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“Border” said in 197 of 427 transcripts, 873 times.
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Jun 2, 2025 Tele-rally 2 times
…our country by Biden and his group of people with their open-border craziness. We're taking care of it. As you probably heard, we had…
May 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…But what he did to this country is a disgrace—between the borders, millions and millions of peoples pouring through our borders from all countries…
…And I thought they were kidding, but they weren't. They wanted open borders, and what they let into our country can never be forgotten. The…
…999 percent. Can you imagine? That was our cut. It's been— the border is closed. But it's open—and it will always be open to…
May 30, 2025 Press conference 6 times
…would have been—a horrible, horrible situation was going on with the borders, with transgender for everyone, men playing in women's sports, and so much…
…I knew Joe Biden. Joe Biden wasn't in favor of opening up borders, letting 21 million people into this—from prisons and mental institutions and…
…Autopens are not meant to sign major proclamations or tax cuts or borders, anything having to do with the border, which is so important. And…
May 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…we went through. Who would let that happen? People pouring through our borders unchecked, people doing things that are indescribable and not for today to…
May 24, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…to all manner of social projects and political causes, while leaving our borders undefended and depleting our arsenals to fight other countries' wars. We fought…
…that a central purpose of our military is to protect our own borders from invasion. Our country was invaded for the last 4 years, and…
…do. And on day one, I deployed our military to the southern border, and since that day, we've reduced the number of illegal border crossings…
May 21, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…all you have to do is take a look at the southern border. We let 21 million people come through our border totally unchecked, totally…
May 20, 2025 Other 1 time
…country, and you see that with the past administration with an open borders policy that allowed 21 million people into our country, and many of…
May 20, 2025 Meeting 4 times
…whole thing with who signed this legislation. Who signed legislation opening our border? I don't think he knew. I said: "There's nobody that could want…
…president that didn't sign anything. He autopenned almost every—he opened the borders of the United States of America. And I kept saying, "Who would…
…approved it. You take a look, he would have never approved open borders. Go ahead. Another one. Oh, yes, sure. You have a couple that…
May 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…want that. They don't want to have that anymore, whether it's the border, where people pour into our country without being even checked or looked…
…percent closed. Nobody thought that was possible. We had a very successful border the first time. I won the election the first time, in 2016…
May 15, 2025 Meeting 1 time
…almost no inflation. So we've got the economy back. We've got a border now that's very powerful—99.9 percent—and nobody would have believed…
May 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…to this country is legendary. Allowing 21 million people through an open border, where anybody could walk into the United States of America, is something…
May 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…day I took office, we inherited a colossal invasion on our southern border—an invasion like you'd never want to see here. Nobody should ever…
…same time last year. And last month, we had, in this massive border, three people that got in. That's quite a difference. And we have…
May 12, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…It comes from China. It's amazing. And it comes through our southern border. It comes through our northern border too. It comes through Canada and…
May 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…it all up. He—what he did to this country, between the border and between all of the other problems—the wars, everything—what he…
May 7, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…the Indo-Pacific; help stop the flood of Chinese fentanyl across our borders, which we have to do—we lost, I believe, 300,000 people…
…four years of misery, and you look at what's coming through the border and the job of getting murderers out of our country. So many…
May 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…millions, illegally, into our country. They just flowed in through an open border policy that was insane. And what we've done is, we've offered—you…
…in this country. Illegal immigrants that came in illegally through an open border policy, which is insane. We talk about common sense. That's not common…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…the election. We've turned the page on endless wars, crippling debt, open borders, ruinous inflation, and the lack of respect for our country and for…
…In a matter of weeks, we've achieved the lowest number of illegal border crossings ever recorded. And you've seen it, hundreds of thousands of people…
…media. They say you have to have that; you need strong, strong borders; and you need really free, fair, clean elections. You need those things…
May 1, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…poorly, as you know. Millions and millions of people pouring into our borders from—from jails and mental institutions and gang members. It was terrible…
…is here or Tom Homan—but yesterday we had the lowest, safest border in history: 99.999. In other words, three people got in. Three…
Apr 30, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…administration. It was an economic disaster. It was a disaster at the border like nobody had ever seen before. And you probably see, we've closed…
…and the plants, having to do with many other things, like secure borders and all of the many, many things. I could go down and…
…But I appreciate it. We have achieved the lowest number of illegal border crossings in U.S. history, and we're at a level that nobody thought…
Apr 30, 2025 Meeting 14 times
…weren't fact. In a few short weeks, we've achieved the most secure border in American history, by far— 99.9 percent, which is a number…
…the legislature to get legislation passed in order to create a secure border. You didn't. You just had to have the right President and the…
…we have set the alltime record for the lowest number of illegal border crossings ever recorded. The number of illegal border crossers released into the…
Apr 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony 20 times
…when you think about it. We're for common sense. We like strong borders. We like good education. We like low interest rates. We like being…
…bit. After years of leaders who sent your money to defend the borders of distant foreign nations—that's what we did: We'd fight for other…
…not for ourself—you finally have a president who is defending our borders and our Nation. Right, Dr. Oz? Dr. Oz. After decades of politicians…
Apr 29, 2025 Other 2 times
…everything or it's in the process of being done. For instance, the border is in great shape. Ninety-nine point nine percent came out again…
…that we're working on now, maybe more important than anything, with the border in good shape— ——is the fact—excuse me—is the fact that…
Apr 25, 2025 Other 2 times
…on a lot of projects right now. The wall is solved. The border is the most secure it's ever been. We're having a very hard…
…bad one—over 30 people. Well, there have been tensions on that border for 1,500 years, so, you know, it's the same as it's…
Apr 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…was so bad. It was so bad. What they've done to the borders, what they've done all over the place. And it's really an honor…
Apr 22, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…near that number. Hi. Oh, it's amazing what they've done on the border. It's—thank you for the question, because honestly, it's one of the…
…people to come in, but we have nobody coming in through the border, virtually. That—we were having hundreds of thousands of people a month…
…stopped—everybody admits, even the radical left: We have got the strongest border we've ever had, even stronger than what I had it for 4…
Apr 21, 2025 Other 3 times
…in our country. They don't want illegal immigrants. We've closed up the border. The border is now the strongest border we've ever had. Well, if…
Apr 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony 4 times
…that are incredible. But probably the biggest reason was because of the border and because of illegal immigration, and the people of this country want…
…you couldn't—look, what this man was thinking when they allowed open borders and people to come in—if you look at Venezuela, their crime…
…that, and we're doing it in record fashion. We have the safest border, the most secure border we've ever had. See the Declaration of Independence…
Apr 17, 2025 Meeting 8 times
…that he allowed to come into our country so stupidly through open borders—I'm going to get them out." And I got a lot of…
…serious criminals. I'm not saying just criminals because they came into the border illegally. I'm saying they're criminals at the highest level. Murderers. Many of…
…that, but we've done much better. We have, right now, 99-percent border. It's at 99 percent. Nobody thought that would even be—nobody's coming…
Apr 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…history of our country: November 5. We're restoring our prosperity, securing our borders. We're rebuilding the U.S. military. We've—I did it once. Now I'm…
Apr 14, 2025 Meeting 7 times
…what they did and what that party did to our country—open borders, anybody could come in. As soon as I heard that, I said…
…I can say it. But what they've done to us at the border should never and can never be forgotten. It's a sin, what they…
…great. Kristi, could you maybe say a couple of words about the border, how we're doing, how we're—— Thank you very much. Incredible, right? The…
Apr 13, 2025 Other 3 times
…in the history of our country, and many, many other things, including border wall money. We built 571 miles of wall, but now we can…
…As you know, we've just concluded a period of time where the border was the most secure it's been in the history of our country…
…they caused a lot of problems, but what they've done to our border and to our country, you should never forget that, and you should…
Apr 12, 2025 Other 1 time
…it's going to be concluded—some of these things. We have a border that's totally sealed at a level that nobody has seen. Even during…
Apr 11, 2025 Other 2 times
…allowed to happen? That's a big focus. We now have the best border we've had ever. But you know, how do you allow that to…
…a new President." We have the best—we have now the best border that we've ever had. So—— Okay. Yes, please. Oh, they have so…
Apr 10, 2025 Meeting 9 times
…beautiful bill. It's tax cuts, regulation cuts, and many other things—the border, a lot of money for the border, where you're doing a fantastic…
…down national debt, reducing taxes, creating good budgets, helping Kristi with the border and all of the other things. We built—I built hundreds of…
…to have hundreds of thousands of people standing there pouring through the border in Tijuana, Mexico, this weekend, they had nobody. You had a man…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…most unbelievable job as somebody that's watching over our country at the border—— ——and with Tom Homan and your whole staff of tremendous people. So…
…that election. Look what happened to our country because of it: open borders, millions of people coming into our country. Russia and Ukraine, that would…
…those boxes. We got to have safe elections. We have to have borders. Ideally, we have to have a free press, which we don't have…
Apr 9, 2025 Speech / ceremony 2 times
…of all, in a certain way, is what they did at the border. We had people pouring into our country by the millions. Many of…
…have been done long ago, just like Biden should have stopped the border long ago. I mean, he allowed 21 million people-plus into our…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 15 times
…their policy—the Democrats—is horrible. It's horrible. Think of it. Open borders. Just—all of the horrible, stupid things they have. You don't have…
…All of these things—tariffs, the men in women's sports—everything—the borders, strong borders. We have the strongest border we've ever had. Today it…
…lost since NAFTA, when 21 million illegal aliens were brought across our borders—think of that—many of whom were violent criminals, murderers, drug lords…
Apr 8, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…it was serious damage in so many other ways—not only the border, where people came rushing into our country from prisons and jails and…
…And this is what they allowed into our country with their open border policy of lunacy. And we're taking care of that, just like we're…
…up. And I knew that when I heard it was an open-border policy. I said, "If you do that, every country is going to…
Apr 7, 2025 Meeting 8 times
…allowed millions of people to come into our country with an open border. Who would want an open border? How stupid is that? But he…
…the jails emptied out right into our country, right along the open border on the—on Mexico—generally, the Mexico—open. They came in from…
…too, by the way, a lot, but generally speaking, on the southern border. And what a shame it is that we are now working very…
Apr 6, 2025 Other 3 times
…got in, bad things happened to our country, including our—our open border that now we're doing very well with. You know, we have the…
…you know, why should it stop just at people that crossed the border illegally? We have some horrible criminals, American grown and born. And if…
Apr 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony 6 times
…millions and millions of people to pour into our country with open borders, where the—it's so sad to see, even now. And I see…
…everybody—Homeland Security. Thank everybody. Appreciate it. And we now have a border that's the best border that we've ever had—even better than it…
…we had records then. We had the—we had the best, safest border. Four years ago, we the best border there ever was. And now…
Mar 30, 2025 Other 1 time
…turnaround of a country as fast as this. Even look at our border. We have nobody coming in. And you can come into our country…
Mar 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…of law enforcement—and I think we have to include ICE and Border Patrol. You know, Paul with Border Patrol—the whole group from Border…
Mar 27, 2025 Tele-rally 4 times
…our country from these people that are destroying it with their open borders and all of the transgender-for- everybody stuff, men in women's sports…
…of people that they let into our country, Joe Biden and his border czar. You know, the border czar turned out to be the candidate…
…the reason is because she was bad at everything, but especially as border czar. And we have Tom Homan in our group, and we have…
Mar 27, 2025 Tele-rally 3 times
…Social Security, protect Medicare, cut your taxes, end inflation, fully fund our border and security agenda. And we have a big, big security agenda, which…
…our country. I mean, it was so horribly with their stupid "open borders" policy. But we're getting them out. We're getting out murderers and drug…
…of people, many of them criminals, into our country through their open border. But for that to happen, in terms of the greatness of our…
Mar 27, 2025 Tele-rally 7 times
…which is record-setting, or whether Jimmy Patronis will help keep your borders strong, your taxes low, and your economy roaring back. And that's what…
…of theft, waste, fraud, and abuse, and he'll fully support President Trump's border security. You know, we set a record on the border today: the…
…that, because almost nobody came in. But we're setting records at the border. We're letting people come in, but they have to come in legally…
Mar 26, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…allowing millions and millions of people to come into our country? Open borders. People from all over the world. Not South America. South America, but…
Mar 25, 2025 Meeting 2 times
…Thank you. Thank you very much. That man knows more about the border than anybody, let me tell you. Thank you. Yes, thanks, Brandon. Good…
…Trump has done a lot. I agree. He's been great on the border. He's been great on the military. But you know, he hasn't brought…
Mar 24, 2025 Meeting 3 times
…little bit about what's happening and how well we've done at the border. That's great. Good job. Yesterday—there was a plaza that you know…
…country. Yesterday I was speaking to somebody—I was checking on the border, and they said there was literally nobody in this massive plaza. You…
…person. This is the people they were letting in through their open border policy. It was terrible. But I want to just congratulate you and…
Mar 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony 5 times
…playing in women's sports. They have transgender for everyone. They have open borders. They have all of their crazy policies that are, I think, 95…
…Did Biden have the authority to do something that's unthinkable—have open borders where millions of people poured into our country, totally unvetted and totally…
…plants—and they were going to sell the cars right across the border. We wouldn't have the jobs, we wouldn't have the profits, we wouldn't…