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The President:  Thank you
very much.

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My fellow Americans, I am
very proud to announce today

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that we have reached a deal
to end the shutdown

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and re-open
the federal government.

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(Applause)

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As everyone knows, I have
a very powerful alternative,

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but I didn t want
to use it at this time.

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Hopefully it
will be unnecessary.

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I want to thank all of the
incredible federal workers,

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and their amazing families,

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who have shown
such extraordinary devotion

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in the face
of this recent hardship.

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You are fantastic people.
You are incredible patriots.

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Many of you have suffered
far greater than anyone,

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but your families
would know or understand.

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And not only did you
not complain,

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but in many cases,
you encouraged me to keep going

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because you care so much
about our country

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and about its border security.

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Again, I thank you.
All Americans, I thank you.

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You are very,
very special people.

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I am so proud that you are
citizens of our country.

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When I say,
 Make America Great Again, 

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it could never be done
without you.

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Great people.

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In a short while, I will sign
a bill to open our government

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for three weeks
until February 15th.

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I will make sure
that all employees receive

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their back pay very quickly,
or as soon as possible.

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It'll happen fast.

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I am asking Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell

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to put this proposal
on the floor immediately.

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After 36 days of spirited
debate and dialogue,

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I have seen and heard from
enough Democrats and Republicans

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that they are willing
to put partisanship aside,

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I think, and put the security
of the American people first.

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I do believe
they're going to do that.

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They have said they are
for complete border security,

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and they have finally
and fully acknowledged

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that having barriers,
fencing, or walls,

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or whatever
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will be an important part
of the solution.

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A bipartisan Conference
Committee of House

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and Senate lawmakers
and leaders

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will immediately begin
reviewing the requests

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of our Homeland Security experts, and experts they are,

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and also law enforcement
professionals,

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who have worked with us
so closely.

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We want to thank Border Patrol,
ICE, and all law enforcement.

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Been incredible.

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(Applause)

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Based on operational guidance
from the experts in the field,

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they will put together
a Homeland Security package

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for me to shortly
sign into law.

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Over the next 21 days,

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I expect that both
Democrats and Republicans

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will operate
in good faith.

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This is an opportunity
for all parties to work together

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for the benefit of our whole
beautiful, wonderful nation.

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If we make a fair deal,

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the American people will be
proud of their government

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for proving that we can
put country before party.

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We can show all Americans,
and people all around the world,

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that both political parties
are united

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when it comes to
protecting our country

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and protecting our people.

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Many disagree,
but I really feel that,

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working with Democrats
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we can make a truly great and
secure deal happen for everyone.

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Walls should not be
controversial.

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Our country has built
654 miles of barrier

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over the last 15 years,

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and every career
Border Patrol agent

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I have spoken with
has told me that walls work.

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They do work. No matter
where you go, they work.

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Israel built a wall,
99.9 percent successful.

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Won't be any different for us.

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They keep criminals out.

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They save good people
from attempting

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a very dangerous journey
from other countries,

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thousands of miles,
because they think they have

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a glimmer of hope
of coming through.

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With a wall,
they don't have that hope.

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They keep drugs out, and they
dramatically increase efficiency

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by allowing us to patrol
far larger areas

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with far fewer people.
It's just common sense.

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Walls work.

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That's why most of the Democrats
in Congress

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have voted in the past
for bills that include walls

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and physical barriers
and very powerful fences.

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The walls we are building
are not medieval walls.

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They are smart walls
designed to meet

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the needs of frontline
border agents

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and are operationally effective.

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These barriers
are made of steel,

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have see-through visibility,
which is very important,

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and are equipped
with sensors,

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monitors,
and cutting-edge technology,

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including state-of-the-art
drones.

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We do not need 2,000 miles
of concrete wall

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from sea to shining sea,
we never did;

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we never proposed that;
we never wanted that,

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because we have barriers
at the border

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where natural structures

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are as good as anything
that we can build.

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They're already there.

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They've been there
for millions of years.

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Our proposed structures will be
in pre-determined high-risk

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locations

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that have been specifically
identified by the Border Patrol

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to stop illicit flows
of people and drugs.

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No border security plan
can ever work

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without a physical barrier.
Just doesn't happen.

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At the same time,

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we need to increase
drug detection technology

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and manpower to modernize
our ports of entry,

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which are obsolete.

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The equipment is obsolete.
They're old. They're tired.

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This is something we have
all come to agree on,

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and will allow for quicker
and safer commerce.

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These critical investments
will improve and facilitate

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legal trade and travel through
our lawful ports of entry.

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Our plan also includes
desperately needed

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humanitarian assistance
for those being exploited

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and abused by coyotes,
smugglers,

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and the dangerous journey north.

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The requests we have put
before Congress

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are vital to ending the
humanitarian and security crisis

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on our southern border.

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Absolutely vital.
Will not work without it.

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This crisis threatens the safety
of our country

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and thousands
of American lives.

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Criminal cartels,
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transnational gangs like MS-13,

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and human traffickers
are brazenly violating U.S. laws

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and terrorizing
innocent communities.

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Human traffickers, the victims
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Maybe to a lesser extent,
believe or not, children.

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Women are tied up.
They're bound.

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Duct tape put around their
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In many cases,
they can't even breathe.

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They're put in the backs
of cars or vans or trucks.

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They don't go through
your port of entry.

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They make a right turn
going very quickly.

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They go into the desert areas,

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or whatever areas
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And as soon as there's
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they make a left or a right into
the United States of America.

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There's nobody to catch them.
There's nobody to find them.

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They can't come through
the port,

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because if they come
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people will see four women
sitting in a van with tape

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around their face
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Can't have that.

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And that problem,
because of the Internet,

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is the biggest problem,

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it's never been like this
before, that you can imagine.

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It's at the worst level,
human trafficking

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,in the history of the world.

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This is not
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this is a world problem.

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But they come through areas
where they have no protection,

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where they have
no steel barriers,

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where they have no walls.

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And we can stop
almost 100 percent of that.

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The profits reaped by these
murderous organizations

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are used to fund their malign

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and destabilizing conduct
throughout this hemisphere.

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Last year alone,
ICE officers removed

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10,000 known or suspected
gang members,

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like MS-13 and members
as bad as them.

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Horrible people.
Tough. Mean. Sadistic.

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In the last two years,
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of 266,000 criminal aliens
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including those charged
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of nearly 100,000 assaults,

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30,000 sex crimes,
and 4,000 homicides

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or, as you would call them,
violent, vicious killings.

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It can be stopped.

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Vast quantities of lethal
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including meth, fentanyl,
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are smuggled
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and into U.S. schools
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Drugs kill much more
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and cost our society
in excess of $700 billion.

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The sheer volume of illegal
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has overwhelmed
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and stretched
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beyond the breaking point.

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Nearly 50 migrants a day

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are being referred
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they are very, very sick,

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making this
a health crisis as well.

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It's a very big
health crisis.

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People have no idea how big
it is, unless you're there.

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Our backlog in the immigration
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is now far greater
than the 800,000 cases

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that you've been hearing about
over the last couple of years.

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Think of that, though:
800,000 cases

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because our laws are obsolete.
So obsolete.

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They're the laughing stock
all over the world.

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Our immigration laws,
all over the world,

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they've been there
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,are the laughing stock,
all over the world.

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We do not have the necessary
space or resources to detain,

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house, vet, screen,
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this tremendous
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In short, we do not
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who is entering our country,

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where they come from,
who they are,

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or why they are coming.

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The result, for many years,

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is a colossal danger
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We're going to
straighten it out.

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It's not hard. It's easy,
if given the resources.

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Last month was the third
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with 60,000 apprehensions
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Think of that.
we apprehended 60,000 people.

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That's like a stadium
full of people.

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A big stadium.

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There are many criminals
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but vast numbers are coming

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because our economy
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We have the strongest economy
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You see what's happening.

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We have nowhere left
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and no way
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We can't get them out because
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so antiquated,
and so bad.

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Without new resources
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we will be forced to release
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something we don't want to do,
called catch-and-release.

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You catch them.

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Even if they are criminals,
you then release them.

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And you can't release them
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so they go into our country

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and end up in places
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And we do as little releasing
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by they're coming
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I have had zero Democrat
lawmakers volunteer

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to have them released
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And I think they know that,

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and that's what we're going
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over the next three weeks.

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The painful reality is that
the tremendous economic

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and financial burdens
of illegal immigration fall

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on the shoulders
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including millions of wonderful,
patriotic,

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law-abiding immigrants
who enrich our nation.

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As Commander-in-Chief,
my highest priority

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is the defense
of our great country.

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We cannot surrender
operational control

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over the nation's borders
to foreign cartels,

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traffickers, and smugglers.

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We want future Americans
to come to our country

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legally and through a system
based on merit.

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We need people to come
to our country.

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We have great companies moving
back into the United States.

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And we have
the lowest employment

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and the best employment numbers
that we've ever had.

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There are more people working
today in the United States

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than have ever worked
in our country.

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We need people to come in
to help us, the farms,

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and with all of these great
companies that are moving back.

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Finally, they're moving back.

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People said it couldn't happen.
It's happening.

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And we want them to enjoy the
blessings of safety and liberty,

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and the rule of law.

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We cannot protect
and deliver these blessings

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without a strong
and secure border.

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I believe that crime
in this country

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can go down
by a massive percentage

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if we have great security
on our southern border.

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I believe drugs,
large percentages

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of which come through
the southern border,

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will be cut by a number
that nobody will believe.

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So let me be very clear: We
really have no choice

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but to build a powerful wall
or steel barrier.

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If we don't get a fair deal
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the government will either shut
down on February 15th, again,

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or I will use the powers
afforded to me under the laws

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and the Constitution
of the United States

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to address this emergency.
We will have great security.

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And I want to thank you
all very much.

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Thank you very much.

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(Applause.)