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Beth Van Duyne: “The cost of insecure, unsecure borders, open borders, is…”

Featuring: Beth Van Duyne, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 24

Jobs, Growth, & the Texas Advantage with Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne

Published July 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 35:23

I am working with this administration to get down to it, whether or not it's on the small Business committee, whether or not we're working in ways and means of being able to identify it. But we have seen this fraud being perpetuated. And The cost of insecure, unsecure borders, open borders, is astronomical. And I think it is beyond what most people could ever even imagine. Yes, I'm in full agreement. Full agreement. (35:23–35:31)

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“Fraudulent taxpayer money is estimated at 500 billion dollars a year.”
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“Last year we had 35,000 people [at the job fair].”
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“Nearly 30% of the jobs were $100,000 and above [at last year's job fair].”
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“We have 750,000 people [in the district].”
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“When I was mayor, we had the most diverse zip code in the country.”
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“There are jobs available [in the district].”
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“AI didn't decrease the number of jobs, it actually increased the number of jobs, but it did change them.”
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“We should only be having American folks who can legally vote voting.”
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“Iran and Hamas have murdered Americans everywhere.”
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“Universities have been hotbeds for teaching our youth to hate our country.”
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