of our great service members, we've stopped the invasion and its tracks, and we're dismantling

the cartels very rapidly, and they are being declared enemies of the United States of America.

They have been so declared, legally declared, more than 25,000 warriors have served in this historic operation.

It is indeed an incredible and historic operation.

And we've never done anything so effectively, and we've had a lot of victories.

They've spent night and day enduring scorching hot and bitter cold and they've given up their

holidays and their weekends working with the offices of customs and border protection.

Our armed forces have already conducted nearly 13,000 patrols along the border and today

we give these great warriors the recognition that they have earned and

they have really earned it.

The military component of our border security efforts is just the beginning.

We're also designating the drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, a big deal

from a legal standpoint and military standpoint.

We've ended catch and release and we endured and ensured

that anyone who sets foot across our border illegally is

intercepted, arrested, and immediately deported,

or if they're really bad, they're put into prison

because we don't want to ever take a chance to come back.

You know, I was just, I just got home last night.

I toured the border in California, Arizona, Texas.

I did it in 4-Wod Drive.

I did it on the river.

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