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Mike McCaul: “People disingenuously say that the border is open when we have three or four times the number of Border Patrol agents…”

On the recordApril 25, 2023
People disingenuously say that the border is open when we have three or four times the number of Border Patrol agents that we did in the year 2000.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Countering claims that the U.S. border is open despite increased security.

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