President Biden created the problem at the border right now. That is not some theory. That is not some political statement. That is fact. And I can compare that to the two previous Presidents, who operated under the exact same law as President Biden is operating under now. We have 2\1/2\ million people--plus--illegally crossing our southern border this year. Under President Obama, we had half a million. There is no difference in the law between President Obama, President Trump, and President Biden. The only difference is the Executive who is actually overseeing that law's prosecution. That is the only difference. So why would we have half a million people illegally crossing the border under President Obama and 2\1/2\ million people under President Biden? It is the Executive and how they are carrying out the law. Now, I have been very clear: That last half a million is Congress's responsibility.…
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
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Jun 5, 2024

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