Karoline Leavitt Details Trump’s Call For A New National Defense Area Along The Southern Border

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During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt discussed President Trump's memorandum calling for a new national defense area to be created at the Southern border.

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00:00In case you missed it last week, President Trump signed a National Security Presidential

00:04Memorandum directing federal agencies administering federal land on the border to make land available

00:10to the Defense Department in a new national defense area.

00:15This followed the President's day one executive order committing his administration to marshal

00:19all available resources and authorities to stop the unprecedented flood of illegal aliens

00:24into our country and to obtain complete operational control of the borders of the United States

00:30of America.

00:31Once again, the President is fulfilling another key promise.

00:35This new national defense area spans more than 170 miles across our border in New Mexico.

00:41But in the coming weeks, this administration will add more than 90 miles in the state of

00:45Texas.

00:46This national defense area will enhance our ability to detect, interdict, and prosecute

00:51the illegal aliens, criminal gangs, and terrorists who were able to invade our country without

00:56consequence for the past four years under the Biden administration.

01:00It will also bolster our defenses against fentanyl and other dangerous narcotics that have been

01:05poisoning our communities.

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