border security. has to. not for political purposes but for our country, for the safety our this is not merely my campaign promise, it is the promise every lawmaker made. it s the solemn promise to defend the rights of the united states states of america and it is our sacred obligation. we have no choice. for decades washington abandoned our commitment and allowed people to enter illegally and over the objections of the american people. no one voiced this policy, endorsed or ratified this policy. it was a total assault on our democracy itself. illegal immigration costs our nation $275 billion a year. you hear many different numbers. you can say billions and
billions but the number i hear most accurate is $275 billion a year at least, millions of jobs and thousands of innocent lives. more than 90% of heroin comes across our southern border. heroin deaths have tripled since 2002. every week there s illegal heroin killing at least 300 americans and costs our country over 230 billion to $289 billion or nearly $5 billion a week. i spoke with president chi xi o china and he s agreed to make fentanyl a major crime in china,
hear most accurate is $275 billion a year at least. millions of jobs and thousands of innocent lives. more than 90% of heroin comes across our southern border. heroin deaths have tripled since 2002. every week this illegal heroin kills at least 300 americans and cost our nation over 230 billion to 289 billion or nearly $5 billion a week. i spoke with president xi of china. he s agreed to make fentanyl, another big problem and probably i think it s just gone to number 1, kills 80,000 people a year in our country, he s going to make that a major crime in china. if you get caught, you pay a major penalty. it s called the death penalty. it wasn t listed as a crime
for our country, for the safety of our community. this is not merely my campaign promise. this is the promise every lawmaker made, it is the solemn promise to protect and defend the united states of america and it is our sacred obligation. we have no choice. for decades washington abandoned this commitment and allowed millions and millions of people to enter our country illegally and over the objections of the american people. no one voiced or voted for a policy, no one endorsed this policy and no one ratified this policy. it was a total assault on our democracy itself. illegal immigration costs our nation $275 billion a year. you hear many different numbers. you can say billions and billions, but the number that i
obligation. we have no choice. for decades, washington abandoned this commitment and allowed millions and millions of people to enter our country illegally and over the objections of the american one voiced or voted for a policy, no one endorsed this policy, and no one ratified this policy. it was a total assault on our democracy itself. illegal immigration costs our nation $275 billion a year. you hear many different numbers. you can say billions and billions, but the number that i hear most accurate is $275 billion a year, at least. millions of jobs and thousands of innocent lives. more than 90% of heroin comes across our southern border. heroin deaths have tripled since