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Jump start, there were 600,000, 700,000 just here in the tucson sector that were apprehended in one year. so we're not seeing those numbers, but if we have 300,000 illegals coming across the border that are apprehended, is that too many? i would say yes. i think because not only we need a secure border, but it's not just about the illegals. it's about the drug cartels we're fighting. most of the heroin, 90% that comes into the united states is coming from this unsecured border, and lastly, the national security concern that few talk about, that people from countries of interest, possible terro...

For a year and a half, and what we saw there, we didn't have rules of engagement. we had rules of force. our soldiers and air men did not have law enforcement authority. we actually served in direct support of our heroes in the border patrol, and it worked famously. there in the yuma sector, we saw a 94% reduction in illegal entries and drug smuggling. so it's not a -- mexico is not a -- >> were there terrorists or enemy combatants coming across? >> well, we saw, there was next to nobody coming across, because we had armed, national guard soldiers and air men that were directly on the border, ...

We actually served in direct support of our heroes in the border patrol, and it worked famously. thayer in t there in the yuma sector, we saw a 90% reduction in re-entries and drug smugglers. >> were there enemy combatants coming across? >> well, we saw, there was next to nobody coming across, because we had armed, national guard soldiers and air men that were directly on the border, and even at nighttime, very different than anything we've done in the military, we had a bank of lights that actually lit them up, operated by a generator, so anybody south of the border could clearly see that my ...

Numbers, but if we have 300,000 illegals coming across the border that are apprehended, is that too many? i would say yes. because not only we need a secure border, but it's not just about the illegals. it's about the drug cartels we're fighting. most of the heroin, 90% that comes into the united states is coming from this unsecured border, and lastly, the national security concern that few talk about, that people from countries of interest, possible terrorist threats that can easily slip through an unsecured border with mexico. >> but i mean, have, you know, the president talked about enemy c...

Pointed out that actually the percentage of people crossing the border illegally has dropped by as much as 60%? so on the one hand, they are claiming and i think for good reason credit for having a dramatic drop in numbers under the president trump administration and at the same time now claiming that there's this army of people coming across. it's a national emergency, and that there is enemy combatants coming across, which have you seen any evidence of enemy combatants, of al qaeda and the taliban coming across the southern border in. >> i'm not calling them combatants. someone who comes int...