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Ted Cruz: Can you describe a circumstance in which the evidence would be such that DHS would say the trigger is not satisfied…

On the recordApril 21, 2013
Can you describe a circumstance in which the evidence would be such that DHS would say the trigger is not satisfied, that border security is not there?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz questions the criteria for determining border security satisfaction.

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