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Bernie Moreno: “These immigrants don't come from Mexico.”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

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U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno says President Trump is '100 right on immigration'

Published | Video Starts at 01:48

When you talk about the issue of children, it's the least compassionate thing you can do is to advertise to families in Central America. By the way, These immigrants don't come from Mexico. That's a complete misunderstanding of the crisis. Anybody says Mexicans are coming across the border is just totally ill informed. These are people in Central America, mostly Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, where these countries are a disaster. (01:48–01:50)

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Asserts that immigrants crossing the border are not from Mexico but from Central America.

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