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Derrick Van Orden: “You simply can't allow 20 million unvetted people into the…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Can the GOP Caucus work together for even few weeks or months_ Rep. Van Orden talks with Hugh

Published | Video Starts at 01:14

They have put politics above the security of the American people. And it's beginning to show. And unfortunately, I believe that we are in store for more of these types of events. You simply can't allow 20 million unvetted people into the country and expect that even a small percentage of them would not conduct terrorist operations. And this is of course, on top of the 170,000 plus unvetted Afghans that we brought in directly from a war zone. So are they linked? I'm not sure. (01:14–01:23)

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