Senator Ted Cruz
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Well, I believe we're going to do that. I believe we're starting with we saw on January 20th, President Trump securing the border. We've seen the numbers of illegal crossings plummet, drop 90 percent. We're going to go after them. We're going to go after them. We're going to go after the people who are here, the murderers, the rapists, the child molesters, the gang members. We're arresting them.
Well, I believe we're going to do that. I believe we're starting with we saw on January 20th, President Trump securing the border. We've seen the numbers of illegal crossings plummet, drop 90 percent. We're going to go after them. We're going to go after them. We're going to go after the people who are here, the murderers, the rapists, the child molesters, the gang members. We're arresting them.
We're deporting them. We're going to send them back. But we're also stopping the traffic coming in, the human traffickers, the drug traffickers that is impacting the cartels bottom lines. But I think we're going to use leverage to go after the cartels directly and try to Joe Biden and the Democrats. gave billions of dollars to the cartels.
We're deporting them. We're going to send them back. But we're also stopping the traffic coming in, the human traffickers, the drug traffickers that is impacting the cartels bottom lines. But I think we're going to use leverage to go after the cartels directly and try to Joe Biden and the Democrats. gave billions of dollars to the cartels.
We're deporting them. We're going to send them back. But we're also stopping the traffic coming in, the human traffickers, the drug traffickers that is impacting the cartels bottom lines. But I think we're going to use leverage to go after the cartels directly and try to Joe Biden and the Democrats. gave billions of dollars to the cartels.
A stat you and I have talked about multiple times, but it's a stunning stat. In 2018, the Mexican drug cartels made roughly $500 million from human trafficking. $500 million is a lot of money. Last year, they made $13 billion, a 2,600% increase. That is ending now. And I have every confidence the Trump administration is going to go after their money. It's going to go after them directly.
A stat you and I have talked about multiple times, but it's a stunning stat. In 2018, the Mexican drug cartels made roughly $500 million from human trafficking. $500 million is a lot of money. Last year, they made $13 billion, a 2,600% increase. That is ending now. And I have every confidence the Trump administration is going to go after their money. It's going to go after them directly.
A stat you and I have talked about multiple times, but it's a stunning stat. In 2018, the Mexican drug cartels made roughly $500 million from human trafficking. $500 million is a lot of money. Last year, they made $13 billion, a 2,600% increase. That is ending now. And I have every confidence the Trump administration is going to go after their money. It's going to go after them directly.
And you are going to see the cartels targeted just like we target al-Qaeda and Hamas and Hezbollah. the days of the cartels terrorizing Americans, those days are ending.
And you are going to see the cartels targeted just like we target al-Qaeda and Hamas and Hezbollah. the days of the cartels terrorizing Americans, those days are ending.
And you are going to see the cartels targeted just like we target al-Qaeda and Hamas and Hezbollah. the days of the cartels terrorizing Americans, those days are ending.
Well, listen, unfortunately, elected Democrats remain radical. They have not learned any lessons from the November election. So if you look at Democrats in Congress, if you looked at Democrat governors, they continue to support open borders. They continue to support releasing murderers and rapists and child molesters into this country.
Well, listen, unfortunately, elected Democrats remain radical. They have not learned any lessons from the November election. So if you look at Democrats in Congress, if you looked at Democrat governors, they continue to support open borders. They continue to support releasing murderers and rapists and child molesters into this country.
Well, listen, unfortunately, elected Democrats remain radical. They have not learned any lessons from the November election. So if you look at Democrats in Congress, if you looked at Democrat governors, they continue to support open borders. They continue to support releasing murderers and rapists and child molesters into this country.
You look at we talked about this in last week's pod, how Massachusetts is literally releasing violent child rapists. who are illegal immigrants, rather than turn them over to ICE to be deported. And I got to say, look, this is not a 60-40 issue. It's not a 70-30 issue. This is an 80-20 or a 90-10 issue.
You look at we talked about this in last week's pod, how Massachusetts is literally releasing violent child rapists. who are illegal immigrants, rather than turn them over to ICE to be deported. And I got to say, look, this is not a 60-40 issue. It's not a 70-30 issue. This is an 80-20 or a 90-10 issue.
You look at we talked about this in last week's pod, how Massachusetts is literally releasing violent child rapists. who are illegal immigrants, rather than turn them over to ICE to be deported. And I got to say, look, this is not a 60-40 issue. It's not a 70-30 issue. This is an 80-20 or a 90-10 issue.
I mean, if you ask any rational and sane person, a violent child rapist, should we release him into our community? Any rational person, most normal Democrats would say, hell no, that's a dumb ass idea. And yet the elected Democrats in Massachusetts, their answer is let them go. We are opposed to deporting anyone, no matter how vile. They're continuing the same position on on.
I mean, if you ask any rational and sane person, a violent child rapist, should we release him into our community? Any rational person, most normal Democrats would say, hell no, that's a dumb ass idea. And yet the elected Democrats in Massachusetts, their answer is let them go. We are opposed to deporting anyone, no matter how vile. They're continuing the same position on on.
I mean, if you ask any rational and sane person, a violent child rapist, should we release him into our community? Any rational person, most normal Democrats would say, hell no, that's a dumb ass idea. And yet the elected Democrats in Massachusetts, their answer is let them go. We are opposed to deporting anyone, no matter how vile. They're continuing the same position on on.