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AND JERRY CONLEY WEIGHS IN.

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THEN ANOTHER JOINS US TO TALK

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ABOUT BORDER SECURITY.

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WATCH "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" AT

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7:00 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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>> ON DAY 18 OF THE GOVERNMENT

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SHUT-DOWN PRESIDENT SPOKE TO

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THE NATION FROM THE OVAL OFFICE

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ABOUT WHAT HE CALLS A

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HUMANITARIAN AND SECURITY

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CRISIS ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

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THIS IS ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

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>> MY FELLOW AMERICANS TONIGHT

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I AM SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE
THERE IS A GROWING HUMANITARIAN

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AND SECURITY CRISIS AT OUR

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SOUTHERN BORDER.

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EVERY DAY, CUSTOMS AND BORDER

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PATROL AGENT ENCOUNTER

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THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

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TRYING TO TER OUR COUNTRY.

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WE ARE OUT OF SPACE TO HOLD

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THEM, AND WE HAVE NO WAY TO

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PROMPTLY RETURN THEM BACK HOME

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TO THEIR COUNTRY.

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AMERICA PROUDLY WELCOMES

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MILLIONS OF LAWFUL IMMIGRANTS

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WHO ENRICH OUR SOCIETY AND

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CONTRIBUTE TO OUR NATION.

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BUT ALL AMERICANS ARE HURT BY

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UNCONTROLLED ILLEGAL MIGRATION.

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IT STRAINS PUBLIC RESOURCES AND

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DRIVES DOWN JOBS AND WAGES.

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AMONG THOSE HARDEST HITTER

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AMERICANS.

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OUR SOUTHERN BORDER IS A

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PIPELINE FOR VAST QUANLTS OF

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ILLEGAL DRUGS, INCLUDING METH,

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HEROIN, COCAINE AND FENTANYL.

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EVERY WEEK 300 OF OUR CITIZENS

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ARE KILLED BY HEROIN ALONE.

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90% OF WHICH FLOODS ACROSS FROM

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OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.

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MORE AMERICANS WILL DIE FROM

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DRUGS THIS YEAR THAN WERE

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KILLED IN THE ENTIRE VIETNAM

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WAR.

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IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ICE

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OFFICERS MADE 266,000 ARRESTS

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OF ALIENS WITH CRIMINAL

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RECORDS, INCLUDING THOSE

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CHARGED OR CONVICTED OF 100,000

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ASSAULTS, 30,000 SEX CRIMES AND

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4,000 VIOLENT KILLINGS.

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OVER THE YEARS THOUSANDS OF

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AMERICANS HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY

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KILLED BY THOSE WHO ILLEGALLY

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ENTERED OUR COUNTRY, AND

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THOUSANDS MORE LIVES WILL BE

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LOST IF WE DON'T ACT RIGHT NOW.

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THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS,

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A CRISIS OF THE HEART, AND A

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CRISIS OF THE SOUL.

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LAST MONTH 20,000 MY GRANT

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CHILDREN WERE ILLEGALLY BROUGHT

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INTO THE UNITED STATES, A

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DRAMATIC INCREASE.

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THESE CHILDREN ARE USED AS

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HUMAN PAWNS BY VICIOUS COYOTES

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AND RUTHLESS GANGS.

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ONE IN THREE WOMEN ARE SEXUALLY

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ASSAULTED ON THE DANGEROUS TREK

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UP THROUGH MEXICO.

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WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE THE

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BIGGEST VICTIMS BY FAR OF OUR

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THIS IS THE TRAGIC REALITY OF

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ON OUR

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SORENSTAM BORDER.

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THIS IS THE CYCLE OF HUMAN

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SUFFERING THAT I AM DETERMINED

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MY ADMINISTRATION HAS PRESENTED

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CONGRESS WITH A DETAILED

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PROPOSAL TO SECURE THE BORDER

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AND STOP THE CRIMINAL GANGS,

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DRUG SMUGGLERS AND HUMAN

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TRAFFICKERS.

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IT'S A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM.

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OUR PROPOSAL WAS DEVELOPED LIE

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LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS

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AND BORDER AGENTS AT THE

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DEPARMED OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

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THESE ARE THE RESOURCES THEY

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HAVE REQUESTED TO PROPERLY

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PERFORM THEIR MISSION AND KEEP

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AMERICA SAFE.

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IN FACT, SAVER THAN EVER BEFORE

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THE PROPOSAL FROM HOIMENTS

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INCLUDES CUTTING -- FROM

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HOMELAND SECURITY INCLUDES

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CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY FOR

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DETECTING DRUGS, CONTRABAND AND

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MANY OTHER THINGS.

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WE HAVE REQUESTED MORE AGENTS,

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IMMIGRATION JUDGES AND BED

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SPACE TO PROCESS THE SHARP RISE

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OF UNLAFELL MIGRATION FUELED BY

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OUR VERY STRONG ECONOMY.

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OUR PLAN ALSO CONTAINS AN

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URGENT REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN

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ASSISTANCE AND MEDICAL SUPPORT.

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FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE ASKED

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CONGRESS TO CLOSE BORDER

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SECURITY LOOPHOLES SO THAT

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN CAN

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BE SAFELY AND ARE YOU MAINLY

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RETURNED BACK HOME -- AND HAD

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YOU MAIN LE RETURNED BACK HOME.

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FINALLY, LAW ENFORCEMENT

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PROFESSIONALS AFTER REQUESTED

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$5.7 BILLION FOR A PHYSICAL

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BARRIER.

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AT THE REQUEST OF DEMOCRATS, IT

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WILL BE A STEEL BARRIER RATHER

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THAN A CONCRETE WALL.

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THIS BARRIER IS ABSOLUTELY

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CRITICAL TO BORDER SECURITY.

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IT IS ALSO WHAT OUR

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PROFESSIONALS AT THE BORDER

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WANT AND NEED.

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THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE.

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THE BORDER WALL WOULD VERY

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QUICKLY PAY FOR ITSELF.

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THE COST OF ILLEGAL DRUGS

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EXCEEDS $500 BILLION A YEAR,

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VASTLY MORE THAN THE $5.7

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BILLION WE HAVE REQUESTED FROM

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CONGRESS.
THE WALL WILL ALWAYS BE PAID

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FOR INDIRECTLY BY THE GREAT NEW

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TRADE DEAL WE HAVE MADE WITH

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MEXICO.

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SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER, WHO YOU

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WILL BE HEARING FROM LATER

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TONIGHT, HAS REPEATEDLY

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SUPPORTED A PHYSICAL BARRIER IN

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THE PAST, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER

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DEMOCRATS.
THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND ONLY

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DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS HAVE

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REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

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CRISIS, AND THEY HAVE REFUSED

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TO PROVIDE OUR BRAVE BORDER

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AGENTS WITH THE TOOLS THEY

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DESPERATELY NEED TO PROTECT OUR

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FAMILIES AND OUR NATION.

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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REMAINS

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SHUT DOWN FOR ONE REASON AND

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ONE REASON ONLY.

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BECAUSE DEMOCRATS WILL NOT FUND

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BORDER SECURITY.

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MY ADMINISTRATION IS DOING

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EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HELP

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THOSE IMPACTED BY THE SITUATION

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BUT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS FOR

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DEMOCRATS TO PASS A SPENDING

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BILL THAT DEFENDS OUR BORDER

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AND REOPENS THE GOVERNMENT.

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THIS SITUATION COULD BE SOLVED

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IN A 45-MINUTE MEETING.

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I HAVE INVITED CON

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CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TO --

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CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP TO THE

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WHITE HOUSE TOMORROW TO GET

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THIS DONE.

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HOPEFULLY WE CAN RISE ABOVE

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PARTISAN POLITICS IN ORDER TO

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SUPPORT NATIONAL SECURITY.

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SOME HAVE SUGGESTED A BARRIER

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IS IMMORAL.

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THEN WHY DO WEALTHY POLITICIANS

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BUILD WALLS, FENCES AND GATES

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AROUND THEIR HOMES?

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THEY DON'T BUILD WALLS BECAUSE

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THEY HATE THE PEOPLE ON THE

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OUTSIDE, BUT BECAUSE THEY LOVE

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THE PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE.

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THE ONLY THING THAT IS IMMORAL

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IS THE POLITICIANS TO DO

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NOTHING AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW

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MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE TO BE SO

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HORRIBLY VICTIMIZED.

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AMERICA'S HEART BROKE THE DAY

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AFTER CHRISTMAS WHEN A YOUNG

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POLICE OFFICER IN CALIFORNIA

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WAS SAVAGELY MURDERED IN COLD

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ALIEN WHO  ILLEGAL

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JUST CAME ACROSS THE BORDER.

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THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN HERO

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WAS STOLEN BY SOMEONE WHO HAD

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NO RIGHT TO BE IN OUR COUNTRY.

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DAY AFTER DAY, PRECIOUS LIVES

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ARE CUT SHORT BY THOSE WHO HAVE

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VIOLATED OUR BORDERS.

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IN CALIFORNIA AN AIR FORCE

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VETERAN WAS RAPED, MURDERED AND

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BEATEN TO DEATH WITH A HAMMER

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BY AN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH A LONG

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CRIMINAL HISTORY.

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IN GEORGIA, AN ILLEGAL ALIEN

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WAS RECENTLY CHARGED WITH

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BEHEADING KILLING,

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AND DISMEMBERING HIS NEIGHBOR.

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IN MARYLAND, MS-13 GANG MEMBERS

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WHO ARRIVED IN THE UNITED

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ATES AS UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

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WERE CHARGED AFTER VICIOUSLY

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STABBING AND BEATING A

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16-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

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OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS I

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HAVE MET WITH DOZENS OF

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FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE

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STOLEN BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

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I HAVE HELD THE HANDS OF THE

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WEEPING MOTHERS AND EMBRACED

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THE GRIEF STRICKEN FATHERS.

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SO SAD, SO TERRIBLE.

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I WILL NEVER FORGET THE PAIN IN

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THEIR EYES, THE TREMBLE IN

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THEIR VOICES AND THE SADNESS

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GRIPPING THEIR SOULS.

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HOW MUCH MORE AMERICAN BLOOD

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MUST WE SHED BEFORE CONGRESS

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DOES ITS JOB?

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TO THOSE WHO REFUSE TO

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COMPROMISE IN THE NAME OF

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BORDER SECURITY, I WOULD ASK,

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IMAGINE IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD,

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YOUR HUSBAND OR YOUR WIFE WHOSE

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LIFE WAS SO CRUELLY SHATTERED

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. D TOTALLY BROKEN

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EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS PASS

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THIS BILL TO END THIS CRISIS.

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CITIZENS CALL THEM AND TELL

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THEM TO FINALLY AFTER ALL THESE

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DECADES SECURE OUR BORDER.

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THIS IS A CHOICE BETWEEN RIGHT

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AND WRONG, JUSTICE AND

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INJUSTICE.

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THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER WE

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FULFILL OUR SACRED DUTY TO THE

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AMERICAN CITIZENS WE SERVE.

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WHEN I TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE,

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I SWORE TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY,

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AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL ALWAYS

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DO, SO HELP ME, GOD.

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THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.

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>> DEMOCRATIC LEADERS NANCY

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PELOSI AND CHUCK SCHUMER

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RESPONDED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

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FIRST NATIONAL ADDRESS.

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THEY CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT

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TO RE-OPEN THE GOVERNMENT AND

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SAVE THE BORDER SECURITY DEBATE

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FOR LATER IN THE YEAR.

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I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN

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PEOPLE TONIGHT ABOUT HOW WE CAN

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END THIS SHUT-DOWN AND MEET THE

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NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

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SADLY, MUCH OF WHAT WE HEARD

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MISINFORMATION AND EVEN MALICE.

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THE PRESIDENT HAS CHOSEN FEAR