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I got to play you some audio from over the weekend.

Two clips here.

This is Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkorkas talking about the border and I

juxtapose these intentionally. This is the first. Let's get to the border. This is the greatest

migration surge, you said, in the Western Hemisphere since World War II. And you've been preparing

for more than a year and a half. How rough will the next few weeks be?

You know, Margaret, we've been preparing for this for more than a year and a half. You are correct.

And it is indeed a regional challenge, and it requires a regional response, which is why we are working so closely with many countries to the south.

It's going to take our plan a while to really take hold for people to understand that they can access lawful, safe, orderly pathways before they reach the border.

And quite frankly, if they come to the border,

they will receive a consequence under our enforcement authorities.

So they've been preparing for this for more than a year.

More than a year they've been preparing for this.

And now this clip is in the same interview.

We are furthest along with Colombia.

It should be a matter of weeks, but we also have additional lawful pathways that already have existed for people to access.

The phone apps.

Yes, the parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguan's, Venezuelans.

We are expanding our family reunification programs.

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