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Elissa Slotkin: “Every country in the world has the right to know who's…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin debate

Published | Video Starts at 22:49

It's not working for anybody, not for people at the border, not for immigrants, not for our businesses who desperately need labor. It's not working for anybody. For me, it is. Every country in the world has the right to know who's coming in its borders. We've got to do more to secure it. And we had a deal on the table this is the sad thing is that we were doing actually what I think most michiganders want. (22:49–22:54)

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Asserts that countries have the right to control and monitor their borders.

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