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Beto O'Rourke: “These are folks who are here legally, paroled in place by…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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Beto O'Rourke Interview: Will Dems actually fight MAGA, or sell working people out?

Published | Video Starts at 06:13

He had control of the White House, the House, and the Senate, and didn't use that power to change our immigration laws and help those who are now being rounded up, who, by the way, and it bears repeating, even though everyone knows this, These are folks who are here legally, paroled in place by Biden or Trump or Obama or Bush. for that matter. These are green card holders, and these are US Citizens who are being rounded up illegally by detained illegally, incarcerated illegally, and deported illegally to God literally only knows where, because they're not publishing the names or the facts or the information. (06:13–06:19)

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Asserts that individuals being rounded up are legally present in the U.S. under various administrations.

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