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On the recordApril 17, 2023
No administration has been able to achieve it, not President Bush, not President Obama, not President Trump; and certainly not President Biden also.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Highlighting the failure of past administrations to achieve operational control of the border.

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