Former Trump administration official Ken Cuccinelli said Monday that President-elect Trump will “use the military” to drive the number of migrants at the border to “zero.”
In an interview on “The Hill,” Cucinelli told NewsNation's Blake Berman that early next year, “we will continue to expand our country's borders between legal ports of entry, especially on our southern border, to finally control our borders.” “I believe the military will be used,” he said. All immigration checks, all types of crossings, only go through legal ports of entry. ”
Berman said Cucinelli's words about all immigrants and all types of traffic through legal ports of entry “sound hopeful,” adding that he believes “that could actually happen.” I asked if he was there.
In response, Cucinelli said Berman was “right” and said, “It's never going to be 100%, but we don't need to push the numbers arriving at the border out of the water.” added, “I would.” The use of military forces between legal ports of entry. ”
President Trump previously said the military was being used against “enemies from within” along the border and possibly against Mexican cartels. The president-elect's platform, known as Agenda 47, calls for “moving thousands of troops currently stationed overseas to our southern border.”
“If you're sitting down, pick a country in Central America or South America, because the U.S. is still the country where the most people come in and they're like, 'Can I spend my life's savings on something? “What's going on at the border is a complete shutdown, so a coyote is going to bring me to the United States?'' Cuccinelli said on “The Hill.'' spoke.
“The answer is no,” he added.
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