00:00Hi everybody, we're here in Nogales and we just left a ceremony where we
00:03recognized some outstanding Border Patrol agents, but also talked about the
00:07fact that we've had one year of a secure border under President Trump. Having a
00:11secure border means that our laws are enforced, that we have cut fentanyl
00:15deaths in our country by over 30%, that we have the lowest murder rate in our
00:21nation's history, and that America is safe again. We're continuing to thank
00:25President Trump for his strength and leadership and making sure that our
00:28border is secure and for giving us a wall that can continue to do that for
00:32generations to come.
00:58In President Trump's first year back in office, we've delivered the most secure
01:07border in American history, and we did it with the immediate aftermath we were facing
01:14from that humanitarian crisis that was created from Joe Biden's open border
01:18policies. It is so quiet here now today that sometimes we even forget how bad it
01:24was, just a little over a year ago. And the importance of the accomplishment that has
01:29happened over this last year cannot be forgotten. Hard-working Americans all along
01:34this southern border were devastated. They were trying to do their jobs, educate their
01:38kids, and protect the future when they were handed this humanitarian crisis and saw the
01:44horrors of what was happening when millions of people were crossing our border
01:48unvetted. When they were trespassing onto private property, we had crimes being committed. We saw
01:54women and children being trafficked, people dying, and crimes continued to be perpetuated as people
02:00were allowed to come into the country unvetted and unstopped. You know, yesterday I was in Eagle Pass,
02:06Texas, and I had the chance to tour the border, not just with our border patrol agents, but also with the Texas
02:13National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety. And we looked at some of the areas that were the hardest hit during the Biden border
02:21policies. In September of 2023, Eagle Pass saw an unprecedented crisis face them. In fact, they had to declare a state of
02:31emergency due to the rush of illegal aliens that were coming into their town and through their community to get into the
02:38United States. On one day, they saw over 10,000 people come through that area to get into the United States
02:45unvetted and illegally. In just a couple of days, it doubled the population of their town. And it caused a crisis not just for
02:53their medical care facilities, their businesses and their families, but it absolutely crushed them and their economy.
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